Thread: Thinking about a new to me 4x4. Ute VW. Anything to watch out for

A friend of mine works for orix lease. I asked him the question a year back on ute reliability. He said that the VW were the worst mechanically, and the main issue with the Ford was body rust, they rarely leased Toyota due to the fact that they were too expensive as the factory discount to them was non-existent, but that some of the larger corporates were then moving back to Toyota due to the lower "total cost" of the lease package (ie the fix ups when they handing the vehicle back were less).

Personally I would stay away from any of the diesels at those KM's and get a petrol. Service and repair costs on a petrol in the higher KM's is way cheaper. If you have to do a set of injectors and a fuel pump it will cost you over $10k.
A work colleague just had his Ranger serviced at 75km and 3 months outside the warrantee and was told the fuel pump was knackered - not happy when the bill arrived.