Safety Score
73
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-01 | 17V291000 |
EQUIPMENT | 1,019 | — | Details |
| 2016-12-21 | 16V937000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | 2 | — | Details |
| 2016-04-22 | 16V236000 |
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS | 94 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | On March 6, I was on South bound on Rt 29 in Culpeper County VA at the posted speed limit of 55mph when I hit a debris … |
| 2026-02-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | My 4Runner is hard starting all the time. I’ve replaced the battery, tested the alternator etc. It sounds exactly like … |
| 2026-01-26 | BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA | No | 0 | Rear view camera / backup camera randomly displays blanks screen. Screen has no other issues noted. Has been occurring… |
| 2025-09-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PAINT CLEAR COAT BUBBLING ISSUES REGARDING ROOF AND REAR BUMPER |
| 2025-09-22 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that while attempting to reverse, the rearview camera displa… |
| 2025-07-03 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Wiring harness to rear window defogger melted causing the rear window to crack and shatter. Safe lite replaced the wind… |
| 2025-05-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I am reporting premature clear coat failure on a 2016 Toyota 4Runner in Magnetic Gray Metallic. The vehicle has approxi… |
| 2025-05-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | On 5/11/2025, my husband and I were returning home from the grocery store. I was operating the vehicle at the time of t… |
| 2025-04-27 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | This vehicle has experienced the front coil spring cracking on the right front, the left front cracked at 114K miles. T… |
| 2025-02-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I drive for a living and yesterday I was driving while this happened 3 separate times. I was going 70 mph on the highwa… |
| 2024-12-15 | BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA | No | 0 | I have a 2016 Toyota 4Runner at 143,011 miles. When it hit 125,000 mile mark the backup camera stopped working intermit… |
| 2024-02-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Picked up a Gal to go out on a date. Turned the vehicle on and got about 1 mile down the road when I started to smell … |
| 2023-11-27 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | X-REAS sport enhancement system is failing in a vehicle (2016 Toyota 4 Runner) with 58,000 miles that has always been d… |
| 2023-09-21 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Toyota 4Runner equipped with an Ironman 4x4 USA, Part: Pro Forge upper control arm. The contact… |
| 2023-01-18 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | Passenger side back seat seatbelt broke under normal wear and tear. |
| 2023-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The entire exterior body clear coat is peeling off. This started about 1.5 years ago on the tailgate. It has now spre… |
| 2022-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | This vehicle transmission is demonstrating transmission shuddering problems, We have returned this car three time for t… |
| 2022-03-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | - The Roll Over Side Curtain Airbags deployed and hit my head. Both sides deployed. - I was in 4Wheel Low Range. Drivi… |
| 2022-03-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Fuel pump failed , vehicle stalled driving 70 down highway.. I have read there is a Recall in place for 2014, 2015, 20… |
| 2022-02-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I had a one car head on collision with a tree. Airbags deployed..drivers side knee airbags deployed causing multiple l… |
| 2021-07-07 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | It is a common complaint on the 4runner forums, the low beam head lights don't generate enough light to see at night. O… |
| 2021-06-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Rear view camera cuts out and screen goes black. Similar to the RAV4 complaints. |
| 2021-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS GOING OUT. THIS IS CLEARLY A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND YEA… |
| 2020-12-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVING LAST WEEK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. HOOKED MY OB2 SCANNER TO PORT BUT C… |
| 2020-10-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING. NOT AROUND ANY CARS. |
| 2020-10-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 2 | 75 MPH IMPACT ON INTERSTATE, 4 RUNNER COMPLETE LOSS. ENGINE PROTRUDED INTO FOOT WELL AND NOT A SINGLE AIRBAG WAS DEPLO… |
| 2020-10-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE 2016 4RUNNER TRD PRO IS A LIMITED PRODUCTION MODEL. TOYOTA SOURCE THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS FROM AN OUTSIDE VENDOR… |
| 2020-08-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES. I AM ON MY 3RD DIFFERENT SET OF TIRES THIS YEAR (INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL TIRE… |
| 2020-08-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVER DOOR ACTUATOR DOES NOT WORK, PREVENTING THE REMOTE LOCKING AND UNLOCKING OF THE DOOR. |
| 2020-07-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DRIVER DOOR ACTUATOR NOT WORKING TO LOCK DOOR. STILL WORKS TO UNLOCK. LIGHT AND AUDIO DOESNT WORK EITHER WHEN LOCKING. … |
| 2020-06-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | LOCKS ON DOORS DONT WORK. COMMON PROBLEM YOU ARE AWARE OF (MORE COMPLAINTS OF THIS THAN ANY OTHER ON THIS VEHICHLE). CA… |
| 2020-05-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated … |
| 2020-05-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SUV DOES NOT LOCK WHEN I USE THE REMOTE OR WHEN I TRY TO LOCK IT MANUALLY. I REPLACED THE ACTUATOR IN THE DRIVER S… |
| 2019-11-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT BLEW THE DOOR AJAR. THE A PILAR WAS MOVED … |
| 2019-09-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | VEHICLE STEERING IS VERY LOOSE AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IF ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE WHILE DRIVING OVER ROUGH SURFACE… |
| 2019-07-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Toyota has a major safety issue (that they know about) relating to door lock actuators on their 4runners. Both of mine… |
| 2019-05-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I AM LIVING IN KOREA WITH THE US MILITARY. I JUST RECEIVED THIS SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 1 WEEK AGO AND MOVE TO THE USA IN … |
| 2019-05-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I WAS GOING STRAIGHT DOWN A HIGHWAY WHEN MY SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED AND SHATTERED. I DID NOT SEE ANY DEBRIS HIT IT. I… |
| 2019-03-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVING HOME, ON US 1, ABOUT 60-65MPH, I HAD TO SUDDENLY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE BRAKES LOCKED UP,AND YANKED ME TO THE RIGHT… |
| 2019-02-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RODENT CHEWED MAIN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS |
| 2019-02-06 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH (CONSTANT SPEED W/O ACCELERATION) IN 2WD IN A 75 MPH ZONE ON HWY 29 S… |
| 2019-02-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN… |
| 2019-01-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING FROM AUSTIN, TX TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TX AND AS WE WERE ENTERING THE CC-CITY LIMITS GOING ABOUT 65 MPH ON IH… |
| 2019-01-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: … |
| 2018-12-31 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AFTER TURNING ON THE REAR DEFROSTER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (ROUTE 200 ICC) AT APPROXIMA… |
| 2018-12-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | I HIT A CAR THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS GOING NORTH BOUND AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO TAKE A LEFT FR… |
| 2018-11-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WIRING INSIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS CHEWED THROUGH BY RODENTS. I DRIVE THE VEHICLE EVERY DAY AND IT WAS SERVICED TWO D… |
| 2018-08-29 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PRECISION TOYOTA OF TUCSON (520-795-5565, 7… |
| 2018-08-17 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | SUNROOF "EXPLODED" WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED ON A DESOLATE ROAD. CAR WAS PARKED AT A BEACH RENTAL FOR 3 DAYS IN THE HO… |
| 2018-08-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | MASSIVE FUEL LEAK FROM THE SOY-BASED FUEL LINES. ALLEGEDLY AN ANIMAL CHEWED THRU THEM WHICH WAS ATTRACTED BY THE SOY-B… |