Toyota 4Runner Complaints (1992)

53 consumer complaints on file.

#893123July 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. ONCE CAR WAS STARTED WHITE STEAM CAME OUT OF TAIL PIPE DUE TO A BLOWN ENGINE GASKET. HEADGASKET REPAIRS WERE DONE IN 1997.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560572March 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE LEAKING, POSSIBLY DUE TO FAILURE OF ENGINE HEAD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735087October 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TOYOTA ISSUED A SPECIAL RECALL ON HEAD GASKET WAS TO BE NO CHARGE. I HAD TO PAY. ENGINE BLEW BLUE SMOKE AGAIN NO OIL PRESSURE VEHICLE CAN'T ACCERTERATE WHEN NEEDED QUICKLY . TOLD THE DEALER I WOULD PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE AND DID. ENGINE BLOWS BLEW SMOKE AGAIN DEALER INSTALLED 5-6 ENGINES ALL RECALLED JUNK. THEY STILL REFUSE TO FIX THIS ENGINE TOYOTA CALLS THIS A SPECIAL CAMPAIGN V06 ON ALL V6 'S '1990-1996 YET I HAD TO PAY OVER 10,000. IN CASH . I HAVE BRIDGESTONE DEULER AND THEY ARE CRACKING AND THE SAME DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO TALK TO US THE TIRES ARE NEW. PLEASE HELP. *AK (TIRESIZE: 31 X 10.50)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 31 X 10.50 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734757October 19, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATION - SUDDEN FAILURE - PEELED TREAD RIGHT OFF CARCASS (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: 31X10.5-15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870142September 11, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN FRIST GEAR IT WILL POP OUT OF GEAR INTERMITTENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869675September 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER PUSHED ON BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, EVENTUALLY DOWNSHIFTED AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKE. MECHANIC SAID BRAKE LINE HAD ROTTED THROUGH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550375January 11, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR FAILED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716483December 27, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR WAS NOT CHARGING. ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACE ON OCT. 13,1997 BECAUSE OF MY EXTRA CARE WARRENTY. AGAIN HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY ON DEC. 6,1999. I WAS TOLD BY STRAUSS AUTO WHO REPLACE BATTERY THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT CHARGING ENOUGH. TOOK CAR BACK TO B&L TOYOTA AT 3333 BOSTON ROAD BX, NY AND THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BUT MY CAR IS STILL GIVEN ME PROBLEMS, THE VOLTMETER KEEP SHAKING ALL THE TIME BACK AND FORTH FROM HIGH TO AND JUST BEFORE THE DANGER PART OF THE VOLTMETER. ON OCT. 5,1998, HEADGASKETS WERE REPLACE BECAUSE OF A RECALL. BUT ON OCT. 19,1999 MY CAR WAS LEAKING OIL, SO I TOOK CAR TO GET SERVICE FOR BRAKES AND TO CHECK OIL LEAK, AIR CONDITION WHICH WAS HAD NOT BEING WORKING. B&L TOYOTA, DID THE BRAKES AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NOTING WRONG WITH THE AIR CONDITION AND THAT THE OIL LEAK WAS JUST A LOOSE BOLT. THE NEXT DAY I FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM MY CAR AGAIN AND THE AIR WAS NOT THROWING COOL AIR. I TOOL THE CAR BACK AND THEY FOUND THAT THE HEADGASKEST WERE DAMAGE AND THAT THE AIR CONDITION VALVE WAS NO GOOD AND KEPT THE CAR FROM OCT. 27,1999 TO NOV. 10,1999 TO REPLACE THE PARTS. IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE PARTS THEY CUT WIRES FROM AN EXTRA CUT OFF SWITCH THAT I HAVE IN THE CAR. THEY TRIED TO FIX THE SWITCH AND HAD BIG PROBLEMS TRYING TO GET MY CAR TO STAR. THEY FIX THE SWITCH DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL WAY IT WAS DONE BY SOMEONE ELSE. MY BRAKES ARE STILL MAKING THE SAME SOUND THAT THEY WERE MAKING FROM THE TIME THEY REPLACED THEM. IT COST ME $366.60 TO FIX MY FRONT BRAKES AND TO REPLACE STEERING STOPS THAT ONLY COST $3.26 EACH. THEY HAVE NOT CHECK TO SEE IF IS SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THEM THE BRAKES. ALL I KNOW IS THAT SINCE THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS AND DID THE BRAKES, PATCHED UP THE WIRES FROM THE EXTRA CUT OFF SWITCH MY CAR HAS NOT BEING WORKING FINE. NOW I HAVE ENCOUNTER ANOTHER PROBLEMS WERE DRIVING HOME ON CHRISTMAS, MY CHESH ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IS STILL ON. I SPOKE TO THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER DIANE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848875September 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 TO 65 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE ENGINE PISTON BLEW OUT, AND THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704508March 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT HEADER MALFUNCTION BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRATION AND CLAIMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. NOW THE VEHICLE IS WELL OVER THE WARRANTY AND PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET AN ESTIMATE TO GET THE EXHAUST HEADERS REPLACED, THEY QUOTED ME AT OVER $800.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702067January 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I WAS GOING UPHILL AND HEARD A CLOCKING SOUND AND SPEED WAS SLOWING DOWN..SHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR AND HEARD A BIG SNAPPED...AS I WAS GOING TO THE SIDE CURVE, THE ENGINE SEIZED ON ME (ENGINE BLOCK). DEALER SAID THE ROD IN THE ENGINE BROKE AND SOME INTERNAL STUFF. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A 6YRS OLD W/ A 109,000 MILES CAR WOULD JUST GIVE UP ON ME. I PREVIOUSLY HAD TOYOTAS THAT LASTED A LONG TIME W/NO ENGINE PROBLEM. I EVEN HAD MY OIL CHANGE PRIOR TO MY TRIP SO I CAN'T SAY I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827970September 17, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. NEW ROTORS AND PAD INSTALLED. INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT ONE DOZEN TIMES. REPAIRS MADE ADDING UP TO $2300.00, PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#539566August 6, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD/ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#826133July 31, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE IS NOT KEEPING OIL PRESSURE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537645June 30, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
IF TOYOTA HAD A RECALL ON THE HEAD GASKETS, WHY DID/DO THEY NOT NOTIFY THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES? I LIVE IN MONTANA AND IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS OF OUT GREAT STATE, YOU USUALLY HAVE ALOT OF MILES TO TRAVEL FOR ANY KIND OF ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE! I'VE ALSO NOTICED ON SOMEOTHER 4 RUNNERS THAT THE WINDSHIELD JUST STARTED TO CRACK FROM AROUND THE EDGE UNDER THE SEAL! MINE STARTED FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE, TOP AND DOWN/ACROSS TO CENTER. NITICED SOME OTHERS STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM UP! DID SEEM TO START ON THE DRIVERS SIDE MAINLY! THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF OUTSIDE CAUSE FOR CRACK TO START (EI-ROCKS).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#529609January 28, 1998
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING PULLEY NUT LOOSENED, CAME OFF AND HIT THE FAN WHICH BROKE INTO PIECES AND ALSO PUT SEVERAL HOLES IN THE RADIATOR AND HOSES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523503October 3, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REPLACE FOUR SET OF BRAKES, DUE TO BRAKE SHUDDERING AND PULSATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816378September 15, 1997
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE COMSUMER REMOVED THE AIR CONDITIONER'S FAN SPEED CONTROL SWITCH WHERE THE CONSOLE OF THE VEHICLE IS. HE SAW THE PLASTIC SHELL MELTED AND BLACK COLOR. ALSO THE CONNECTOR SWITCH WAS BURNED UP, ACCORDING TO THE COMSUMER, THIS PART HAD GOTTEN VERY HOT. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE MANUFACTURER TOO. *AK THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE FAN SWITCH WAS NOT DESIGNED TO CARRY THE ELECTRICAL LOADS OF THE VEHICLE, PLUS BECAUSE THE PLASTIC PARTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAN SHOWED OVER HEATING. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#518218August 8, 1997
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
ELECTRIC TAILGATE WINDOW FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#515752May 29, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE
FRONT BRAKE PADS FAILED AND REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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