Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 05/09/2001 | 20 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Engine shuts down when a single electrical component is turned on (lights/ac/wwipers/etc.) the power brakes and steering go out, emergency lights are inoperable, and car often takes minutes to restart. toyota says no known repair...due to short distance driving(20/day avg)... drives as any 1995 4 runner would under same driving circumstances this happens at all speeds. has happened at intersection, on interstate,etc. it is a crash waiting to happen. toyota is unable to repair and unwilling to buy back existing vehicle. *ak | |||
| When consumer runs the air conditioner or turns on the heater/ fan, car shuts off automatically. consumer took the vehicle to the dealership, no further information by the dealership. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| While driving vehicle completely shutdown. when this happened battery light illuminated. however, this was not the cause of problem. please give any further details.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 07/11/1996 | 1 | ||
| Distributor cap failed. *dh | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 12/20/2000 | 15 | ||
| At 70 mph cpu reset,headlights came on and off, engine shut off. this has happened 10- 15 times so far. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 09/26/1995 | 6 | ||
| Wiring harness failed. *dh | |||