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1995 Production I guess having started this thread back in February, I should feel compelled to state that Toyota USA said that the Head Gasket issue stops on 1995 production models after October. So if your 1995 3.0 V-6 was made after October for that production year, you cannot qualify for...

Mikes4-Runner Mike, You raise a great question. We bought it 18 months ago from a dealer that told us that it had 2 other owners. This past winter, December to be exact, it lost the head gaskets, and was 2 months off the production line to be eligible for the head gasket warranty. That was...

Low Miles Mike, I believe this started when the clock said 106K. We now have about 110K. Not much mileage. Grant

Thanks Mike Mike, Thanks. You have just confirmed what I suspected. It's too bad to because the truck doesn't have much mileage on it. This strikes me as very odd for a Toyota, but it seems as though the 2nd Gen 4-Runners were plagued with troubles. Grant

Hello, It's been a while and I am fairly new, but am in need of some good advice. I realize that this question was asked before, but couldn't really see any clear answers. We have this '95 2nd Gen V6 4-Runner with Auto trans. Recently back in March was hauling a 5' X 8' U-Haul for about an...

toybox Just talked to a local Toyota dealer service dept., and they said they needed the VIN to determine whether there was a recall for that 1995 model. I then asked what would happen if the head gasket repair was being handled by a non-Toyota repair shop? They thought that needed further...

Thanks toybox and mike_d! Sorry if I got testy. Just that I have an older '91 Nissan 4X4 P/U that I bought with 20K and now have 230K after 11 years. I had compared it to a Toyota then and liked the Toyota, but the cost between the two was fairly substantial. So having less $$ at the...

I now know that this is the 2nd generation 4-runner (hard lesson). Thanks to toybox and mike_d for helping me out with understanding some of the potential issues with this model (head gaskets..$$$$). Is there any other issues that I as a newbie to 4-runners should be aware of? Also, mike_d...

Well?????????????? Well I guess I don't think you are being a prick? I guess as a new 4-runner owner, I didn't really assume that a Toyota would have so many potential issues such as bad generations. How do you distinguish between generations? How do you know which generation is worthy? Is...

We have a 1995 SR5 4-Runner 4WD that we bought used last year from a dealer. It only had 86K on the clock, and when we decided to buy it (Dodge Dealer) we had them include a Timing Belt change. Now a year later and about 104K on the clock, we have had a myriad of heating problems. It...