1995 Model Year

Toyota 4Runner

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
172
Recalls
1
Crashes
14
Severe
25

Active Recalls

Manufacturer safety recalls

05V389000 Sep 2005

Other

No consequence data available

Recent Complaints

Latest owner reports

Engine
Oct 2021

Engine, no sign of overheating ... Overheated within 3 months of ownership on my way to work with my wife's Conclude the headgaskets were blown. Toyo...

Engine
Jul 2017

BLOWN HEAD GASKET ON 3.0 V-6

UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE
Jan 2016

MAY 2015 ON WAY TO DRS AND THEN OIL CHANGE AT PEP BOYS. HEAD GASKET ON CAR BLEW FOR 2ND TIME (6000 AND 2 YEARS, SINCE FIRST TIME). DRIVING ON FREEWAY...

Engine
Dec 2015

TOYOTA 4RUNNER 1995 BLOWN HEAD GASKETS

Engine
Sep 2015

MY HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN. THE DUMMY PANEL DID NOT SHOW OVERHEATING BUT STEAM OR SMOKE WAS VISIBLE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. COOLANT WAS LEAKING W...

Engine
Jun 2015

ENGINE EXHAUST SMOKY. COOLANT LEVEL DROPS. STEAM AND WATER EMITTED FROM EXHAUST PIPE. CAUSE SEEMS TO BE DUE TO A FAILED HEAD GASKET(S) OR FAILURE OF A...

Engine
Jul 2014

BLOWN ROD . BAD MOTOR .. THE 4 RUNNER HAD A 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGINE IN IT THAT CAME STOCK IN A 2 WHEEL DRIVE 4 RUNNER? IT BLEW OUT A ROD ON ME AND THESE...

Engine
May 2012

I DO NOT OWN THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE AS I NEEDED A RELIABLE VEHICLE TO MAKE IT TO ARIZONA FROM IOWA. I ALSO HAD A COBALT I HAD TO GET RID OF WITH BAD TR...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Apr 2012

THE HEAD GASKET IS GOING OUT THERE IS A RECALL FOR OTHER MFG DATES BUT MINE WAS 1 MONTH TOO LONG AND OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT TH...

Engine
Dec 2011

I BOUGHT A REGULARLY MAINTAINED, USED 1995 4 RUNNER WITH 119,000 MILES. WITHIN A MONTH, IT BEGAN RUNNING POORLY AND THE REPAIRS BEGAN. HAD TO HAVE THE...

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Data updated: March 4, 2026

Summary

The 1995 Toyota 4Runner has 172 complaints and 1 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Engine. 14 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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