Tank Assembly problems of the 1999 Toyota 4Runner

Sudden loss of power when driving 1999 Toyota 4runner sr5. Fuel gauge reads full and vehicle stalls due to no fuel in tank. I have been able to verify that this is a known issue to Toyota and that they have refused to correct the problem under warranty even though they have acknowledged that a problem with the part as delivered in this vehicle and they issued TSB:el010-00 titled "fuel gauge inaccuracy" to fix the problem only under warranty. This is not a warranty issue, but a safety issue as vehicle can run out of fuel and stall without warning at high rates of speed on congested highways. This issue has not been resolved. I have had to use the odometer to guess how much fuel is remaining the fuel tank at any given time. Factors such as highway conditions, weather, necessary use of 4wd can impact the number of miles achieved in a single tank of gas. Also, fuel tank must be filled to top when refueling to most accurately guess number of miles that can be driven before the vehicle stalls.

Vehicle stalls and dies on freeway almost causing wreck. Find out there is no fuel in tank even though fuel gauge reads 1/2. Toyota says TSB el010-00 addresses known defective 1999 and 2000 fuel gauges and also addresses some gauges inaccurately reading empty when 4 gallons remain.

Driving on I-79 in passing lane at 65 mph, the engine quit, complete loss of power steering and brakes. . Rush hour. Most dangerous that has ever happened to me. Coasted to side of road, towed to garage, engine will not start, shows a little over 1/2 tank on fuel gage. . Ends up, was out of fuel ! gauge gave false reading. The vehicle has only 54,000 miles on it. I did find a Toyota TSB el010-00 that addresses this exact problem, but I was never notified of it. My vehicle was bought from a Toyota dealer with my name as the new owner on record. This is the most dangerous thing to happen, no indication of low fuel level, no fuel low warning light,,gauge was showing a little over 1/2 tank. This needs to be addressed as a recall.

Fuel gauge began showing inaccurate readings. Usually showed at or near full regardless of actual fuel volume in tank. After a couple weeks it just stayed at the full mark. More recently, about the beginning of March, 2009, upon starting the vehicle the gauge would occasionally drop to the empty mark, and the low fuel indicator light would flash. It would remain this way until the vehicle was turned off. Upon turning the key back to the on position, or restarting the vehicle, the gauge would return to the full mark and remain there. Replacing the fuel sender as stated in TSB el010-00 has not corrected the problem. Immediately after replacing the fuel sender the gauge read about 3/4 full but the tank was nearly empty. After filling the tank the gauge moved to full but it continues to act as is did before replacing the sender, even after going through the calibration procedure multiple times. According to the vehicle VIN, as shown in the TSB, replacing the combination plate (circuit board) in the instrument cluster is not needed. But the fuel gauge still always reads full, or empty, as it did before replacing the fuel sender.

This email is regards to the inaccuracy of the fuel gauge on my 99 Toyota . I was left stranded last night outside of thunder bay with no fuel even though the gauge read well over 1/4 tank left. In -35 celsius wind chill conditions. Nothing has been done to correct this failure.

I have a big problem with my fuel gauge, it is extremely inaccurate. Sometimes it'll tell me I have more gas than I do, and other times it'll tell me I have less. Apparently this is a big problem among 99 4runners, and I'd really like to get this fixed. I ran out of gas on the freeway thinking I had half a tank left and almost caused a wreck. Thanks in advance.

Gas gauge reads inaccurate. The low light comes on much too early and ahs caused me great inconvienence.

Fuel gauge giving incorrect readings.