Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2001 Toyota 4runner.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2001 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH, there was a thumpin… |
| 2022-04-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Rusted Frame Cracked by back driver side tire |
| 2021-08-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2001 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that he noticed a swaying while driving the vehicle. The veh… |
| 2021-03-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS RUSTING OUT AND IS DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE |
| 2020-12-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I bought my 4Runner in 2021 and am just now getting ready to sell it. Did a carfax report and it shows a possible odome… |
| 2020-12-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE FRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH. MY MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS UNABLE TO BE INSPECTED AND SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. |
| 2020-05-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME OF MY 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER IS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT YOU CAN BREAK SOME OF IT OFF IN OUR HAND. RECENTLY TOOK… |
| 2020-01-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PURCHASED VEHICLE TOOK FOR MASS INSPECTION AND FAILED DUE TO ROTTED FRAME WAS TOLD NOT ROAD WORTHY AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE … |
| 2019-12-31 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. ALL SEEMED FINE .BUT WHEN I WENT TO GET IT INSPECTED THEY WOULD NOT PASS STARTI… |
| 2019-10-23 | STEERING | No | 0 | ENTERED HIGHWAY FROM ON RAMP AS PICKED UP SPEED STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND BEGAN TO LOOSE CONTROL OF S… |
| 2019-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FIRST THERE WERE 3 RECALLS 1. 135468 2. 135469 AND 3. 135469 DATING BACK TO 2005 THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF AND I HAV… |
| 2019-07-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DEALER DECLINE TO DO A TRANSFER CASE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FRAME IS SEVERELY RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT THE TRAILING… |
| 2019-05-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I NOTICED A PRETTY DISTINCT WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING MY 2001 $RUNNER ON THE HIGHWAY RECENTLY. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO I… |
| 2019-04-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY 2001 TACOMA HAD FRAME RUST ISSUES LAST YEAR. I WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO… |
| 2019-02-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUST ON MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. SUSPENSION SHOT RIGHT THROUGH ROTTED FRAME. FRAME HAS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT… |
| 2019-01-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | EXTREME FRAME RUST. HUSBAND SAYS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. EVEN THOUGH THE BODY LOOKS GREAT, THE FRAME, WHERE WE CAN … |
| 2018-12-21 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | TOOK MY VEHICLE FOR OIL CHANGE AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRAME WAS BADLY RUSTED AND SHOULD TAKE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA IMMEDI… |
| 2018-09-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED. THE VEH… |
| 2018-09-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE CORROSION TO FRAME AND RELATED CHASSIS COMPONENTS. THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT IN 2001 AND SERVICED AT OUR LOCAL … |
| 2018-09-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE FRAME RUSTED OUT AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE .THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS INVOLVING THE FRAME RUST ON THE 4 RUNNER… |
| 2018-09-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH OUR TOYOTA 4RUNNER SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SWAY VIOLENTLY AND… |
| 2018-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WENT FOR INSPECTION FOR 2001 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER. FRAME IS RUSTED AND TOO BAD. MECHANIC SAID UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. WHAT… |
| 2018-07-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME ON MY 2001 ROTTED VERY QUICKLY FROM THE INSIDE OUT. IT IS THE SAME EXACT FRAME USED ON THE TACOMA (WHICH WAS … |
| 2018-07-09 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS RUSTING OUT VERY BADLY, THUS LEAVING VEHICLE UNABLE TO OPERATE IT SOON. |
| 2018-05-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME OF VEHICLE HAS SEVERE RUST DAMAGE THROUGHOUT, TOLD BY STATE SAFETY INSPECTOR THAT IT IS BEYOND REPAIR. APPEARS T… |
| 2018-05-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE… |
| 2018-03-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" MY 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER FRAME IS RUSTED OUT AND WON'T PASS STATE INSPECTION. |
| 2018-01-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON A CITY STREET IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK ( FLATBUSH AVE) WHEN I SUDDENLY SMELLED SMOKE FOLLOWED BY… |
| 2017-08-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS AT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HAVING MY BRAKELINE ON THE FRONT LEFTSIDE REPAIRED, AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE; AND I WAS T… |
| 2017-07-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRAME FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE VEHIC… |
| 2017-06-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED THROUGH IN SEVERAL PLACES. UNSAFE TO DRIVE. |
| 2017-03-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FO… |
| 2017-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT. I HAVE KEPT IT VERY CLEAN AND PROTECTED BUT STILL IS RUSTING. |
| 2016-11-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE CONTACT WAS INFOR… |
| 2016-11-11 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR REAR END REPAIR AND HAD 2 REPUTABLE MECHANICS REFUSE TO REPAIR THE TRUCK BECAUSE THEY SAID THE F… |
| 2016-11-11 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRAME RUST ON LEFT REAR FRAME AT ATTACHMENT POINT OF LOWER CONTROL ARM WHICH LOCATES AXLE TO FRAME. RUST HOLES IN FRAME… |
| 2016-10-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTING OUT. EXTERIOR OF TRUCK HAS NO RUST 170K MILES ON 4RUNNER |
| 2016-09-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTING. |
| 2016-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS ROTTING AND THE 4RUNNER IS UNSAFE. |
| 2016-07-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE ISSUE WITH MY TOYOTA IS A RUSTED FRAME...RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT I WAS ADVISED TO PARK IT AND NEVER DRIVE IT AGAIN… |
| 2016-07-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE REPLACING THE SHOCKS ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SEVERE RUST … |
| 2016-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL THE FRAME IS ROTTEN INSIDE THE FRAME RAIL UNDER THE RIGHT HAND FRONT SEAT NOT ABLE TO GET A INSPECTION S… |
| 2016-05-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WE WERE TOLD TODAY THAT OUR 2001` TOYOTA 4-RUNNER HAS FRAME ROT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE AND TH… |
| 2016-04-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE CHANGING MY OIL, I NOTICED A FEW NICE SIZE HOLES IN THE FRAME, IN FRONT AND BESIDES THE MUFFLER. I WONDERING IS I… |
| 2016-04-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MASSIVE RUST AND DETERIORATION ALONG INSIDE PANEL OF FRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE REVEALED ONCE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS REMOVED F… |
| 2016-03-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSEN… |
| 2016-01-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE GRAM HAS RUST PERFORATION IN WHICH THE LEFT REAR CONTROL ARM HAS SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. WHILE I WAS DRIVING A HE… |
| 2016-01-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MASSIVE RUST CORROSION AND PIECES BREAKING AWAY LOCATED UNDERNEATH ENTIRE VEHICLE. THE RUST WITH BREAKAGE HAS INTENSIF… |
| 2016-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | VEHICLE FRAME CORROSION/ROT.. BAD FRAME (JUST LIKE THE TACOMA I HAD RECALLED DUE TO BAD FRAME) |
| 2015-12-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 2001 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER WAS UP ON THE LIFT FOR REGULAR OIL CHANGE. A SERVICE TECH BROUGHT ME TO THE SERVICE BAY AND INF… |