Vehicle

Toyota Innova

The MPV that carries much of South and Southeast Asia, built on the IMV ladder frame it shares with the Hilux and Fortuner — which is the most useful fact about it, because Hilux engine and driveline information applies almost throughout. The 2KD and 1KD common-rail diesels are the engines most examples have, and their recurring faults are the ones that family is known for: injector seat leakage announcing itself as a blow-by smell and a rough idle, and EGR and intake fouling heavy enough to set flow codes on a low-mileage engine. The 2016-on car moves to the 2GD-FTV with a variable-nozzle turbocharger, and the 2023 Zenix breaks the pattern by becoming a transverse front-drive hybrid on TNGA-C.

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Generations

First generation (AN40) 2004–2015

IMV ladder frame shared with the Hilux; the 2KD and 1KD common-rail injectors and EGR fouling drive most of its codes.
Body styles

MPV

Platform

Toyota IMV
Engines
2.0 petrol — 1TR-FE · petrol · 182 Nm (134 lb-ft)

2.7 petrol — 2TR-FE · petrol · 241–246 Nm (178–181 lb-ft)

2.5 D-4D — 2KD-FTV · diesel · 75–107 kW (101–143 hp) · 192–343 Nm (142–253 lb-ft)

3.0 D-4D — 1KD-FTV · diesel · 100–140 kW (134–188 hp) · 280–420 Nm (207–310 lb-ft)
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive
Second generation (AN140) 2015–present

The Crysta on the updated IMV frame with the 2GD-FTV; the 2023 Zenix is a transverse front-drive hybrid and unrelated.
Body styles

MPV

Platform

Toyota IMV
Engines
2.7 petrol — 2TR-FE · petrol · 241–246 Nm (178–181 lb-ft)

2.4 D-4D — 2GD-FTV · diesel · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft)

2.0 hybrid — hybrid · Zenix and HyCross, M20A-FXS

2.0 — 1TR-FE · petrol · 182 Nm (134 lb-ft)

2.8 turbo — 1GD-FTV · diesel · 300–550 Nm (221–406 lb-ft)
Transmissions

e-CVT · 5-speed R151 manual · 6-speed RC60 manual · 6-speed AC60 automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive · Front-wheel drive

Service information

Toyota Technical Information System (TIS) (external) — Workshop literature

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