1998 Toyota 4RUNNER Engine cooling Problems

“I was driving on hwy. 45 about 65 MPH. My sister and nephew were in the vehicle with me. All of a sudden, we heard a loud pop. I felt the power go out of the vehicle and proceeded to pull over to the shoulder of the freeway - almost hitting another vehicle. My nephew said it sounded like we got a flat tire. Then we noticed smoke coming out from under the hood of the vehicle. When we go tout, we noticed oil on the ground -under the vehicle. We lifted the hood - and noticed a hole in the engine block. …”

“We were on vacation driving from atlanta, ga to damariscotta, me. On the morning of saturday august 7, we began our second day of travel just outside of harrisburg, pa. We were entering the interstate when we heard a loud pop and the car began to shake badly. We immediately took the car, a 1998 Toyota 4runner with fewer than 60,000 miles on it, to harrisburg Toyota. The dealer eventually told us we had a broken rod and need a short block replacement, for which we were charged $5500, including $3900 in parts.”

“With 50 000 miles, connecting rod broke while during normal use, shot out the engine block, fluid spilled, engine seized and catastrophic damage to engine block; new engine required.”

“The contact owns a 1998 Toyota 4runner. During deceleration, the vehicle stalls and accelerates both at the same time. The dealer replaced the idle switch valve twice, which corrected the failure for a few months. On august 21, 2008 while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle shut down. The contact will take the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnosis. The failure mileage was 72,100 and current mileage was 90,000.”

“While consumer was driving on a mountain/coming down and exiting, vehicle completely shutdown, this has happened twice. Consumer was told by dealer that vehicle was fine. It just needs to get used to mountain drivingb (note: the vehicle has a supercharger that the dealer added when the vehicle was new, its a trd supercharger).”