Rear parcel shelf rattles.
Rear seats rattle and squeak.
Front seats rattle and squeak.
Loose rear view mirror.
Loose driver door trim.
Water leak above front passenger seat.
Windscreen wiper motors creaking.
At first glance the car appears to be a well designed practical 5 door medium sized hatch back.
However having lived with the vehicle for 4 months serious design and build quality faults are surfacing.
I have had my T3 5 door since 2002. It was a demonstrator with just over 3k miles on the clock. I don't drive many miles per year because I am retired and live on a small island, and after 30k of light motoring over a six year period the gear box failed and I had to have a new one installed. Not cheap, but cheaper than buying a new car.
Now having had that done I am getting a weird noise coming from somewhere undetectable, appearing after some warm up time and when I press the accelerator. It sounds like a high rev noise, but isn't.
If you are paranoid about noises like me, then DON'T buy this car - or any other Toyota car for that matter. The post 2000 models are certainly not up to Toyota's past reputation in my opinion.
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