1995 Toyota 4 Wheel Drive

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline2
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine2
000
Structure › Body1
000
Steering › Linkages › Drag › Link › Connection1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body
Filed Jun 19, 201990,000 milesTN

THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DOORS ARE FAILING TO LOCK AND UNLOCK. BOTH DOOR ARE ALSO FAILING TO OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THE KEY FOB OR THE DOOR SENSOR. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BEGAN FAILING TO UNLOCK AND OPEN IN JUNE 2018. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS NOW FAILING TO LOCK AND UNLOCK AND SUBSEQUENTLY BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE CAR IS STATIONARY. THE ENGINE CAN BE ON OR OFF WHEN THE ISSUE OCCURS.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Jan 21, 2009215,000 milesCA

FAULTY CYLINDER HEAD REQUIRING EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jan 19, 2008152,586 milesAL

HAD MY OIL CHANGED TIRES ROTATED ,FILLED UP GAS ,THEN WHEN I LEFT GAS STATION ,I NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM MY EXHAUST, BARLEY MADE IT APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES . INDICATIONS OF BLOWN HEAD GASKET, HAS THERE EVER BEEN A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM? PLEASE RESPOND ASAP IF THERE HAS ,THANKS MISS PAM WEST. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Dec 11, 2006192,000 milesAL

WHITE SMOKE FROM EXHAUST AT STARTUP, ROUGH IDLE, LOSS OF POWER, OVERHEATING. REPLACED RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT. COOLANT RUNNING OUT OF EXHAUST. DETERMINED TO BE BLOWN HEAD GASKET. NEED NEW ENGINE. *NM

Steering › Linkages › Drag › Link › Connection
Filed May 20, 2005148,000 milesTN

LUCKILY I WAS GOING VERY SLOW INTO A PARKING SPOT....IF THIS HAD HAPPENED GOING DOWN I-95 TRAVELING 70+ I WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW. TAKE CARE, JOHN C. GROTH HI CHRIS, THE LATEST RECALL REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING. EVEN THOUGH MY TOYOTA IS A 1995...MY DRAG LINK SNAPPED IN DEC 02. THE FWD MESSAGE IS ONE I REPLIED TO A FRIEND OF MINE. AND THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IS NOT YOURS....IT WAS ONE IN FAYETTEVILLE, NC WHEN I WAS LIVING THERE WHILE IN THE AIR FORCE. TAKE CARE, CLIFF DATE: FRI, 20 MAY 2005 10:08:14 -0700 (PDT) FROM: "CLIFF GROTH" <[email protected]> SUBJECT: RE: DRAG LINK TO: [email protected] HI SCOTT!, YEA I HAD A DRAG LINK THAT JUST SNAPPED! I WAS PULLING INTO THE SHOPPETTE PARKING LOT ON POPE AND SOON AS I TURNED LEFT INTO A SPOT....BANG IT SNAPPED. LUCKILY I WAS GOING VERY SLOW...BECAUSE ONCE IT SNAPPED I LOST STEERING AND WAS NOT GOING WHERE I WANTED...HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARD A PARKED CAR. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FREE WHEELING! I E-MAILED TOYOTA AND SENT PICTURES...THEY SEEMED THE LEAST BIT CONCERNED. SO I WENT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP...AND THEY ACCUSED ME OF HITTING A POT HOLE...LOL AFTER THAT I GAVE UP....AND JUST TRIED TO NOTIFY ALL MY FRIENDS WHO MIGHT HAVE A 1995 MODEL. TO AT LEAST GET THE DRAG LINK CHECKED FOR CRACKS. RED LINE AUTO SHOP JUST DOWN MANCHESTER RD. OFF POPE DID MY REPAIR WORK. THEY SAID A "DRAG LINK" SHOULD NEVER SNAP OR BREAK...PARTS ATTACHED TO IT MIGHT WEAR OUT, BUT A DRAG LINK IS MADE TO OUTLAST THE VEHICLE. WELL DIDN'T MEAN TO WRITE A BOOK...

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 28, 200398,000 milesNJ

LEAKING OIL AND ANTIFREEZE FROM CYLINDER HEAD. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 30, 2002CA

BLOWN HEAD GASKET, DEALER STATES NEED TO REPLACE SHORT BLOCK DUE TO CORROSION, WHICH I WAS TOLD WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAD GASKET. DT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed May 19, 1998VA

BRAKES FAILED.

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.