Blown head gasket. Was told VIN number does not fall in range for "campaign" sscv06 or before the 10/94 manufactured date (vehicle has 12/94 manufactured date). Causing overheating, coolant consumption, rough starting, and expensive damage/repair.
1995 Toyota 4RUNNER engine complaints
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The vehicle experienced the same defect stated in the recall in reference to the head gasket, but the VIN number was not (unable to locate recall number). Ts coolant leaked from the vehicle. Scc
Check engine light came on and experienced rough idling and poor pickup. Took into have serviced at an independant service center and was told I had a blown head gasket, researched issue and have found the recall and repair campaign for this vehicle. Contacted toyota and was told that this vehicle had already had the recall performed prior to my owning the vehicle. Now I'm looking at a wealthy repair bill and no assistance from toyota on this known issue. Dt
Consumer states that while driving on freeway vehicle overheated. Head gaskets were damaged.
My mechanic states that the head gaskets were recalled, and they think it should be covered. Toyota says that my VIN # is not eligible for this recall.
Head gasket blewout while driving. Consumer feels unsafe to drive due to previous head gasket recall. This vehicle not included in recall.
Engine failure when oil just changed at sunnyside.
Took truck in to get oil changed and get a tune-up, mechanic tells me I have a blown gasket. Talked to the toyota dealership near me, said that it was a rare problem and it was going to cost at least $1500 to repair. Called an independent mechanic, said it happens all the time. Called toyota's "customer service" after reading on the internet about at "secret warranty" for this problem. "customer service" indicated my VIN was not part of the campaign to fix the problem.
Head gaskets caused vehicle to overheat. Also, radiator constantly leaked water out. Deaelr was notified. Please provide more information.
White smoke was coming from manifold pipe, and vehicle's temperature gauge registered hot. Dealership was aware of problem.
Had vehicle parked. Noticed beneath vehicle a small puddle under engine area. Took to private mechanic. Was informed head gaskets had blown and were leaking. Also a service bulletin for head gaskets. Owner contacted both manufacturer and dealership. Informed campaign was for head gaskets, but not vehicle.*ak
The head gasket were replaced under the toyota special service bulletin vo6 at 62000mi. They are now failing again at 155,980. It is a danger to the ocupants of the vehicle to have the engine "blow" and the back wheels stop on a busy road. This problem is going to happen and is in a large number of these vehicles as they aproch the 155000mi mark and will have to be fixed again, this time with their own money. This part should not fail a second time there is still a defect in the engine, gasket, or the procedure to re-assembling the engine will making the repair. Toyota needs to admit that it is still not fixed and make sure all that have this problem can have it repaired under the "no age, no mileage" clause in the service document.
The head gasket failed which then caused engine to overheat which caused the destruction of the engines short block. Toyota has issued a service campaign notice: 3v2-e (v06) which covers this problem (the federal safety agency item number: sb037553). But it only covers early production 1995 toyota 4runners. Toyota claims that my vehicle (VIN) is not included in this campaign and therefore not covered even though the failure experienced is consistent with the campaign notice. Toyota (to their credit) has provided a replacement short block at no charge during the engine rebuild.but, toyota has not contributed the labor costs and additional components that were damaged as a result of the failure. We believe that toyota's service bulletin which claims that the head gasket has been improved does not actually fix the problem. See: the federal safety agency item number: sb037547 we further believe that toyota should cover the cost of the the labor for this repair work.
While driving there was a dull bang noise from engine, and heavy grey smoke came from exhaust. Engine had gasket blew out. Vehicle had to be towed.
Head gasket failure: dull bang occurs in engine, excessive white smoke billows from exhaust. Exhaust smells sweet from anti-freeze. Engine ran rough from one cylinder misfiring. Coolant is being blown from radiator cap. Had to pull over immediatly in heavy traffic. Vehicle towed to home. Test on engine oil finds that coolant has mixed with engine lubricating oil. Discussion with toyota certified mechanic result: this is a common problem with the new head gaskets and is usually catastrophic needing engine rebuld/replacement as the engine block usually needs re-decking(milling) beyond maximum allowable tolerances; coolant gallery comes too close to cylinder wall at head. Contacted dealer, refered to toyota national service hotline (800‑331‑4331) and was told that the prior years head gasket recall did not include my year, and was resolved for my year vehicle by installing heavier head gaskets at point of engine manufacture. No assistance from toyota national service, but if I was willing to purchase a new toyota that toyota national sales would offer assistance after the sale was made. The estimate to replace the engine is $5,300.00 with rebuild (jasper or other). Seeking financing to repair/replace engine.
Head gasket failed resulting in engine misses. Service campaign issued for same mk/model but excludes this VIN.
While driving vehicle completely shutdown. When this happened battery light illuminated. However, this was not the cause of problem. Please give any further details.
Blown engine head gasket. Check engine light came on and vehicle was taken to dealership for engine diagnostics. Blown head gasket identified. I checked with manufacturer regarding recall and was told that head gasket recall is by VIN number only and that my vehicle VIN number is not part of the recall. It is very unusual for a head gasket to prematurely fail at 100k miles. And it seems that this problem is prevalent on toyota 4runners and the recall should not be by VIN number but a total recall.
Independent repair shop indicated head gasket may be blown. Coolant loss caused engin to overheat. Waterpump and pullies froze breaking timing belt. Dealer fixed water pump, pullies and timing belt. Said headgasket not covered by current recall and coolant loss is due to bad radiator cap. Engine running rough on cold start. Dealer said they forgot to correctly gap spark plugs- did not fix running rough. Engine still loosing coolant 1 gal/week. Appears to be headgasket problem but toyota says thicker headgasket was installed in all v6 4-runners after 10/94 and that is why 1995's are not included. This is a major problem that needs to be addressed by the federal safety agency to toyota.
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While driving engine overheated and radiator blewout. Consumer was forced to drive off road, and saw stain coming out of tail pipe. Then, saw a leak caused by a blown out head gasket.
Head gasket failure, potential fire.
While driving at 20-25 MPH and when pulling out of a parking lot vehicle was driving very rough. Also, smoke was coming from exhaust pipe. Contacted dealer, dealer noticed that head gasket had failed. Please provide any further details.
Want to know why this is not a part of the recall. No safety defect.
I have several complaints about the gasket defect/problem, when or will there be a recall on this part!?
Engine head gasket failure causing large amount of smoke formed from fuel exhaust and engine coolant mixed. Car would not start after failure because of build up of coolant inside the cynlinder so piston would not compress and car would not start.
At 70 MPH cpu reset,headlights came on and off, engine shut off. This has happened 10- 15 times so far.
Engine head gaskets blew caused the anti-freeze to get into the spark plugs which caused the vehicle to idle rough on a cold start. My vehicle was not included in the recall to replace the head gaskets.
Blown head gasket resulted in contamination of oil, engine failure. Blown head gasket resulted in contamination of oil by coolant, which eventually caused engine failure. Engine needs new short block, at cost of $5,200-$6,200. Toyota says "it's not our problem." head gasket repaired under warranty at 58,652 miles. Now engine fails. Have learned independently of possible coolant contamination of the oil and serious damage to engine (e.g. Crankshaft bearings) when head gasket failed. Customer never notified of head gasket defect or recall until mine failed. Never told of possible damage to engine. Independent mechanics have advised that the short block should have been replaced at time head gasket was replaced because of probable coolant contamination of oil, which damages bearings and eventually results in engine failure. Toyota only replaced the head gasket. Now unwilling to cover resulting damage to engine b/c outside of 100,000 mile warranty and they deny related to head gasket failure.
This seems to be an ongoing problem with toyota's 4runner. Why no action yet??? Toyota did a non-mandatory campaign for the prior model year for the same problem. Why have they not been obligated to do one for this model year as well? When I try to speak with toyota they are intentionally ambiguous and never willing to discuss the changes they performed on the previous models. It is common knowledge to both toyota and indepedent mechanics there are intrinsic problems with this make and model. Currently 25% of your complaints with this year and model are related to this intrinsic engine problem. How can you a governmental agency justify your lack of attention and support for the public???? You need to begin some type of action!!!!
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