1994 Toyota 4Runner 6 cylinder from North America
Faults:
I bought the 4Runner in March of 2003 with 125,000 miles on it... in August of same year, the engine blew, so I spent $1800 on a refurbished engine that had 118,000 miles on it...
One year later the water pump went out, so in August had it replaced, then oil pressure kept going low, fixed that.
Went out this a.m. and the engine is over heating again... this is only 4 months after having the water pump replaced... they believe it is a blown head gasket... Why do they do this???
And why on earth does the Kelly Blue Book state a high value? Ripping people off defines high value??? I now question Kelly Blue Book's ulterior motive... Banks go by the Blue Book when lending the money, owners who are trying to sell the 4Runners won't come off of their asking price because of what the Blue Book states... so we finance a 4Runner for 3 years, but CANNOT USE it after the first year... what on earth is going on! I'm basically financing a 4Runner for the body, not to be able to drive it!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 2nd January, 2008
21st Jan 2007, 12:21
I have a friend who was in the exact position you are facing. He bought his '92 4Runner off a guy who had the entire 3.0L motor replaced by ToyMoCo at 250,000KM. 90,000KM later, the HG blew again, and that was not covered by Toyota Canada. Cost him about $3500.
I have an '88 4x4 pickup with the 3.0L (first year of production), and apparently the HG was made from asbestos, so it's supposedly not as prone to failure as the graphite ones in the '89-95 models. I have almost 300,000KM on mine, and it still runs great. If the HG was to go on mine, I would just junk it.