1994 Toyota Pickup complaints

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF TAILPIPE. OWNER BELIEVED HEAD GASKETS HAD FAILED. ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. HAD NO FUEL LEAKAGE. AT INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CYLINDER HEAD PARTS. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO THE BLOCK. WE WERE UNAWARE OF RECALL ON HEAD GASKETS.*AK

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK PRESSURE LINE ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM. CONSUMER REPLACED ASSEMBLY THAT HELD FUEL PUMP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

SPARE TIRE CARRIER BRACKET THAT HOLDS TIRE UNDER VEHICLE CAUSED GROOVES INTO TIRES, CONSUMER STATES THE WEIGHT OF THE TIRE RESTS ON FOUR NARROW SUPPORTS BEAMS WHICH CAUSES FOUR PRESSURE POINTS. *SLC

BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THEY HANG DOWN WHEN REMOVED. DEALER HAS REPLACED DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER BELT ASSEMBLY. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS TO PUT A HAIR DRYER ON THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH ON COLD DAYS, IT WILL NOT ENGAGE ON COLD DAYS, WHEN ENGAGING THE CLUTCH, THERE IS NO CONTACT WITH THE BATTERY. *SLC

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT TIRE HAD STRESS CRACKS AROUND THE SIDEWALL ON RIGHT REAR TIRE . FIRESTONE #ATXRADIUS, #3312.5R16.5LT-M/S; FIRESTONE #AT RADIAL 23DEGREE. *AK

VALVES WERE ADJUSTED AT 41497 MILES, 60171 MILES. ADJUSTMENT WAS UNSATISFACTORY AND READJUSTED AT 60205. I COMPLAINED THAT THEY WERE STILL CLICKING BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE NOISE WAS FROM MY TIMING CHAIN. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 63500 AND THE VALVE TRAIN IS VERY NOISY.

I WAS DRIVING SO ON 9A, JACKSONVILLE, FL, @62-65MPH, ON 7/21/00, 6:30 AM, FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC, DAY WAS CLEAR, NOT RAINING OR WET, IT WAS DARK. SUDDENLY THE LEFT REAR OF MY TRUCK FELT "SOFT". I TURNED ON RI SIGNAL, SLOWED, DID NOT HIT BRAKES, BUT USED THE CLUTCH, MOVED FROM THE CENTER LANE OF THREE AT THE CREST OF THE DAMES POINT BRIDGE. THE TIRE SEPARATED THE TREAD, AND IT WRAPPED AROUND THE LEFT REAR AXLE. ONLY BECAUSE I HAD PROPER TRAINING IN DEFENSIVE DRIVING DID I KNOW HOW TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MY TIRE DEALER, PAUL LEWIS, ARLINGTON RD @ UNIVERSITY BLVD HAS REMOVED ALL THE TIRES AND REPLACED THEM WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S TIRES. I FELT IT IMPORTANT TO REPORT THIS TO YOU FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 250R14 )

SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK

HAD A FLAT TIRE. UNSCREWED THE JACK TO CHANGE THE TIRE, THERE WAS A C-CLIP MISSING. THIS CLIP HOLDS THE ROD WHICH GOES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF BLACK BOX. WITH THIS CLIP MISSING IT COULD CAUSE THE SPARE TIRE TO FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING. *AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR GEAR STRIPPED OUT, PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT STRIPPED OUT IN '98. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO RELEASE. AFTER BEING IN USE, IT WOULD FAIL TO RETRACT TO ORIGINAL POSITION, WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. ALSO, ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED ALL THE TIME. *AK

. I KEPT ADDING COOLANT AND NEVER LET IT RUN DRY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE STAFF SAID THE HEAD CRACKED AND OVERHEATED THE ENGINE. THERE WAS SCORING ON THE CYLINDER WALLS AND PISTON DAMAGE. THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT AT THE TOYOTA DEALER. ALL RECOMENDED MAINTENANCE WAS COMPLETED AND DOCUMENTED AS PER THE MANUAL. *AK

BUMPER ASSEMBLY IS RUSTYING IN THE MIDDLE IN THE BACK. THE BUMPER IS HUMPED UP & SPLITTING WHERE IT IS RUSTING. *AK

THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS HANGING OUT OF THE RETRACTOR,AND DOES NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

TRANMISSION LEAKED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANMISSION HAD TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE OLD SEAL, AND THE DEALER FIXED THE SEAL TO STOP THE LEAKAGE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 35MPH, AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT HOLD THE PASSENGER, PASSENGER SLID OUT OF THE SEAT BELTS, NO INJURIES, STATES DEFECT IN DESIGN OF THE BELT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT END SUSPENSION CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR.

ALL FOUR WHEELS ON VEHICLE CANNOT BE REMOVED WITHOUT THE USE OF A HAMMER TO BREAK THEM LOOSE. THIS CREATES A HAZARDOUS CITUATION IF VEHICLE IS ON JACK AND HAMMER IS USED.

THE WHEEL ON VEHICLE DOES NOT COME OFF UNLESS DRIVER USES EXCESSIVE FORCE. *AK

HARD BRAKE LINE SRUBBE DTOGETHER, CAUSING AHOLE TO FORM IN BOTH LINES. *AK

SEAT BELT STRAP TOO SHORT FOR USE.

CONSUMER STATED WHILE HAVING A BOAT HITCHED TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HE EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES WITHIN THE DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER MAKING AN INSPECTION, HE REMOVED THE REAR BUMPER AND NOTICED THE MAIN SUPPORT CROSS WELD HAD NOT BEEN WELDED. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, OWNER THEN NOTICED IT WAS BECAUSE OF A FAULTY HEAD GASKET; OWNER ALSO NOTED TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN CERTAIN VEHICLES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, DURING NORMAL OR PANIC BRAKING EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURES, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP, BRAKES LOCK UP, CONTINUING TO SLID/SKID, OR NO RESPONSE, NO WARNING, RESULTING IN TWO ACCIDENTS, DLR INDICATES BRAKES ARE FINE. *AK

TIMING BELT FAILED, RESULTING IN ENGINE NOISE, ALSO REPLACED WATER PUMP. *AK

DRIVING AT SPEED OF 15MPH, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, SPEED 35MPH, LOST CONTROL WENT INBANKMENT IMPACT 12:00 AND UNBODY DAMAGES. *AK

WHEEL RIM IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE FROM VEHICLE WITHOUT USE OF A HAMMER.

SHOULDER BELT FITS POORLY, CUTS ACROSS DRIVER'S NECK. *AK

REAR SEAL LEAKED GREASE ALL OVER BRAKES, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO LOCK UP/ACCIDENT/INJURY. *DH

AIR CONDITIONER REFRIGERANT LINE BROKE, CAUSING FREON TO LEAK DUE TO ELECTRICAL LINES RUBBING AGAINST REFRIGERANT LINE. *SD

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF POSITIONING OF DRIVERS OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR. *SD

PE95-037 ACTIVE, HEATER FAN BLOWER IS TURNED ON SMELL OF BURNING FUMES. TT

FRONT END BOUNCES UNCONTROLABLY IN ROUGH PAVEMEN/FRONT SUSPENSION CANNOT PROPERLY SUPPORT WEIGHT OF VEHICLE. *AK

HIT A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE BROKE RELEASING TIRE TO THE ROAD. TT

SEAT BELTS FAILED. *AW

AT REDUCED SPEED VEHICLE PULLED SEVERELY TO THE DRIVERS SIDE. CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. TT

DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS DO NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE PASSENGERS. *AK

WINDSHIELD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING WHISTLING NOISE. *SKD