Questions from the new owner of a 10-year old Fortuner

[hardwang]

Our lancer cedia nearing 20 years old never had the alternator and starter replaced...

[dr. d]

among our cars, i have had the starter fail, only twice. one was toyota, the other one was non-toyota.
and both times, it was the starter solenoid, which was replaced without issue.
i assume, most incidents, toyota and otherwise, are like this.
kasi naman, starters are very robustly built.

but my innova's alternator is something else.
i have had issues with my 2005 innova's alternator bearing/bushing, twice already. the battery ran flat, as a result. madali naman palitan ang bearing/bushing, however.

my recommendation,
wait for the problem to show itself.
who knows. it might be many years before it does.

regarding timing belt (belt nga ba, o chain?).
if belt, look at the odometer kung dapat nang palitan.
you might also ask the previous owner, kung napalitan nah.
if un-cooperative, ask toyota casa. they have computerized records.

happy motoring.