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I went as far as I could go with Toyota Canada and I took them to arbitration. I had a board of 3 Toyota Canada reps and an arbitrator. After 60 minutes he decided that the truck was running as it should and sided with Toyota. That's as far as I can go with it. Just waiting for the esp warranty to expire so I can get rid of it. Piece of junk! I would have been better off buying 2 Kia's for $47,000.00 that I paid, at least they can accelerate when you want them to!
BTW: I told the Toyota Canada rep that the internet is FULL of people having the same problem and that he should investigate. He told me that he's not wasting his time following up concerns on the internet. So, there you go. If you can trade it now you should, if you don't you're just wasting your time. I'll never buy another one and I've had 4 of them, brand new off the showroom floor. Never again!
Donny
It is now December 26,2011. I have a 1998 4Runner with 170,000 miles. I am having identical intermittent problems with my truck. When starting the car on some mornings, the idle will hesitate and the car will stall out if I do not hold the accelerator pedal down. I let it warm up with the accelerator depressed and the problem seems to be resolved. This problem happens every month or so. On top of that I am starting to have transmission problems. I have experienced problems putting the car into reverse on three separate times over the past 2 months. It will refuse, then grind and back up slowly. Not good. In addition I have a clicking and clacking noise in behind the glove box. Could this be the mass air flow sensor? I suspect that it is time to rebuild the transmission. However my forward gears shift perfectly. Power in the Sierra Mtns around Lake Tahoe has gone downhill. I find that I need to shift down to low drive to get up the steep grades with power. Did you find out what the issue was with your tranny? With the click and clack noise behind the glove box?
Thanks,
I saw your post on the Edmunds forum. I have a 2001 toyota 4runner and the transmission has gone out. The mechanic has quoted me $2000 for a used or $3200 for rebuilt factory. Just wondered if you have any advice. Im not sure if I should invest the money or get a new car....
On keeping your truck, how valuable is the truck to you? Have you babed it or is it just another vehicle to you? I baby mine so I would want to keep it since it has a lot more value to me and so I would put in another tranny, used or rebuilt I am not sure. What are the warranties of each since that is important? I guess with a used one you are taking chances. I would want to know how many miles on the used one. I am not sure about rebuilt ones.
I hope this helps and good luck.
I hope you get it resolved. Let me know.
Try it first if you haven't had your plugs and wires done lately!
fox_b, you say that you explained how you solved the problem but I couldn't find that post. We replaced the battery a couple months ago. Has anyone experienced this and if so, what is the fix?
- don't touch it now - you could do more harm than good
- sell the vehicle
- check the fluid and if there's no shavings it will be okay
I Procrastinated. But then 2 weeks ago I started getting a rumble while accelerating through 30mph. Like I was going over a rumble strip, but it wasn't in the steering or front wheels.
I brought it into the shop where I get my oil changes. (They had told me two months ago, they wouldn’t recommend changing the transmission fluid.)
They looked at the U joints, the rear differential, but nothing. They noticed that it didn’t happen when the car was in the 4 or 3 position. They decided on changing the transmission fluid. He told me the fluid was black but no shavings and he didn’t have the concerns he had before.
The rumble lessened a bit, but not eliminated. He said he was certain it was in the transmission and recommended taking it to a transmission specialist.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
George
Hope this helps – Cheers CJ
Thank you everyone...
Hello
I just started noticing my 2003 4Runner SR5 started having some issues and did a google search and landed here.
I had a 90K service about 6 months ago where I replaced the tranny fluid.
Lately I have been noticing that if I accelerate a bit more aggressively the tranny will not catch when shifting from 1st to 2nd. Is that normal? am I just giving it too much gas? or is this bad? I feel like that is really bad? have not experienced this before with this car.
Just this morning the tranny slipped again and this time while in second it started making a spinning whining / rubbing type of noise. It goes away when I am back in first gear.
Am I totally screwed?
This 4Runner had been babied by my father, always dealer serviced, and never even towed anything! barely has over 100k on it now... I feel like the tranny shouldnt be going dead already with virtually no work put on it (as far as towing and stuff)
Thank you for any advice in advance!
I have a 1999 4 Runner automatic V-6 2WD it has 221600 miles I've never had any problems with it I have always keep up with maintenance. I've changed timing belt 2 times with water pump & all hoses & belts and new radiator changed 3 years ago. All fluids & filters changed as needed. I'm having a slight problem with transmission when cold it takes for ever to get it to shift from 1st to 2nd once it's warmed up it will shift just fine could this be fixed by fluid and filter change?