1995 Toyota 4Runner SR5 from North America - Comments

I previously owned a 95 eclipse had nothing, but problems with that car 3 transmissions 3 motors. so I got rid of it.

I know 3 other people with Toyota pick-ups with the v6 3.0, They always liked them and never seemed to really give them problems.

I bought mine and sure as the grass is green two out of the 3 blow head gaskets. Then 10K later mine blows people were saying "ever think it could be the driver?" well no way its the driver when 3 out of 4 of those motors have blown head gaskets it's completely uncalled for.

I expected something that would last me longer then 6 months, I haven't even made my 6th payment yet.

I'm pissed anyone wanna sue. I DO, but we know it won't happen, but if anyone gets anywhere with it sign me up.

I do the work myself so it saves me money that way, but for you guys that pay mechanics. I feel real bad for you.

It's extremely hard to make payments on a freaking car and pay for a 300 dollar head gasket set and 70 dollar head bolts. while your in there might as well get a timing belt save your self the money there's another 100 bucks. you know that will go soon and there's another 700 bucks for a mechanic to fix. just to let everyone know that's around the price of the parts you will be paying for. 100 bucks to get the heads tested there's 600 bucks in its self that's assuming everythin goes right and all you need is those parts, and you get a good mechanic that don't scam you, cause that happens quite often that's why I do all the work myself can't scam myself. For all you out there that's a general overview of what your paying for. Always make sure they get the heads tested or you'll regret that down the road when the head gasket blows again and you crack the head. I'm sorry this is so long, but I wanna help other people out, because I'm pissed and suffering without a car. It's all Toyota's fault, for not standing behind their product and screwing the consumer US it's a big pile of BS if you ask me. We want a car that will last past 120K without dropping 2000 into it for most people don't ya think.

Are you complaining about a 12 year old car you bought when it had 117K miles?

Then you said the gaskets kept getting blown... AND THEN MENTION YOU DO THE WORK YOURSELF. Here's an idea: GET A PROFESSIONAL TO DO IT.

Class action lawsuit? Yes, you and 1 other guy who had problems won't constitute a noteworthy lawsuit.

Get help.

The first comment summed it up perfectly, but it bears repeating. If you blow a headgasket, replace it, and blow it AGAIN with 10,000 miles, then whoever put it in should be selling cheeseburgers somewhere instead of working on automobiles.