W1CKED
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Hello all!, i recently bought a 2008 4runner sport 4x4 V6 with 108,000 miles on it....i have a couple concerns about it and would like to hear from people who have owned there runners for a while, or have experienced any of what im experiencing is normal or not..if any one has any input or advice it would be great!
my first concern about the truck is while im accelerating...either at low or highway speeds i feel a slight vibration..i was thinking either a wheel hub or bad wheel balancing..but once i take my foot off the pedal it goes away and its smooth as can be...
my second concern is the service records for this truck ended at around 40,000 miles...so i have no idea what has been done since then, i plan on doing a radiator flush because the fluid inside radiator is a brownish color, while the fluid in the over flow tank is the light red... what are some other areas of the truck i should inspect?? there is no milk shake looking oil in the oil cap or dipstick..so im not too worried about the dreaded head gasket leak.
Third concern is the brakes...i dont know if its normal for the truck to pulsate while braking...this is my first SUV..always had sport coupes...but every time i touch the brakes the truck pulsates like crazy..
everything else seems to be in pretty good shape..just that vibration during accel. that i want to get fixed...my drivers side seat has this awful lubar cracking/popping...but from what i have read there is nothing that can be done about it...
Im sorry for the long post but since i have purchased this truck 2 weeks ago it has been back to the dealer twice now for a check engine light with TRAC AND TSC light blinking....the first time they told me it was a bad gas cap..so i went to toyota and bought a new oem cap...3 days later lights came back on...brought it back to them and they said nothing was wrong with the car...after i had the codes read ( P0441- P0455 )..so supposedly they replaced the Purge valve and vent valve...now im getting worried about having bought this, and want to see if what im experiencing is part of the norm of owning a high mileage runner... thank you all who have read this!
my first concern about the truck is while im accelerating...either at low or highway speeds i feel a slight vibration..i was thinking either a wheel hub or bad wheel balancing..but once i take my foot off the pedal it goes away and its smooth as can be...
my second concern is the service records for this truck ended at around 40,000 miles...so i have no idea what has been done since then, i plan on doing a radiator flush because the fluid inside radiator is a brownish color, while the fluid in the over flow tank is the light red... what are some other areas of the truck i should inspect?? there is no milk shake looking oil in the oil cap or dipstick..so im not too worried about the dreaded head gasket leak.
Third concern is the brakes...i dont know if its normal for the truck to pulsate while braking...this is my first SUV..always had sport coupes...but every time i touch the brakes the truck pulsates like crazy..
everything else seems to be in pretty good shape..just that vibration during accel. that i want to get fixed...my drivers side seat has this awful lubar cracking/popping...but from what i have read there is nothing that can be done about it...
Im sorry for the long post but since i have purchased this truck 2 weeks ago it has been back to the dealer twice now for a check engine light with TRAC AND TSC light blinking....the first time they told me it was a bad gas cap..so i went to toyota and bought a new oem cap...3 days later lights came back on...brought it back to them and they said nothing was wrong with the car...after i had the codes read ( P0441- P0455 )..so supposedly they replaced the Purge valve and vent valve...now im getting worried about having bought this, and want to see if what im experiencing is part of the norm of owning a high mileage runner... thank you all who have read this!
