Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1999 Toyota 4runner.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The frame above the RT rear tire has rusted completely through. It's where the rear end bolts to the frame, at a wedge … |
| 2022-09-09 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact's wife owns a 1999 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at a slow speed, … |
| 2021-06-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Over the years of ownership, my vehicle has been overwhelmed with rust issues. All four axles are rusted to include th… |
| 2021-04-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR CHASSIS RUSTED OUT |
| 2021-02-18 | SEATS | Yes | 0 | DRIVING EASTBOUND INTO PORTLAND (OR) ON HWY.26 (SUNSET HWY.), THREE LANES INBOUND. THREE LANES INBOUND, I WAS IN THE RI… |
| 2021-02-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY FRAME IS RUSTED ALMOST TO PIECES. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 4RUNNER OF THE SAME YEAR MODELS. AND I HOPE T… |
| 2020-08-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE IS VERY CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED AND HAD NO INDICATION OF TROUBLE OR HANDLING ISSUES. A REPAIR SHOP WAS TAK… |
| 2020-08-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HEARD RUBBING NOISES FROM MY LEFT FRONT WHEEL.I THOUGHT BRAKES BUT WHEN I INSPECTED THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VEHICLE I … |
| 2020-06-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE READS EMPTY WHEN FULL AND FULL WHEN EMPTY SOMETIMES. CONSTANTLY CHANGING NEVER ABLE TO KNOW IF THE TANK IS … |
| 2020-05-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VALVE COVER GASKET FAILED HEAD GASKET FAILED, 3RD CYL AFFECTED. *TR |
| 2020-01-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | OUR 4RUNNER WENT IN FOR SHOCKS AND WE WERE TOLD WE HAVE A RUSTED FRAME. WE ONLY HAVE 89,000 MILES ON IT AND WE HAVE KE… |
| 2019-12-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I RECENTLY TOOK MY 1999 4RUNNER FOR A NEW ALTERNATOR AND POWER STEERING BELTS. THE MECHANIC NOTED SEVERE FRAME RUST, M… |
| 2019-12-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 1999 4-RUNNER WITH ONLY 89,000 MILES HAS A RUSTED FRAME. IT NEEDS REPAIR OR IT WILL NOT BE DRIVEABLE. I HAVE TAKEN… |
| 2019-11-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 4 RUNNER AND IT STARTED TO LIKE IT WAS 'FLOATING' AND 'SWAYING' FRONT TO BACK. I WASN'T FAR FROM HOME … |
| 2019-10-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT ADJUSTER LEVER WAS FRA… |
| 2019-07-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REAR SUSPENSION MOUNT SEPARATED FROM FRAME AT WELD, VEHICLE WAS RUSTPROOFED WHEN NEW. |
| 2019-06-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRAME IS ALL RUSTED AND CORRODED. |
| 2019-03-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE MOUNT FOR THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM HAS RUSTED OFF. THIS IS CAUSING THE CAR TO VIOLENTLY ROCK BACK AND FOURTH AFTE… |
| 2019-03-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LTD 4X4 FRAME IS ROTTED /RUSTED OUT WILL NEED MAJOR REPAIRS OR NEW FRAME APPARENTLY THIS IS ALL … |
| 2019-02-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE FRAME IS ROTTED |
| 2019-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED FALLING APART. SO SOFT I CAN STICK MY FINGERS THROUGH IT. |
| 2018-12-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | FRAME ROT HAS LED TO ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR, VEHICLE CHANGING LANES UNEXPECTEDLY, AND DEATH WOBBLE. TIRES AND SHOCKS REPLA… |
| 2018-11-24 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING IN THE RIGHT LANE ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 65MPH, WHILE FEELING THE VEHICLE JERK TO THE RIGHT, THRU… |
| 2018-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME ON DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE AREA HAS COMPLETED ROTTED FROM RUST, THE REAR SUSPENSION AND SWAY BAR BROKE AWAY FRO… |
| 2018-10-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | AFTER A LESS THAN 10 MILE DRIVE THE TOYOTA WAS PARKED. AFTER A HOUR OR SO IT BURST INTO FLAMES. PRIOR TO THIS THE DOOR … |
| 2018-10-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WENT TO FIX THE EXHAUST ON MY VEHICLE AND SAW MULTIPLE SPOTS WITH EXCESSIVE RUST,ESPECIALLY AROUND THE REAR SHOCK TOWER… |
| 2018-09-27 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT IS WITH SEVERE RUST DAMAGE TO THE FRAME OF THE CAR. THERE ARE OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AS MINE AN… |
| 2018-09-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND LOST CONTROL TEMPORARILY BECAUSE A REAR TRAILING ARM MOUNT BECAME DETACHED FR… |
| 2018-06-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE FRAME ON MY TOYOTA 4RUNNER HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND IS NO LONGER STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE FRAME SHOULD BE REPLACED. |
| 2018-06-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THE FRAME IS JUST ROTTEN THROUGH AND THROUGH IN THE BACK, I HAVE A TUNDRA, 2 SEQUOIA'S, A HIGHLANDER… |
| 2018-05-10 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | REAR PART OF FRAME BADLY RUSTED OUT COMPLETELY BROKEN WHILE DRIVING TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP COST $1200 TO WELD FRAME TO MA… |
| 2018-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | RUSTY FRAME MAKING THE TRUCK UNSAFE |
| 2018-02-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME RUSTED OUT AND FRACTURED ON THE REAR DRIV… |
| 2017-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE METAL FRAME WAS INFERIOR AND CONTAINED PREMATUR… |
| 2017-09-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME HAS EXTENSIVE RUST INSIDE AND OUT . SUSPENSION AND ROCKER PANELS ARE AFFECTED ALSO. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT A FRAME… |
| 2017-09-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE MOUNTING POINT FOR THE REAR-AXEL STABILIZER BAR RUSTED THROUGH AND SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. ON MY DRIVE TO WORK (O… |
| 2017-08-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAD JUST BOUGHT A USED TOYOTA 4RUNNNER FROM A DEALERSHIP AS MY FIRST VEHICLE FOR COLLEGE. BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE… |
| 2017-08-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 150,000 MILES AND THE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE TRUCK RUNS GREAT, BUT BECAUSE… |
| 2017-08-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE BALL JOINT ON MY 1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I STOPPED AT MCDO… |
| 2017-08-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE I CROSSED A BRIDGE AND REAR END OF VEHICLE WAS GOING ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE PASSEN… |
| 2017-08-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE I CROSSED A BRIDGE APPROACH AND REAR END OF VEHICLE STARTED SWAYING ALL OVER THE R… |
| 2017-07-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED THROUGH WITH LARGE HOLES MECHANIC SAID THERE'S NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD! |
| 2017-03-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED |
| 2017-02-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ABS LIGHT ;PO500 CODE SPEED SENSOR A SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING, WONT SHIFT INTO GEAR WITH ABS LIGHT ON WINDOWS MALFUNC… |
| 2017-02-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, A FIRE ERUPTED I… |
| 2017-01-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT IS STUCK AND WON'T RETRACT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR IT. IT HAPPE… |
| 2016-11-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | UNDER BODY HAS RUSTED AND REPAIR COST IS $10000 |
| 2016-10-18 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, AND THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGE KEEP AND WELL MAINTAINED SINCE … |
| 2016-10-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FRAME CRACKED ON REAR PASSAGER SIDE NEED HELP!MY DAUGHTER AND MY GRAND DAUGHTER IN THE CAR WHEN HAPPEND GOD WAS LOOKING… |
| 2016-09-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | 1- THE SEATBELT THREADS BECOME LOOSE AND BROKE. 2- AT 50 M/H THE CAR IS BOUNCING LEFT TO RIGHT. |