UZZ32 Maintenance and Repair

Introduction

Although Toyota designed the UZZ32 to high quality standards, maintenance and repair is still necessary:

• Like any motor vehicle, they require basic regular servicing (including items such as, eg, new oil and oil filter)
• There are also items that are more specific to Soarers in general (including sagging door hinges on older vehicles).
• Finally, there are service items that apply only to the UZZ32 Soarer.

UZZ32 Soarers are now approximately 20 years old and have often travelled 200,000 kilometeres or more. This means that, even if the vehicle has been well maintained, it will likely require a significant investment in time and/or cash, either immediately and/or over time.

Basic Servicing

• Oil & Oil Filter Change
• Air filter clean / change
• Brake Fluid Change
• Engine coolant change
• Brake Pads & Rotors (when worn out)
• Spark Plugs & Leads, distributors & rotors
• Timing belt change (100,000 km), including water pump replacement as well as related seals and bearings
• Automatic transmission fluid change
• Differential fluid change
• Wheel alignment

'Generic' Soarer items

• Engine mounts, transmission mounts
• Suspension bushes and/or replacement Lower Control Arms
• Door hinges sagging with age
• Boot & Bonnet struts
• Electronics (eg EMV, Combination Meter (dash), Engine ECUs and Radio/DSP units) which fail when eg the capacitors age
• Interior trim plastics (eg inside front window trims, door pockets, air vents, front seat side covers) failing and cracking with age
• Headlights leaking and/or becoming dull with age
• Cooling fan fluid change
• ABS / TRC brake booster replacement
• Radiator "top tank" replacement
• Worn or cracked leather in "high-traffic areas" including the edge of the driver's seat back, the steering wheel, and the parking brake
• Faulty (or dirty) fuel sender, resulting in inaccurate and/or fluctuating fuel tank level readings

UZZ32 specific service items

• Change hydraulic suspension fluid
• Replace worn 'boots' that cover the suspension struts
• Service or replace worn parts inside the hydraulic suspension struts
• Repair or replace the suspension accumulators ("gas springs") to ensure the nitrogen gas is retained or re-filled
• Suspension pump and valve body - eg replace internal seals and accumulators
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