Toyota FJ Cruiser Complaints

908 consumer complaints on file.

#11395507February 10, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION
FRAME, SUSPENSION, AND BRAKES HAVE EXTREME DAMAGE FROM RUST. REAR BRAKES ARE NON-FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE OF RUST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11394425February 3, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
EXTREME RUST AND CRACKING IN FRAME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11394577February 3, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY 07 FJ HAS ONLY 104K MILES ON IT. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE DO TO THE UNDER BODY RUSTING AND FALLING APART. I HAVE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY UP KEEPING MY FJ. I NOW WILL HAVE TO GET THE COMPLETE REAR AXEL AND OTHER COMPONENTS REPLACED BEFORE I CAN DRIVE IT AGAIN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THESE ISSUES. IT'S COMPLETE NEGLIGENCE THAT THIS TAKES PLACE TO SO MANY OF THESE VEHICLES. I'M JUST THANKFUL I GOT IT TO MY MECHANIC BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE FJ WITH MY 4 1/2 & 1 1/2 YEAR OLD INSIDE. PLEASE MAKE THIS RIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11389613January 23, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WITH EXCESSIVE FRAME RUST OCCURRING WITHIN 4 YEARS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE RUST IS SO EXCESSIVE THAT THE TOYOTA DEEMED THE CAR TOO DAMAGED TO DRIVE BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF THE FRAME WAS TOO WEEK AND, THEREFORE UNSAFE TO DRIVE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11389175January 21, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY FRAME AND ALL COMPONENTS OF THE FRAME ARE ROOTING AWAY DUE TO RUST. THIS SUV HAS ONLY 104K ON IT. IT MAY NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE ANYMORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11388583January 17, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE BECAME IRATIC. DISCOVERED CONTROLS ARMS BROKE FRAME OFF. UPON WELDING BACK ON FOUND OUT FRAME HASE SEVERAL LARGE HOLES AND REAR CROSSMEMBER IS ALMOST GONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11388584January 17, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE BECAME IRATIC. DISCOVERED CONTROLS ARMS BROKE FRAME OFF. UPON WELDING BACK ON FOUND OUT FRAME HASE SEVERAL LARGE HOLES AND REAR CROSSMEMBER IS ALMOST GONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11388109January 14, 2021
SEAT BELTS
MY DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT DOES NOT RETRACT ON MY 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11388204January 14, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE FRAME HAS RUSTED AT ALL MAJOR WELDS AND ALONG THE FRAME COMPONENTS. VERY LITTLE METAL IS LEFT TO HOLD THE REAR SUSPENSION TO THE FRAME MOUNTS OF THE CAR. A TOYOTA BUMPER HITCH FAILED WHILE DRIVING WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED BECAUSE THEREAR CROSSMEMBER RUSTED THROUGH. THE REAR GAS TANK STRAPS ALSO RUSTED THROUGH AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED. GAS TANK WAS HANGING BY ONE STRAP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11387657January 12, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
THE HEATING UNIT UNDER BOTH FRONT SEATS ARE COMING ON WITHOUT THE SWITCH ON. AFTER TUNING SWITCH ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES IT WILL GO OFF,BUT IT COMES BACK ON. ON 11/19/14 THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEH. RECALL #14V743000. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11387313January 9, 2021
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AN INDIVIDUAL ON DEC. 12, 2020. LESS THAN 30 DAYS AGO. I BROUGHT IT TO THE BODY SHOP TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX THE RATTLING SOUND THAT CAME FROM WHEN I HIT A BUMP. THE CARS BODY IS IN GREAT CONDITION. THE MILEAGE WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR WAS 183,800. I ASSUMED I MAY NEED TO DO SOME WORK ON THE CAR, BUT THE BODY SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE SOUND I WAS HEARING WAS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE THAT HAD RUSTED SO BADLY THAT THEY WHERE CLOSE TO FALLING OFF. INCLUDING THE GAS TANK. THEY TOLD ME THAT FJ CRUISERS WHERE KNOWN FOR RUSTY UNDER BOTTOMS AND THAT I WOULD BE A SAFETY RISK TO MYSELF AND OTHERS IF I DROVE THE CAR. THEY ALSO SAID THE CAR WAS BEYOND NORMAL REPAIR. I WILL ATTACHED PHOTOS THEY SENT ME. I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR 1,500 MILES AND IT IS CONSIDERED UNDRIVABLE AND UNFIXABLE. I GOT A SECOND OPINION. WITHOUT KNOWING THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST OPINION THEY CAME TO THE EXACT SAME CONCLUSION. EXCEPT THEY TOLD ME TO REACH OUT TO YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386263January 3, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WIDOW WIPERS MOTOR FAILURE THE MOTOR OR THE ASSEMBLY AND ITS BUSHINGS DON'T HAVE PROPER SEALS WHICH ALLOWS WATER INTO DESTROY THE BUSHINGS BY NOT BEINGVABLE TO RETAIN GREASE TO PREVENT PITTING AND RUST WHICH RESULTS IN WINDOW WIPER FAILURE AND A 600DOLLAR COST OF REPLACEMENT OF MOTOR AND ARMATURE ASSEMBLY WHICH IS JUST FOR PARTS AS THERE IS NO AFTER MARKET AND LABOR COULD SEND THIS MISTAKE BY TOYOTA COSTING ABOUT 1000$ WHEN SAID AND DONE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND REDESIGN AND ITS NOT JUST THE FJ MODEL ITS MANY TOYOTA VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385464December 29, 2020
STEERING, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SEVERE SUSPENSION BRACKET RUST ON MULTIPLE REAR AND FRONT COMPONENTS. I LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WHEN BRAKING BUT MY ENTIRE CAR SWAYED WHEN THE REAR LATERAL SUPPORT BAR BRACKET BROKE RIGHT OFF THE MOUNT THAT IS WELDED TO THE REAR DUE TO RUST. I THEN INSPECTED AND FOUND MULTIPLE RUST AREAS ON FRAME AND OTHER SUSPENSION BRACKETS. MAKING THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I AM AWARE OF TOYOTA'S ONGOING DILEMMA WITH USING THIS HORRIBLE UNTREATED STEEL AND HOPE THE NHTSA ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE. THIS IS NOT NORMAL CORROSION THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NEGLECT IN SAFETY BY NOT HAVING THIS STEEL TREATED ON SUCH CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF A VEHICLES FRAME. HAD THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH OR GREATER. SERIOUS INJURY AND/OR DEATH CAN OCCUR. IF I AM NOT THE ONLY CONSUMER HAVING THIS ISSUE ON TOYOTA FJ CRUSIER VEHICLES. I HOPE THE NHTSA ENFORCES A RECAL ON THESE FRAMES AND/OR CRITICAL SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. MY VEHICLE IS 16 YEARS OLD, I PURCHASED IT FROM A DEALER WHOM RECIEVED IT FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER WITH 57,000 MILES ON IT. NOW CURRENTLY AFTER 4 YEARS OF OWNING THIS FJ CRUISER I ONLY HAVE 71,000 MILES ON IT. HAD THIS BRACKET CAUGHT ONTO MY BRAKE LINES WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BELOW THIS REAR BRACKET I WOULD HAVE LOST ALL ABILITY TO STOP MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384923December 25, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
UNDER CARRIAGE, IS RUSTING AWAY ! VEHICLE, ONLY HAS 97,000 MILES ON IT. MECHANIC, SAID THE VEHICLE IS FALLING APART, WITH RUST...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384336December 21, 2020
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BROUGHT CAR INTO DEALER LAST MONTH FOR NEW HORN AS IT WAS A WEAK VOLUME AND WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS. WAS REPLACED. WORKED FOR A WEEK OR TWO THEN CEASED TO COMPLETELY FUNCTION. BROUGHT BACK IN TODAY AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER CLOCK SPRING/SPIRAL CABLE WAS CORRODING. REMINDED OF OLD RECALL ON VARIOUS PAST TOYOTAS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384039December 18, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL WHEN HE HEARD A RATTLE/BANG WHEN HE TOOK A CORNER OR WENT OVER A BUMP. HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE NOISE AS SOON AS HE GOT HOME. WE TOOK THE FJ OUT FOR A DRIVE AND I HEARD THE NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON INSPECTING THE EXTERIOR DRIVERS SIDE I FOUND THAT THE LEFT SIDE, REAR TRAILING ARM MOUNTING POINT AND A SECTION OF THE FJ'S FRAME, HAD TORN AWAY FROM THE FRAME. THE TRAILING ARMS WAS NOT FLOATING, UNATTACHED. WE ARE VERY LUCK THAT THE TRAILING DID NOT DROP WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME, AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE PAVEMENT, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. I HAVE CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE, WHO CAN PROVIDE NOT SOLUTION ON HOW TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE. AGAIN, I AM LUCKY MY SON WAS ON SECONDARY ROADS AND NOT THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRAILING ARM FELL TO THE PAVEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383872December 17, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
DRIVER SEAT AND PASSENGER SEAT HEATING UNIT IS COMING ON WITHOUT THE SWITCH TURNED ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11382940December 10, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE FRAME AND UNDERCARRIAGE. NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND TREATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11378030December 5, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE VIEWING THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE I NOTICED EXCESSIVE FRAME AND STRUCTURAL RUST AND CORROSION ON A MAJORITY OF THE FRAME, SUSPENSION, FUEL TANK STRAPS, AND OTHER METAL PARTS OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11377887December 4, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
UPON STATE INSPECTION, SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED ON THE FRAME. NOT ONLY DID IT FAIL INSPECTION, MY MECHANIC STRONGLY URGED ME NOT TO DRIVE IT, AS THE REAR AXLE HAS A POSSIBILITY OF FALLING OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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