1995 Toyota 4RUNNER Other or unknown Problems

“May 2015 on way to drs and then oil change at pep boys. Head gasket on car blew for 2nd time (6000 and 2 years, since first time). Driving on freeway proceeded to overpass and in the middle of this extremely high, curved overpass, bridging the 23 to the 101, driving at highway speed, the car farted , cloud out back side and speed just dropped. Coasted down other side and car limped along slowly from there. Most terrifying experience. Prayed no one would hit me and send me flying off the connector to freeway below. I had no problem with car prior, running beautiful. …”

“In april, 2000 my 1995 Toyota 4-runner needed a new block. We were still under warranty and had Toyota of garden grove do the work necessary. Total charges were 5300. Insurance picked up most of this. Then in may of 2003, the same thing happened-only this time we were not under warranty. With rental cars and repairs, our total is up to 3200. We were told by the 2nd mechanics that the first mechanics who claimed to put in all new engine and parts that this was not so. This seems absurb for a vehicle that has only 93,000 miles on it to need 2 engines in a 3 year period. …”

“The head gasket is going out there is a recall for other mfg dates but mine was 1 month too long and other people complaining on the internet about their 95 4runners with blown head gaskets and Toyota telling them to go pound sand.Toyota is even having later model v6s with failing head gaskets the motor its self is the problem the design is not perfect it's cooling problem is the cause of the sledge recalls they have going on. …”

“Blown engine head gasket. Check engine light came on and vehicle was taken to dealership for engine diagnostics. Blown head gasket identified. I checked with manufacturer regarding recall and was told that head gasket recall is by VIN number only and that my vehicle VIN number is not part of the recall. It is very unusual for a head gasket to prematurely fail at 100k miles. And it seems that this problem is prevalent on Toyota 4runners and the recall should not be by VIN number but a total recall.”

“While driving about 35 MPH engine check light came on/off. Consumer took vehicle to dealer because the engine light did not go off, the mechanic told consumer engine head gasket was broken and needed to be repaired and they did. Consumer received two recall notices concerning engine head gasket.”