1995 Toyota 4Runner from North America - Comments

Blown head gasket!

I heard about the recall on these engines when it came out and asked three differnt dealers if my vehicle was included. All of them assured me that the bad engines were built three months earlier and I didn't have anything to worry about!

Guess what?

At 139,000 miles the head gasket is gone. Water passage portion sucked/blown into the water passage and deposited in the radiator!

Gee, had an '87 4Runner, put 290,000 on it in 7 years and never had a problem.

Has anyone out there had any luck getting these "supposedly OK" engines covered by Toyota?

Fabric has worn prematurely!

I was told the same thing that my 4 runner was beyond the recall and it cost me $1800.00 to have the head gasket replaced. The mileage when it blew the first time was just over 97K miles.

Well today it blew again at 160K miles. Toyota stamped the invoice with their Lifetime Service and Parts Guarantee. Well the truck goes in tomorrow so we'll see.

Yeah. I have a 95 4runner and I blew a head gasket at 127000 miles! right out side of the recall range as well! class action?

I have a 95 also that blew the head gasket at 87,000 miles, Was told that the 93 and 94 models were under recall, but not the 95. Total cost was $1,600. Other than the head gasket no other problems.

I bought my 1995 Toyota 4-Runner in March, 2001 with 64, 000 miles. Paid $25,00.00 (Finance charges included) 2 months later, radiator blew. I had to have it replaced. 6 months later, blew the head gasket. Sued the dealership, after one year of the car sitting, I won the case, recd $2,000.00. 1 yr later, blew had gasket. 6 months later, blew again. Used Steel Seal. Worked for 6 weeks. Used it again, 4 weeks. put another $3,500~ The Toyota dealership said: "you missed the recall by 3 months & it will be $8,000.00 to fix it!!! I feel all of us have been lied to by the corp to cover their error. I am sure that the Toyota Corp could have & should honored the recall. Well, that will never happen. So, I am stuck with a car that was paid off and it sits. I am riding the bus & walking because I have no more money! Toyota will not honor the recall whatsoever.

I have a 95 4runner 4 cyl 22re engine and the head gasket just went out. The engine was totally rebuilt around 25k

miles ago with total mileage of around 225k. I had the oil

and filter changed at one of those national places, this

was on a Friday and on Monday morning after the truck sat

for 7 hours I cranked it over and apparently had a hydro?

Lock. I drove the truck, the first.5 miles. it was steaming like crazy (from the exhaust) then cleared up. Temp was normal and oil prx was OK. The last mile to the house temp went way up and now it sits. Any ideas? Is this " recall"

from Toyata 4cyl or 6cyl?? Thanks. Mal

maljfairnington@hotmail.com.

I have a 1994 pickup with the 22-re engine. It just popped the head gasket at 130,000. Does anybody know about the engine recall discussed in the above posts? I was not aware there was one. Any details anybody knows would be great.

Too heavy with oversized tires. DOHC engines will suffer this kind of combination. Horror stories with oil starvation under off-camber situation. Poor reliability reports because second owners avoid prohibitive dealer repair cost.