1998 Toyota 4 Runner

RECALL ON REAR SUSPENSION WAS DONE , NOW FRONT END OF VEHICLE IS UNSTABLE. AT 10-15 MPH WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL QUICKLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE VEHICLE ROCKS.*AK THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE RIDES HARDER AND ROUGHER OVER BUMPS, THE FRONT END FEELS AS THOUGH IT BOTTOMS OUT WHEN MAKING FAST HARD STOPS, THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE ROCKS WHILE DRIVING, THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE IS ABOUT 1 1/2 INCHES HIGHER IN THE REAR NOW PRIOR TO REPAIR. *MJ

ON 03'04/02 I WAS SITTING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WITIN ON THE LIGHT TO CHANGE TO GREEN. THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN , THEN I PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE I WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVER SIDED. AT THIS TIME I HEAR A LOUD BANG THEN THE LOWER AREA BY THE BRAKES CAVED IN ON MY LEFT LEG, THE THE DOORS LOCKED ,THEN MY CAR ALARM SOUNDS OFF. DURING THIS TIME I CAN SEE SMOKE TO MY LEFTT IN THE DOOR AREA. SO IMMDIATELY I TRY TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE BUT I HAD TO UNLOCK DOORS FIRST. I RECALL TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE SEAT BUT IWAS RESTRAINT BY THE SEAT BELT DURING THIS TIME FROM THE IMPACT MY VEHICLE IS STILL MOVING. I REACHED OVER TO REMOVE MY SEAT BELT WHILE ALSO RAISING MYSELF OUT OF THE SEAT WHEN THE DRIVER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MY ARM TO THE FULL FORCE OF THE PRESSURE OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING. I MANAGED TO GET BETWEEN THE FRONT SEAT TO CROSS OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE AIR BAG STARTED TO DEPLOYED I REACHED FOR MY PURSE ON FRONT FLOOR OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AND CONTINUE TO GET TO THE BACK SEAT OF 4 RUNNER. I TRIED TO GET OUT ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR BUT IT WOULD NOT OPEN THEN I WENT TO THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR AND GOT OUT BUT WHEN I STOOD UP OUT OF THE VEHICLE MY LEFT LEG COLLASPE AND I FOUND MY SELF IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION UNPROTECTIVE. I LAID IN THE INTERSECTION FOR ABOUT 5-7 MINUTES BEFORE OTHER CITIZEN CAMED ON THE SCENE. YOU COULD NOT BEGAN TO IMAGE YOURSELF TRAPPED IN THIS UTILITY VEHICLE LIKE A CAGED MOUSE WITH NO WAY OUT. ALL HEAR IS THE BANG, ELECTRIC DOORS LOCKING, ALARM SOUNDING OFF, AND SMOKE TO THE LEFT OF YOU AND NO VISIBLE PERSON TO HELP YOU GET OUT OF THIS CAGE. NLM

ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEED. DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. TRUCK CONTINUED TO FAIL AND NOT START FOR ANOTHER WEEK UNTIL IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER AGAIN. SECOND DEALER CLAIMS ECU IS RUSTED CAUSED BY A LEAK SOMEWHERE. TRUCK PURCHASED 4 MONTHS AGO AND WAS A CERTIFIED USED VEH. TOYOTA WILL NOT PAY FOR THE FIX. NLM

MY DAUTHER AGED 10 YEARS, WAS IN THE REAR OF THE CAR TRYING TO GRAB A BAG OF CHIPS THAT WERE IN THE LUGGAGE. WHEN WE GOT REAR ENDED AT THE HIGHWAY EXIT, THE BACK DOOR OF THE SUV POPPED OPEN EVEN THOUGH THE CAR DOORS WERE LOCKED. MY DAUGHTER WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BACK OF THE SUV AND IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK THAT REAR ENDED US. LUCKILY SHE FELL ON SOME PILLOWS THAT WERE ALSO FLUNG FROM THE CAR, THEREBY REDUCING HER INJURIES. ALSO THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT REAR ENDED US HAD STOPPED, SO SHE DID NOT GET RUN OVER BY IT. THIS DOOR SHOULD NOT HAVE OPENED WHEN IT WAS LOCKED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE VOICED MY CONCERNS TO TOYOTA, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. *AK