At launch we said the system is quite subtle in how it operates, relative to the 48V mild-hybrid-driven anti-roll system on offer in Volkswagen Group products. It remains that way in 2024; where you can feel the 48V system in a Touareg pushing against the vehicle’s mass in the corners, the e-KDSS doesn’t have the same impact on the road.

Smartphone mirroring is wired, and the factory navigation system is handy when you’re outside of reception – which you’d expect most LandCruiser owners will be at times. In a $140,000 flagship however it’s presentation isn’t really up to scratch.

That means long-legged rear passengers are left feeling like their knees are around their ears, and makes it hard to stretch out on long trips. There’s a significant hump in the centre too, which means the middle seat is best left for small kids.

Given the stir it caused at launch, it’s hard to believe the LandCruiser 300 is now part of the automotive furniture in Australia… but in 2024, it’s a known quantity.

The LandCruiser GR Sport represents a huge step forward over the 200 Series, but wasn’t ultra-modern when it was revealed… and remains relatively old-school in 2024.

C. The last method is if your ABS light is on. Many of the 1999 and later model F-Series trucks, have 4-Wheel ABS. This is an excellent safety feature and is really a plus to have. The 4 wheel ABS vehicles have a wheel speed sensor installed and built directly into the hub. The 4-wheel ABS system will have an ABS wheel speed sensor mounted at every wheel or at least each front wheel and one in the rear differential. This system works by measuring the speed of each wheel and if it finds one that is not moving (locked up), then it releases the brake fluid to that wheel and allows it to spin again. This allows the driver to regain control of the vehicle instead of sliding off the road or into something else. Anyway if your ABS light is on, your diagnosis can be much easier. You will need access to a code reader or better yet a full-blown scanner. Most Auto Zone or Advance Auto Parts stores will plug in the scanner and read your codes for free. You want to find out the code that is set in the computer. The code will also tell you what system or in this case if you have a problem with an ABS sensor. Once you find out if you have a bad ABS sensor and hopefully you found out which wheel it is, you can look closer at that wheel. 9 times out of 10 a failed ABS sensor is a sign the bearing is failing and if it is failed this requires hub replacement anyway.

The seats are well bolstered, but have enough space for tradies or grey nomads who’ve been in a good paddock to not feel like they’re squeezed in.

Headroom is excellent and legroom is decent behind tall front passengers, but the floor feels quite high – as is often the case in body-on-frame vehicles.

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With light steering and decent all-round visibility, it’s a deceptively easy car to drive in town. Toyota’s cameras aren’t on the cutting edge, but they do make it easier to see what’s around you than would otherwise be the case.

On the open road, the relaxed LC300 is a lovely place to spend time. There’s hardly any wind or road noise in the cabin at 100km/h, and the engine ticks over barely above idle at 100km/h.

The suite of systems are an improvement over the last car (or what’s offered in a Nissan Patrol), and the adaptive cruise in particular is well-tuned, but they also aren’t exactly ground-breaking given the price.

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The Toyota LandCruiser 300 remains a strong all-rounder that evolves on its predecessor, but price hikes are starting to bite.

It scored 89 per cent for adult occupant protection, 88 per cent for child occupant protection, 81 per cent for vulnerable road user protection, and 77 per cent for safety assist.

Facing the driver is a chunky leather-wrapped steering wheel, along with analogue dials flanking a pretty basic colour trip computer. It’s able to show off-road data, your speed, or fuel economy, but you’re now able to get a fully digital dash in a Corolla, so it really should be an option in the almost flagship LandCruiser.

In conjunction with the car’s adaptive dampers, the system is designed to deliver a combination of mogul-crushing wheel articulation and more car-like on-road dynamics.

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Enthusiasts were worried; our subsequent testing has proven the smaller new engine is seriously capable on-road, off-road, and with a trailer hitched up.

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The second row is a mixed bag. With dual USB-C charge points, a fold-down central armrest, air vents, and a separate climate control pod back there, the kids are going to be comfortable on long road trips.

There is a definite difference between the drive modes, although that’s down to the adaptive dampers. In Comfort the car feels like a bit of a barge, floating along and letting the body make one, two, three movements over highway crests and dips. Flicking through Normal, Sport, and Sport Plus gradually tightens up the body control.

You’ll be grateful for the powered tailgate, given how large it is. You need plenty of space behind you to open it, but once it’s raised the opening is van-like.

The interior technology in the LandCruiser just isn’t up to scratch for a car worth more than $145,000 before on-road costs, and if you’re planning to spend your time on the school run instead of the traversing the Simpson Desert there are more luxurious options out there for similar money.

Put your foot down and, once the 10-speed automatic has sorted itself out, the GR Sport gets a move on. It really squeezes you back in the seat, as the bluff nose rises like the prow of a speedboat.

The twin-turbo engine fires quietly and settles into a smooth idle, and it offers smooth low-down responses. Some small-displacement turbocharged engines have a moment of lag, before surging forward when the revs hit a certain mark and the boost kicks in.

Thanks to a more modern suite of driver assists, the LandCruiser will maintain a gap to the car in front, and has a system that will actively steer keep you in your lane – but its lane-keeping assist is still brake-based, rather than steering you back into the lane as you drift.

The driver and passenger sit in well-stuffed armchairs trimmed in what feels like quality leather, and there’s enough support to prevent your bum going numb on long highway runs.

1. Install New Hub & Bearing O-ring (may not be included in all hub bearings). Apply a coat of high-temperature wheel bearing grease to O-ring area of hub bearing assembly. Install hub and nuts, replace nuts and studs if damaged. IMPORTANT- Install non-metallic thrust washer between two metal thrust washers. Install all three washers. (Failure to install these washers properly can cause damage to your new hub bearing assembly).

1. Raise and support the vehicle. Remove wheel assembly. Remove the brake caliper by removing the caliper anchor plate. Do not hang caliper by the flexible brake hose as this may damage the brake hose. If the caliper is stuck, you can open the master cylinder and take a wide flathead screwdriver and slightly pry the caliper open. You can do this by wedging the flathead between the brake pads and the rotor. Only a slight movement is necessary. Remove the brake rotor by sliding it off. Remove the hub snap ring with snap ring plyers or suitable tool. Pull and remove the hub lock. Remove snap ring and thrust washer from axle shaft and set aside in the way they came off. Disconnect ABS wheel speed sensor connector, harness and harness routing clips if equipped. (NOTE-rear wheel ABS only vehicles will not have this wire. (hub par #: F81Z1104EE is non-ABS)

One of the calling cards of the GR Sport is its electronic Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (that’s e-KDSS to you and me), which can independently lock and unlock the front and rear stabiliser bars.

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With two years on the road under its belt, we can also more confidently endorse the twin-turbocharged diesel V6 engine as a replacement for the legendary V8 from its predecessor, although some Toyota owners would say even a two year-old engine is barely run in…

The transmission is smart enough to hang in the peak torque band between 1600 and 2600rpm, and there’s enough gears to make sure you’re never far from that band.

Claimed boot space is 1153 litres with the second row in place, expanding to a cavernous 2502 litres with them folded and tumbled forward. Although you don’t get sixth and seventh seats, the rear air vents and cupholders carry over.

The engine in the LC300 is impressively linear on constant throttle inputs, giving you exactly what you ask for rather than lurching forward as the turbochargers kick in. That makes it easier to manage in traffic, and a better companion when you need to precisely dole out the engine’s torque on tight off-road trails.

Our rollers showed the electronic driver assists are smartly tuned, and our physical tests proved even vehicles without the e-KDSS system have impressive wheel articulation. Hill-descent control kept the car’s mass in check nicely downhill, and the on-the-fly speed adjustments were effective.

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3. VERY IMPORTANT – Before driving the vehicle, pump the brake pedal several times to get the pedal high and hard again. If any hydraulic lines were opened a brake bleeding should be done. Usually opening the bleeder and allowing the brakes to gravity bleed is the best method for this. Any questions please call our ASE certified technicians at 1-866-770-2771.

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The idea of a 12.3-inch central touchscreen display is a good one, and shows Toyota is aware it needs to offer better infotainment than was on offer in the last LandCruiser.

2. Remove four locknuts from behind hub. These buts and bolts can sometimes be heavily rusted and corroded. We at AutoPartsDirectToYou do have the factory Ford nuts and bolts available if needed. These are very cheap and usually well worth purchasing beforehand if you are not sure about their condition. Otherwise getting stuck without these with the vehicle all apart is a headache. Please call us at 1-866-770-2771 or email us and we can get you a set. Also when going through our checkout procedure you may be prompted to add those to the shopping cart. After removing the four lock nuts, the hub can be removed. The hub and bearings assembly is a slip fit design and should not require a puller.

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But its main interface is lifted from older cars such as the RAV4, where it has been replaced by a larger and more polished setup. The tech in the LandCruiser remains functional, but its sluggish responses and dated graphics were annoying in cars a third the price.

Prices for the LandCruiser 300 range rose for 2024. The GR Sport sits below the Sahara ZX in the range, falling $1000 short of flagship status.

There’s no third row in the GR Sport, so being able to slide the second row further back would add to its usefulness and allow owners to take full advantage of the space on offer in what’s a massive car.

A. The first step is to make sure that it is indeed the bearing that is the problem. The most common symptom is noise. A failing bearing will usually start with low roaring, groaning, or growling sound. This sound is especially louder and more noticeable the faster you go. The diesel trucks are obviously a little more difficult to hear the noise due to the engine noise. The noise will usually start at 35-45 MPH and get more noticeable as you go. While going straight and at whatever speed makes the noise the most noticeable, slightly jerk the wheel left or right. The noise should go away and then immediately come back as you straighten out. If this happens you can be almost certain that the bearing is failing. This is because by slightly jerking the wheel, you unload the bearing, and then when you straighten up the load is re-applied to the bearing.

Some buyers were concerned about the death of the turbo-diesel V8 engine, but our experience of the LandCruiser 300 has so far shown those concerns were misplaced.

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It’s logically laid-out and easy to use, even if you’ve got big hands or bad eyesight. Toyota has hidden the differential lock buttons down by the driver’s left knee, though, rather than grouping all the off-road controls in one place on the dash.

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The only real knock on its performance with a trailer attached was a feeling of floatiness over choppy roads, although the body was never truly out of control.

The 2024 Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series is available in six different variants. On test here is the almost flagship GR Sport.

The view over the heavily scalloped bonnet still makes you feel like the king of the road, and it’s a big brute to thread through city streets, but there’s a reassuring polish to how it goes about its business.

2. Reverse removal procedure of remaining parts. If your vehicle is equipped with vacuum hub locks, a wheel end vacuum leak test should be done. If you would like instructions on performing that test click here*****. Tighten all remaining bolts and nuts to factory torque specs below.

Ford F-250, F-350 and Excursion trucks have a complete wheel and hub bearing assembly on each end of the front differential. These basically contain the wheel hub and bearing, the inner flange that bolts directly to the steering knuckle, the outer spindle that is splined for the outer hub locks, and the wheel studs. These bearing assemblies are prone to major wear and tear and usually have a life expectancy of 80,000-100,000 miles. The super duty trucks are usually used in rough work or job site use and are therefore prone to wheel bearing failure. When you are faced with replacement of these, the cost estimate to replace them can get very high. Usually, both hubs are recommended to be replaced at the same time and also the brakes themselves are usually worn or are recommended to be replaced since they are being removed to replace the hubs. This is a very useful guide on everything you need to know to do this job yourself and save a ton of money. We know from personal experience that this job can be done in the driveway with standard tools.

It feels fast off the mark given its size and weight, and offers plenty of punch for highway overtaking. It’s amazing to think of how many column inches and comments were dedicated to the death of the V8, given how effective the V6 has proven so far.

There’s a cool box beneath the central armrest with space for a pair of water bottles, and the door pockets are massive. The wireless phone charger on the transmission tunnel is far more usable than the tacked-on pad in the LC200, too.

B. Another way to determine if the bearing is failed or failing is to jack up the vehicle and check the wheels for play. Due to the design of these hubs, they do often fail and create noise but do not have play, however when they do, you better replace it very soon. You should be very careful when checking because the tie rods and ball joints are also common to fail and they also can have play. Check for play from the center of the wheel. You do this by grabbing the top and bottom of the wheel and shaking the wheel. Look closely for the pivot point of the play. This means the point of pivot will determine the part that is failed. If the pivot point is the center of the wheel, that is the bearing. If the pivot point is at the front or back of the wheel, this is a failed tie rod end. If the play is at the top or bottom of the whee, then this is a failed ball joint. Basically you should have absolutely zero play in the wheels and If you have play, then there is certainly a front end problem.

The heating and cooling are welcome, as is the fact you can flick them into automatic and let them decide what the correct setting is based on your climate control.

D. When all else fails, a professional ASE certified technician is always your best option to verify the problem. These guys work on and see these types of problems on a daily basis and they can tell you with more certainty of the problem. These are expensive parts and when you replace one for no reason and still have a problem, no-one is happy, especially you. It is well worth a $20.00 safety inspection to have them go through all of this and tell you for sure exactly what the problem is.

It still faces off with the Nissan Patrol in the battle for buyers who love towing, and with luxury four-wheel drives like the BMW X5 and Audi Q7 in the school run four-wheel drive sales race given the price of the GR Sport on test here.

Maintenance is required every six months or 10,000 kilometres, rather than the 12-month intervals common among most rivals.

As for towing? Our testing has found the LandCruiser is a confident performer with no nasty surprises, accelerating strongly uphill with a 2800kg trailer attached and downshifting on the downhill to offer engine braking.

The first 10 services (five years or 100,000km worth) will each set you back $375 using the Toyota Service Advantage capped-price service program.

The LandCruiser is backed by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty – extended to seven years on the engine and driveline by servicing on time with a Toyota dealer.

The new “King Off The Road” was revealed in 2021 and hit Australia in 2022, with twin-turbo V6 diesel power in place of the old twin-turbo V8 diesel.

The 300 Series is still a very impressive all-rounder, with a solid blend of on-road comfort, off-road ability, and towing talent – and it’s hard to deny the appeal of the GR Sport.

Of course, the LandCruiser is fearsomely capable off-road. In our recent 4WD SUV mega test, it passed all our tests with flying colours.

On some counts, that’s a really positive thing. There are plenty of easy-to-reach buttons and chunky switches for major off-road functions, and you could happily spend days, and days, and days behind the wheel.