Maintaining a 2004 XLE

There are folks spending $5000 on repairs to these vans KBB says are barely worth $5000. In ordinary times that’s questionable. Unless you have options as BillG said, it might be the cost of having a usable vehicle.

Another consideration is how to address service and maintenance. Should you get Toyota quality parts to last the next 100K miles or lesser quality parts to get you through the next couple of years?

Sixto
‘04 LE FWD 201K miles

Tires play a big part in how the van rides and handles. We’re partial to Michelins because they made a big difference over the Bridgestones our ‘04 came with and coincidentally (or not) over the Bridgestones our old Caravan came with, an old MB came with, etc.

I check fluids and have look around the engine bay every week or so. I nursed a coolant leak for months before finding a radiator leak. If you don’t check under the hood frequently, read up second gen Sienna radiator failures.

Sixto
‘04 LE FWD 201K miles