Trading in my dream car for a Toyota hybrid for longevity, lower maintenance costs, and lower insurance costs.
Putting together the final paperwork when the warranty packages are introduced.
I decline all but the manager insists on one of them alone specifically covering electronics (and everything else for 10 years). He says that the newer Toyota’s electronics are expensive to replace and commonly malfunction or break. I figured this is just pushing warranty, but he got to me mentally and broke my confidence in the brand.
Was this guy just trying to get me to spend more money, or is there truth in his tale?
I feel out of most car brands, Toyota’s electricals are arguably one of the most reliable. I don’t think a warranty for that is necessary unless you can afford it. My family has had a few Toyotas- a 2001 Corolla (ran to 300k miles), 2006 Tacoma, and a 2010 Camry. The Camry’s only issue I noticed was the cd player got wonky after a while. It has 227k miles on it and still runs perfectly otherwise. I don’t know of the other vehicles having any electrical issues.