Fuel Gage not working in 1999 4 Runner

[hitman065]

My Fuel gage in my 99 4runner is acting wierd. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. It will show that its empty when its full, and full when its empty. I heard there was a problem with the fuel gages in this year model. Does anyone know anything about this? Its this a cheap fix or not.

[JPE]

My 1999 $runnner started having fuel gauge problems after about 3 months and I was told by the dealer that to get it fixed they had to send the dash instrument panel to Japa and the truck would be out of service for 3-6 weeks. I told them to forget it since they weren't offering a loaner. I then went overseas to Germany with the Army and while ther I got the Dealer to try to fix it after 3 attempts it would work for about 1 week to 2 months and then the same thing over again. I gave up and just use the trip odometer. Now that I am back in the States I thing I will contact Toyota and ask them again for a repair. But no it is not cheap as the original dealer said it is a problem with the computer chip in the dash with the odometer, not the main computer. Anyway there is a problem and TOYOTA knows about it so they maybe coerced to fix it free. I'm going to check on it.

[hitman065]

I am in the Army and Stationed in Germany now. I have been using the Odometer also. But as you know driving on the autobahn sucks gas quick. So I might get 300 miles out of one tank and the next tank where I drive on the autobahn for 3 hrs I run out at 240miles. Its a real pain. Toyota fixed this when I first boughted it back in 99. It worked just fine until about a year ago. Let me know if you figure anything out.

[rwright]

I have had this happen to my '99 4Runner twice. Both times showing full when I only had half a tank. I don't imagine that it's a cheap fix and I doubt that there will ever be a recall.