1993 Toyota 4Runner SR5 from North America - Comments

When I bought the vehicle from the dealer, it had a few problems that they didn't tell me about (it was a small "no-name" dealership that carried all makes of cars).

The power steering system had a leak that slowly got bigger. The power steering system is now completely non-functional. It will cost over $500 to fix.

The alternator was not charging the battery fully. The battery slowly died, causing the truck to continuously stall. It cost $300 to fix.

The vehicle came with a rear-wheel antilock brake system which wasn't working all of the time. Now it doesn't work at all. Not sure of the cost to fix it.

The automatic transmission will only switch up to 3rd gear until it warms up (usually takes about 5 minutes before it will switch into 4th and 5th gear). Not sure of the cost to fix it.

The speakers are starting to go, but guess what? I'm a sales rep at Best Buy! That will be a cheap and fun fix up.

I am not happy with the dealership at all, and will never buy a vehicle from that dealership again.

The truck plows through snow (4x4). I have never had any problems being stuck in the two winters that I have had the vehicle.

The truck is smaller than most American SUVs. There is not much leg room in any of the seats (the seats are low to the floor because the floor is higher off the ground creating higher ground clearance).

Lot's of room in the cargo area.

The 3.0 V6 engine does not have the greatest acceleration, especially at higher speeds. I think it should have a 4.0 V6.

THE TRUCK IS AMAZINGLY HOLDING ITS VALUE!!! I bought it for $10,000 (it was a pretty good deal). It is now 2 years later, and I will probably be able to sell it for around $9,000 or maybe even as much as $10,000 according to the current going prices.

I am selling the vehicle because the insurance is very expensive. I am going to buy a 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee because it has much cheaper insurance, a more powerful engine, and more features for a lot cheaper price.

TOYOTAS LAST FOREVER!!!

I bought my 1992 4Runner about 6 months ago with 91k miles on it. I love the solid feel of the ride, the doors and generally everything. It's a great little car!!!

However... I too have the same problem with shifting. Sometimes it doesn't want to go into 4th and will hover at 3000rpm at 40 miles an hour. I have watched the tach closely and it should be cruising easily at about 2300rpm at that speed. I have noticed that if I click the 'override' button on the shift lever it won't work. Is this because, like you mentioned, the engine is cold? Or is this feature going bad?

Also, I have the same problem with the power steering. A slow leak has gotten progressively worse lately.

Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Just some guy.

I noticed the power loss at high speeds as well, it was hard to pass people on the highway and merging was sometimes difficult, but when testing all the buttons in my truck I found hitting the ECT button greatly helped, it allows the rpms to go higher than 3500 and when passing on the highway it's almost like nitro.

I bought my 4runner in March of 2002. It's a 1993 with 108,000 miles plus it's loaded. It was such a steal they were asking 9,550 but I talked them down to 8,50. the car is in mint condition inside and out. Great acceleration, plenty of power and sharp looking too.

The shifting after warm up is proper operation. Even the 84 Celica's had this. It's part of the emission control system.

I found this out because my temp sensor went bad.

I just lost my transmission on my 92 4runner pumps oil out as fast as I can put in in, waiting for the tow truck to show up.

Any Ideas of whats wrong with it?