When I was a kid motorcycles all came with tool kits. In fact, the scooter I bought in 2003 had one. I don't think I've ever owned a car with one. I know my 1991 911 should have come with one, but it's gone now.
Who owns a car with a factory tool kit? What's in it? What was the last car in the US to come with one?
Many BMWs had them. My '86 M535i has a pretty complete one, but as the tears went by the quantity of tools went down, until it was just a couple things. I don't know if/when they stopped them altogether.
All my motorcycles came with one, even newer sportbikes. Granted, its usually just a screwdriver, stamped steel pliers, and 2 double ended box end wrenches, but they have saved my butt a few times.
I have made a habit of assembling one for all my cars and bikes. I have tons of extra sockets from yardsale hauls, so I pick the common ones, and some HF bits to fill it out. Mil style packs work amazing for toolbags.
To actually answer OP, last toolkit I saw oem on a car was on my old classic beetle. Fit in the front spare like a hubcap, very slick.
The new miata didn't even come with a jack, or lug wrench. But it does come with some strange prybar, whose purpose I cannot discern...
My '88 Porsche has tire-change stuff and also a tool to manually crank the sunroof closed if (when) the motor breaks lol. e30s had a toolkit inside the trunklid until '91. BMW kept doing that for years, with lug wrench, tow eye, and other stuff up on the underside of the trunklid.
The newest car I had with a tool kit was my 82 BMW 320is. It had the much coveted "big" tool kit. Easily double the size of the standard kit. My 2015 Yamaha has a kit. My 2013 Sportster did not.
I remember that my Allroad (2001) had these crappy tools in with the jack. There is a screwdriver and a crap double open wrench along with the too-short lug wrench and tow hook.
An example of the BMW big tool kit is shown here: https://drivetribe.com/p/this-bmw-e28-m5-probably-has-a-UG0rTxCIQcirCenXVaxyJg?iid=VXdwDPcLQMeLDMJ1pag3qg They used good quality Heyco tools as well, no cheap stamped steel wrenches.
In reply to stuart in mn :
The only thing mine was missing was the small pliers. Everything was a little rusty but it was mostly all there.
2002 BMW M5 has one. It's mounted to the inside of the trunk lid. It also has a diagram showing how to pack three golf bags in the trunk.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
Wasn't that about the time they decided we didn't need dipsticks? Seems odd they would include a tool kit.
Nick Comstock said:In reply to Keith Tanner :
Wasn't that about the time they decided we didn't need dipsticks? Seems odd they would include a tool kit.
The lack of a dipstick is for evaporative emissions reasons. At least in my Audi, they include an electronic oil level sensor in place of the manual dipstick.
In reply to Nick Comstock :
Audi is the company that made plastic dipstick tubes that would crack and break, leaving you with no functional dipstick AND chunks of plastic in the engine. Going to no-dipstick was an upgrade in this regard.
Nick Comstock said:In reply to Keith Tanner :
Wasn't that about the time they decided we didn't need dipsticks? Seems odd they would include a tool kit.
Mine very much has a dipstick.
Codrus is not wrong - evaporative emissions are a big thing.
Keith Tanner said:Nick Comstock said:In reply to Keith Tanner :
Wasn't that about the time they decided we didn't need dipsticks? Seems odd they would include a tool kit.
Mine very much has a dipstick.
Codrus is not wrong - evaporative emissions are a big thing.
A lot of newer car don't have evap test ports, because they are a potential source of a leak.
Can't wait to have to deal with one of the "fuel tank assemblies". Fuel pump/sending unit are sealed in the tank, since the O-ring at the sending unit is a vapor leakage source. When the pump dies, you replace the whole fuel tank.
None of this flies for the VW engines with no dipstick, since the ones I have seen with no dipstick still have a dipstick TUBE, with a stickless dipstick handle plugging the top. (Yes, it is true: this car has no stick.) I think they just realized they could save a nickel per car by just eliminating something the drivers never used. (insert joke about driving light switches here)
Wouldn't the Dodge Demon Crate count? I know it doesn't *technically* come with the car, but it's got tools in it!
Mercedes Benz 1987 190e 2.3 16v had tools and a first aid kit I use the first aid kit more than once
My 2002 325ci had a kit in the trunk lid as well. About half had gone missing by the time I bought it but replacement kits are available on fleabay.
It seems any German car designed in the 90's has a tool kit (some production lasted well into the 2000's).
I've been trying to put together a minimalist tool kit for my Triumph cars, but it's been a struggle. I am prone to packing way more than I need, which takes up valuable space and weight.
2005 Cooper s had one. 10mm wrench, tire change stuff, etc. Meager af best but the wrench was a nice touch.
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