Faults:

Brakes were bad when purchased.

Small nut behind transmission corroded and created coolant leak. had to drop transmission to fix. $405 in labor for a $5 part install. Ouch.

Oxygen sensor is slowly going.

General Comments:

Overall this is a very comfortable, useful and well laid out truck.

It handles fairly well, has a pretty comfortable ride, and compared with friend's trucks from other manufacturers, I'd say it's definitely my preference among mid-size SUVs.

The only running issue I have is the poor gas mileage. Less than 15mpg in town. I know it's a truck, but it's a smaller one, and I would like to see more.

Faults:

My head gasket blew at 110,000 miles.

Recored the the radiator with 4 rows instead of 3 rows at 118,000 miles.

Replaced O2 sensor at 118,000 miles.

General Comments:

I love my 4Runner. It always gets me where I'm going.

After installing headers and K&N air filter, I can hold my own on the freeways.

It's great off-road and my truck is stock.

The ride is quite comfortable and the leather interior has held up well.

Faults:

The front end is starting to shake on the highway over 60 mph.

The rear bumper extensions are rusting out.

General Comments:

This is the best vehicle I have ever owned. I put gas in it, change the oil & that's it. The 3.0 V-6 is poorly under powered & gets horrible gas mileage. And it could also have more front leg room (I think the newer ones do.) My next purchase will be a new 4x4 4 door Tundra.

Faults:

Head gasket blew at 108,000 miles. After inquiring with the dealership about the history of this vehicle, found that there was a head gasket recall for this year/model's engine and gaskets were replaced, per recall, at 70,000 miles. Therefore, only 38,000 miles on new set of head gaskets. Expensive repair with no identification of the problem or confidence of the fix.

General Comments:

I don't understand the "love affair" with Toyota vehicles. I have owned four, two camerys and one pickup, with poor reliability and high repair costs on each. I think I have had enough.

The most recent is the 4-Runner. It is a beautiful vehicle in appearance, but severely underpowered. Pedal to the metal if driving into the wind at 70MPH highway speeds (not to mention how thirsty the engine is for gas).

The head gasket problem convinced me that Toyota Customer Service could care less about my problem. I just wanted to be sure that Toyota knew why the gaskets were failing and that they implemented a fix! After a letter and many calls with no help I finally got a call from an engineer who essentially said I have a fine vehicle with unsurpassed reliability and not to worry. Boy, did that make me feel better.

On the positive side, most of the controls continue to work and the engine is very quiet in idle.