1994 Toyota 4RUNNER Engine cooling Problems

“Engine blown head gasket caused water to leak into engine causing engine failure. Toyota repaired under recall several years ago. Now the same problem occurred and now it will cost me $1,900.00 to repair their poor quality, or craftsmanship. Why can't we get Toyota to warranty this problem for the life of the car. I have read hundreds of posts regarding this matter, and we cannot get fair results from anyone. My friend had Toyota offer him $500.00 towards the purchase of a new Toyota, pretty funny offer.”

“I own a 94 Toyota 4runner with a 3vz-e motor. The head gasket was replace under the recall in 1997 when the vehicle had 45000 miles. The Toyota dealership just replaced the head gasket and never resurfaced the heads. On september 20,2006 head gasket blow again.it is well known about the design flaw in this motor and Toyota should be held responsible for the repair to be done correctly. My vehicle only has 90700 miles on the motor.I called Toyota and they told my that they only fix it one time. …”

“I own a 94 Toyota 4runner and a 94 Toyota sr5 pickup truck. Back in '98 I received a recall notice I brought both my vehicles to fred anderson Toyota in response to the recall. They replaced the head gaskets on both vehicles. Recall notice: a 3vz-e head gasket replacement june 26, 1998 vehicle: Toyota truck 4x4mileage: 46,623 july 17, 1998 vehicle: Toyota 4runnermileage: 38,037 the beginning of february 2006 of this year, my Toyota pickup truck blew a head gasket when I cranked it up one afternoon. …”

“This is a failure that has no events leading up to it . I own a 1994 Toyota 4 RUNNER with 4 wheel drive. The harmonic balancer has broken more than 3 times on this vehicle. It seems that the key that fits into the slot on the crank shaft is too short. The key that fits into the slot also keeps the harmonic balancer in place as it also has a slot for the key to fit into. When this happens it is sudden and gives you little or no time to react. All of the instrument lights come on at once and the steering and brakes fail causing loss of control. …”

“We purchased the vehicle in 1/2000, on 6/1/2000, I was driving through a fast-food drive-through I was stopped, I pressed on the gas, the enginecheck light went on, the car quit and a huge amount of smoke came out of the tail pipe. The Toyota dealership where we bought the car stated that the piston blew due to the bad head gasket. They found anti-freeze and water in the engine. No warning lights went on before this. The truck showed no signs of overheating before this. Two minutes later, I would have been on the freeway.”