Recent content by watk69

It was the oil pan drain plug, it was 30 miles between wisp of smoke and shutdown. Not enough people behind us on the road to continuously monitor the smoke, and yes it was all over the exhaust pipes hence the source of the smoke. In daytime would have been duck soup to figure out Like I said...

Update UPDATE - All is well FOR NOW only Luckily, we learned before the computer will let the engine grenade it will shut it down. We had it towed to Finley in Flagstaff in the middle of the night. They tore the skids off and lo and behold there's that little precious oil drain plug just...

1 qty. Mom's Pride N Joy 2010 TE----NOT QUITE Toast! UPDATED So much for free maint. by a Toyota dealership. Had 10k mile service yesterday w/ oil change- everythng fine before then. no leaks after bringing home.. Head up to our winter home last night. Saw wisp of smoke after 100 miles into...

I have read a few threads in past about acceleration run-on when resuming speed. Long story short, the vehicle will race past the preset speed by as much as 5 mph and then settle down to the preset. Ist there a fix for it or a TSB?, it is quite un-nerving at times running up on people in front...

just wondered if anyone had done it. I know if its full time like the LE, the answer is no according to Remco, but the SR5 is with part time 4WD, which is like the TE, but not sure if the rear axle is the same between the 2 I know we have to have a rear drive shaft de-coupler. Sorry if this has...

A rock still in kindergarten compared to what Michael climbed over punctured the sidewall and it was all she wrote. Changing the tire with the donkey d*ck jack handle is no treat. Do yourself a favor and change the stock tires ASAP, they are by no means ready for the trail

Same here, 30 miles on a dirt forest road this weekend and bamm a flat tire. This is a road where I saw numerous Camry's coming up, plus people pulling 30' camping trailers---------piece of cake right? not so for the stock Dueler H/T POS. If they can put decent tires on the FJ, why not the Trail...

No 360 shot as well?..........(inside joke), wife and I took ours to the trail after picking it up at the dealer in SF and driving it to Flagstaff. We were not so lucky with the stock tires..........LOL, but I was in LOVE with its manners off road, and I'm pretty tough to please I agree with...

Well if you are using it for pavement only with the assurance of AWD for sloppy conditions then there are many choices that rate higher than our beloved 4runner for handling, safety and reliability.........Highlander, MDX, Terrain, Acadia etc etc. Some of them drive like they are on rails from...

One trip in a TE and thats all I wanted. Other than the cheesy stock tires, I am happy as a lark. It handles splendidly off road, which is what its desgned for. And the KDSS makes it no slouch on pavement either I will catch a lot of flack, but you should not buy a 4runner to solely cruise the...

Picked up my Trail and drove it home from dealer 700 miles away. Decided to have some fun this weekend and took it out to do what it was made for--off the beaten path. All the gizmos worked magnificently, one of the nicest rides off road for a grocery getter I have ever driven--- I race off road...

I'm new here, but the above are words of gold!!!! 9/11 Never forget and for me(YMMV).....never forgive

Why is it Dunflop makes such crappy tires?. They put them on Harleys as well. After going down on a bike in a rainstorm at slow speed luckily I switched to Metzelers on the bike. Will never have a Dunflop tire on anything I own. Going to go with Revo 2's ASAP on my Trail just as soon as I can

At the end of the day $500 over, invoice, 500 under.........negotiate as best you can and enjoy it. I live in AZ as well, and only one dealership had a Shoreline Blue with Nav within 800 miles (fairly rare). I got 2500 off sticker with $55 doc fees and I am happy. Fly into SF tomorrow and am...

For a non 4 x 4 and never to see off road, the stock tires are not that bad. Just make sure if you want to do the takeoff route they don't hose you or negotiate it as part of the deal!! It is hard to beat the Michelins I must say though, clearly great tires