Hi all,
I just picked up my 4runner after spending $1500 at the dealer. I'm not happy.
It's a 2006 V8 Sport and has hit the 90K mark.
The dealer quoted me $1500 for:
Timing belt
Water Pump
Fuel injection cleaning - as recommended by toyota every 30K now.
Differential fluid replacement
Tranny fluid replacement
Coolant
...and the other expected, filters, fluids, etc.
I picked it up after the service department was closed. Started it up and there was some loud belt squeal. I drove for a few miles expecting it to go away as the engine warmed up, but it didn't. The squeal would get louder when I got on the throttle. So I went back and complained to the sales staff who have forwarded my complaint to the service folks.
Then I drove the twenty miles home and things got weird.
16 miles out I stop at a red light and it feels like I get tapped from behind. My rate of speed was decreasing, I expect to stop and suddenly there's a violent lurch like someone tapped my bumper.
Of course, no one tapped my bumper and I figure I'm imagining things.
Mile 18 and I'm at another red light. I hit the gas to go and I get slammed back into my seat. I mean slammed. My neck hurts from the violent start.
It's like the engine spun free for a minute - although I don't remember the engine racing - and then everything caught at once and the 4runner jerked forward.
Mile 20, I'm home, driving up our hilly drive and I really have to dip hard into the throttle to get up the hill. I keep giving it more throttle and the 4runner stays at 10mph. There was no acceleration and a hint of bogging down.
So I don't know enough about vehicles to have a solid idea what's happening. The squealing belt is, I assume, a squealing belt.
The lurching, driveline stutter is - what? - the tranny fluid? They said that they don't force the fluid out under pressure, they use a gentle vacuum, but something doesn't feel right.
Why too does the engine feel bogged down going up the hill? It reminds of a time I pinched the exhaust closed on another vehicle I had.
Any advice you have is welcome.
I do plan on bringing the truck in first thing tomorrow.
Two things to note:
1. No error codes, no warning lights.
2. Ironically, I went to a new dealer because my last dealer had these same kinds of issues. Every repair the truck went back at least twice. :ybrick:
I just picked up my 4runner after spending $1500 at the dealer. I'm not happy.
It's a 2006 V8 Sport and has hit the 90K mark.
The dealer quoted me $1500 for:
Timing belt
Water Pump
Fuel injection cleaning - as recommended by toyota every 30K now.
Differential fluid replacement
Tranny fluid replacement
Coolant
...and the other expected, filters, fluids, etc.
I picked it up after the service department was closed. Started it up and there was some loud belt squeal. I drove for a few miles expecting it to go away as the engine warmed up, but it didn't. The squeal would get louder when I got on the throttle. So I went back and complained to the sales staff who have forwarded my complaint to the service folks.
Then I drove the twenty miles home and things got weird.
16 miles out I stop at a red light and it feels like I get tapped from behind. My rate of speed was decreasing, I expect to stop and suddenly there's a violent lurch like someone tapped my bumper.
Of course, no one tapped my bumper and I figure I'm imagining things.
Mile 18 and I'm at another red light. I hit the gas to go and I get slammed back into my seat. I mean slammed. My neck hurts from the violent start.
It's like the engine spun free for a minute - although I don't remember the engine racing - and then everything caught at once and the 4runner jerked forward.
Mile 20, I'm home, driving up our hilly drive and I really have to dip hard into the throttle to get up the hill. I keep giving it more throttle and the 4runner stays at 10mph. There was no acceleration and a hint of bogging down.
So I don't know enough about vehicles to have a solid idea what's happening. The squealing belt is, I assume, a squealing belt.
The lurching, driveline stutter is - what? - the tranny fluid? They said that they don't force the fluid out under pressure, they use a gentle vacuum, but something doesn't feel right.
Why too does the engine feel bogged down going up the hill? It reminds of a time I pinched the exhaust closed on another vehicle I had.
Any advice you have is welcome.
I do plan on bringing the truck in first thing tomorrow.
Two things to note:
1. No error codes, no warning lights.
2. Ironically, I went to a new dealer because my last dealer had these same kinds of issues. Every repair the truck went back at least twice. :ybrick:
