Originally Posted by millerbl00
It was leaking from weep hole. I am hearing they have a high failure rate
Well, they do have a "high" failure rate, yes.
Have you priced out the repair? I believe this is a 2GR-FE V6 that you have? I don't know if the AWD aspect changes anything, but I was watching a vid on how to do it in a (Sienna? RAV4?) and it didn't look bad. The book says to pull the engine but I don't think anyone does that anymore--instead, after getting junk out of the way, you support the engine, remove the top engine mount, undo all the bolts that can be done, loosen the problem one that won't come out, then lower the engine an inch, and then it comes apart. It's still a few hours shop time but I'm not sure it's actually worse than other typical water pump jobs.
Not sure if you want to get rid of this vehicle over this problem, or if you just want to vent about a problem that just shouldn't happen.