Vehicle
Toyota Previa
Toyota's large MPV, sold as Estima in Japan and Tarago in Australia — the same vehicle, and worth knowing because a great many imported examples carry Japanese-market wiring, modules and part numbers that do not match the local service data. The first generation is the unusual one: a mid-mounted engine lying almost flat under the floor, driven through a supercharger on some markets, with accessories run off a shaft from the crank rather than belts at the front. From 2000 the car becomes a conventional transverse front-drive MPV on the 2AZ-FE, whose oil consumption and head-bolt thread pull are the faults that generate most of its codes. The hybrid Estima is a separate system again and needs hybrid-specific data.
Generations
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First generation (XR10 and XR20) 1990–1999
Mid-engined and rear-driven: the 2TZ lies almost flat beneath the floor and turns its accessories through a shaft from the crank rather than belts at the front.
- Body styles
- MPV
- Platform
- Toyota XR10 and XR20
- Engines
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- 2.4 four-cylinder — 2TZ-FE · petrol · 97–99 kW (130–133 hp) · 204–206 Nm (150–152 lb-ft)
- 2.4 supercharged four-cylinder — petrol · 2TZ-FZE, from 1994
- 2.2 turbodiesel — diesel · 3C-T, Estima Emina and Lucida
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic · 5-speed manual G57 (AWD), G59
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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Second generation (XR30) 2000–2005
Conventional transverse front-drive MPV on the 2AZ-FE; oil consumption and head-bolt thread pull are the recurring faults.
- Body styles
- MPV
- Platform
- Toyota XR30
- Engines
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- 2.4 four-cylinder — 2AZ-FE · petrol · 117–132 kW (157–177 hp) · 220–224 Nm (162–165 lb-ft)
- 3.0 V6 — 1MZ-FE · petrol · 145–162 kW (194–217 hp) · 248–304 Nm (183–224 lb-ft)
- 2.0 D-4D — 1CD-FTV · diesel · 66–87 kW (89–117 hp) · 215–250 Nm (159–184 lb-ft)
- 2.4 — 2AZ-FXE · hybrid
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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Third generation (XR50) 2006–2019
2AZ-FE and 2GR-FE, with a hybrid Estima on the Japanese market that needs hybrid-specific data.
- Body styles
- MPV
- Platform
- Toyota XR50
- Engines
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- 2.4 four-cylinder — 2AZ-FE · petrol · 117–132 kW (157–177 hp) · 220–224 Nm (162–165 lb-ft)
- 3.5 V6 — 2GR-FE · petrol · 200–234 kW (268–314 hp) · 336–353 Nm (248–260 lb-ft)
- 2.4 four-cylinder hybrid — hybrid · Estima Hybrid, 2AZ-FXE
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic · 6-speed automatic · e-CVT · 7-speed Super CVT-i
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
Service information
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