I bought a used Toyota 4Runner approximately 1 month ago - Cara Muracki
I bought a used Toyota 4Runner approximately 1 month ago from Springhill Toyota. It was sold "as is" and I was verbally told that there were no major problems with it when I asked if it had been inspected for any problems. I was told that they wouldn't have put it up for sale if there were any problems and that if it had any, they would have just sold it at auction. We'll, 3 hours after getting it home, I went out for a little "cruise" then noticed the check engine light on. The next day, I had a diagnostic run and it was misfiring in one cylinder and has wheel sensor/ABS problems. I called and the salesman told me that he was sorry to hear that and gave me the number of a mechanic. Uhh...So I bought and replaced the spark plug and ignition coil myself and it seemed to run o.k. after that. I'm a single 58 year old female by the way. There was a lot of oil on the old spark plug, by the way. 3 weeks after driving it off the lot, it overheated. The temperature guage showed in between cold and hot (normal temp). I got it home and it had then started pouring water and coolant from underneath. It has been sitting undriveable for a week. Now a month in, I'm told it' likely has a blown head gasket and will cost approx. $4,000. to repair. Having it towed to a mechanic tomorrow. That doesn't even mention whatever caused it to overheat in the first place. The oil and coolant levels before overheating were indicating full. I feel so betrayed. They should have sold it at auction instead of trying to sell that hunk of junk to an unsuspecting customer. I can't see inside of an engine. The cost of repairs is going to be over half of what I paid for the car. I feel like they knew about the problems but didn't want to put any money into an older model car and made the poor decision to sell it. They screwed me. I will never do business with them again and will tell as many people ai can about my experience with them. Yes, it was sold as is but they didn't tell me about all the problems and actually stated that there weren't any. Bad business.
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