While driving 35 mph, the consumer heard a loud noise coming from the vehicle. The consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle and pulled over. The consumer noticed that the engine head gasket leaked fluid. The vehicle was towed to a garage and the mechanic determined that the engine head gasket needed to be replaced. *Ak *jb
Engine & cooling
1995 Toyota Pickup Engine problems
Owners have filed 9 complaints about the 1995 Toyota Pickup's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 24% of all its complaints, most recently on August 31, 2004. They describe 1 crash, 2 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 9
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 1
- Fires
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 1
Engine complaints
Vehicle stalls intermittently at slow speeds, vehicle has not been examined by dealer ship.*Ak *yd
Engine replaced due to faulty timing cover that caused oil to mix with anti-freeze. *Slc
While sitting at a stop light was hit by a drunken driver, and consumer's vehicle caught on fire, and driver was killed. Family was trying to find the cause of fire if it was more than the impact. *Ak
REASON FOR FAILURE TIMING COVER. *AK
Truck's gauge went in the red zone hot, I immediately pulled over and towed it to hansel toyota. I was then informed that it may be under the recall issue. Alot of 1995 toyota p/u were recalled same year, make and model along with the v6 engine size. When the service rep. Punched in my truck's vin#, I was told that it was not in the recall series of vin #'s. But it seems odd that the same year, make, model and v6 engine size was recalled for the same problem that I'm having in my truck and my vin # wasn't...
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recalled. I have had the water pump and the thermostat was replace by hansel toyota. They didn't know if the water pump and thermostat was damaged until they have the engine apart. They did show that the head gasket was difnitely damaged by the diagnostic test that they ran. I think thatit should be under the same recall, because the same year, make and model al ong with the v6 engine are having the same problems. *Ak
Water is getting into the engine head gasket, and the vehicle is running very rough. *Ak
Truck was parked and caught on fire, please describe . *Ak
ENGINE MALFUNCTION CAUSED VIBRATION. *TT
Toyota Pickup engine complaints by year
Pickup engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data