I wonder if you can give us some advice. Our Land Cruiser has done 90,000 miles with no problems whatsoever until the engine suddenly died while overtaking a lorry up a hill on the A46. It had to be put on a trailer and sent to a Toyota dealership who, after lengthy investigations (and we discovered a missed recall for that model) decided Toyota would cough up for a new engine, but we had to pay for the labour bill which was huge.

We had it for a few days and I was driving it up a hill, accelerated slightly and the engine died again, so I turned it off when safe to do so and read the manual which seemed to be telling me it was traction control and to contact a dealer. The road was free of any ice or rain at the time. When I turned the ignition on all the lights were off and I started it again and it was fine.

They now say we need a new turbocharger. They have been very helpful but we feel this is going to be very costly and is more than likely Toyota's problem in the first place due to the failure of the recall. We would very much appreciate your thoughts on this.