Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 06/07/2008 | 120000 | 1 | |
| Our 2000 toyota 4runner, on a recent road trip, had the engine light come on while we were in rural kansas. upon having it towed to the nearest toyota dealership, we were told it had engine sludge, and that we needed, at the least, a rebuild of our engine, and at most a new engine. the car has been well-maintained, and prior to this incident had run fine. oil had been changed on a regular basis, and the vehicle had sufficient oil, and clean-looking oil, as it had always had. *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM | |||
| 05/04/2008 | 142000 | 1 | |
| A control valve within the radiator burst, causing engine coolant to get into the transmission and seize it. mechanic diagnosed the problem. indicated that transmission was to be removed, system flushed, new radiator installed, transmission either rebuilt or replaced and for the whole system to be road tested. approximate costs vary from $1700.00 to over $3000.00. *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 07/20/2009 | 125000 | 1 | |
| On a sunday afternoon during last summer, i was driving my 2000 toyota 4runner with my wife and 9-yr old daughter at the back seat. i had the car on cruise control at about 65/70 mph. before moving over to my destination off ramp, i tried to cancel the cruise control but to my horror it was not canceling. the harder i pressed the brake, the faster the car tried to move forward/accelerating. i had to take and somehow managed a immediate left on a t junction with traffic light control. i was almost going to hit the car infront running at a speed appropriate for a busy city street. we all started praying to god. i was on a bridge/overpass.there was no way to drive off the roadway. i almost passed out in horror, but barely managed to move over to the lanes in the opposite direction (luckily there was no median and the oncoming traffic light was red). when nothing was working, i somehow managed to turn the engine switch off. and stop the car with the help of the break within a few hundred feet just barely avoiding head on collision with the oncoming traffic. after stopping, i tried to start the car. as soon as i turned the key on the rpm jumped to 6000/7000. as i push the break hard to stop the car from moving, the car was jumping violently. we were scared, got out off the car and the road. i called the police. before a police officer came, a kind driver stopped and help me to push the car to the shoulder. the officer left with even taking a report. i took and left the car to the nearby toyota dealer. next day, they told me the problem was due to the throttle valve getting stuck open. i had to pay to clean the valve. *tr updated 04/22/10 *bf | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 10/12/2007 | 128900 | 1 | 02/14/2003 |
| I pulled onto the highway and heard a loud noise, like someone threw a wrench into my engine. all my dash lights came on, and i lost all power. i pulled over to the side of the road where my husband checked under the hood to find what appeared to be a dark liquid all over the bottom of the engine, axles, and front chunk. we were towed home, where he found a piece of the engine side bell housing lying in the skid plate. now my car is lawn art and i'm searching for a recall. it has had the oil changed about every three months and is not mistreated. i still have about a thousand miles before my next oil change is due. *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | |||
| 11/12/2012 | 173916 | 1 | |
| Frame rust-through - vehicle's frame has prematurely rusted through from the inside-out along passenger side in area of muffler assembly. *tr | |||