Toyota 4Runner Complaints (2000)

483 consumer complaints on file.

#11046576November 16, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
FAIL SAFETY INSPECTION DOE TO A VERY BAD ROST FRAME COMPLETE UNSAFE TO USELESS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11033887October 16, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
"TAKATA RECALL" I NOTICED A VERY LARGE RUST WHOLE IN MY FRAME RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRANSMISSION CROSS MEMBER, IT SPANS ABOUT 5-6IN FROM WHERE THE VISIBLE WHOLE IS. ALSO WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET ATTACHES TO THE FRAME IS ROTTING AWAY. BOTH WHOLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11032701October 10, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE TRUCK BEGAN TO FEEL FUNNY WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET,I TOOK IT IN FOR INSPECTION,AND THE FRAME HAS SEPARATED FROM RUST,MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE,AND A POSSIBLE DEATH TRAP FOR THE MOTORIST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11032187October 7, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
FRAME RUSTED OUT DATE IS WHEN I WAS INFORMED OF THE ISSUE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11031789October 4, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME RAILS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11025382September 25, 2017
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO WOBBLE AND THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED A METAL BAR HANGING FORM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM WAS RUSTED AND DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,491.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11025396September 25, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED AT PRIORITY TOYOTA CHESAPEAKE (1800 GREENBRIER PKWY, CHESAPEAKE, VA 23320), THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRAME RAIL WAS RUSTED AND HAD SEVERAL HOLES. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 250,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023445September 14, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE FRAME ON THE CAR IS RUSTED BEYOND WHAT IS NORMAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021863September 6, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND WENT OVER A SMALL TRANSITION IN THE ROAD AND THE CAR STARTED ROCKING VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE, LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER. ANY TIME THAT THE CAR IS OVER ABOUT 40 MPH AND IT HITS EVEN THE SMALLEST OF BUMPS, THIS IS THE RESULT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, I FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRAME RAIL WAS SEVERELY RUSTED, WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT, INCLUDING ONE OF THE STABILIZERS HANGING LOOSE. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO SEE IF IT WAS REPAIRABLE, AND THEY STATED THAT THIS IS THE WORST CASE OF FRAME RUST THEY HAVE EVER SEE, EVEN ON VEHICLES TWICE ITS AGE! AND THAT IT CANNOT SAFELY BE REPAIRED! THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH MANY OTHER 4RUNNERS OF THE SAME AGE, AS EVIDENCED BY READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE AND THE NTSB WEB SITE, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER WEB SITES OF THIS TYPE. THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT CAUSED THE 2000 TOYOTA TACOMAS TO BE RECALLED. THIS VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE, AND CANNOT BE SOLD TO SOMEONE AT THE PRICE IT SHOULD BE VALUED WITHOUT THIS ISSUE, SO I HAVE LOST THE FULL VALUE OF THIS VEHICLE! THERE IS NO REASON THAT A 17 YEAR OLD VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF FRAME DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF RUST!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020092August 28, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC AT MUFFLER MAN SHOWED ME THAT IT IS ABOUT READY TO BREAK ITS RUSTED SO BAD. HE SHOWED ME THAT WHERE THE AC UNIT IS PLACED THE WATER FROM IT RUNS DOWN THE FRAME COLLECTS THERE AND THEN RUSTS OUT THE FRAME. DRIVER SIDE IS GOOD. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT THIS TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ON A HOIST WHEN THEY SHOWED ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11016515August 21, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR FRAME WAS RUSTED WITH HOLES. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11014755August 11, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
I TOOK MY WELL MAINTAINED THIRD GEN 4RUNNER TO THE SHOP TO GET NEW TIRES BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ACTING UP AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WORN OUT TIRES THAT AFFECTED THE DRIVE, WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO SWIFT AND JERK BUT TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS ACTUALLY A BROKEN RUSTED FRAME THAT CAUSED THE HAZARD MOVEMENT WHEN DRIVING AND NOT THE TIRES. THE MECHANIC SHOP TOLD ME IT'S NOT FIXABLE AT ALL AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE. THEY RECOMMEND I LOOK INTO A RECALL BECAUSE AS I'M AWARE NOW THIS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM FOR MANY 3RD GENERATION OWNERS OF THE 4RUNNER. I'M THE 3RD OWNER TECHNICALLY 2ND SINCE IT BELONGED TO MY FATHER WHO BOUGHT IT OFF THE FIRST OWNER FOR ME. AND IT'S BEEN WELL MAINTAINED BOTH BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND I.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010479July 25, 2017
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FRAME HAS ROTTED THROUGH AND CAUSED THE BAR FROM AXLE TO FRAME TO BREAK AT THE FRAME. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING THE CAR TO SWAY SERIOUSLY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD PREVENTING A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005526July 16, 2017
SUSPENSION
I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE RECENTLY AND WAS TAKING IT TO HAVE IT SAFETY INSPECTED. DRIVING DOWN A CURVY ROAD, THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER STRAIGHT. A LOUD THUNKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER REAR QUARTER. UPON INSPECTION IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR LOWER 4 LINK FRAME ATTACHMENT TOWER (JUST FORWARD OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL AND TIRE) HAD DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. THIS CONDITION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SEVERE METAL DETERIORATION FROM THE INSIDE OUT, HIDING ITSELF UNTIL IT PERFORATED THE FRAME. ON FURTHER INSPECTION THE FRAME WAS FOUND TO BE PERFORATED ALL ALONG THE LOWER INSIDE WALL - FROM THE 4 LINK TOWER TO THE MIDDLE CROSSMEMBER ATTACH POINT . THIS AREA OF THE FRAME IS ADJACENT TO THE MUFFLER AND IS EXPOSED TO EXAGGERATED THERMAL CYCLING ON A DAILY BASIS. SOME METALLURGICAL REACTION TO THIS CONDITION IS CAUSING EXTREME CORROSION OF THE FRAME RAILS TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF 1999 TO 2003 4RUNNERS IN THE SAME EXACT SPOT AND IT'S GOING TO GET SOMEONE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE ANYTHING IS AMISS UNTIL THEY POKE AROUND THE AREA OF THE INSIDE FRAME RAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11003503July 6, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE A COMPLAINT.. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SWAY BARS TURNED OUT TO BE A FRAME PROBLEM. IAN VERY DISAPPOINTED AT TOYOTA THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THESE FRAMES. THEY ARE THE SAME AS THE TACOMA FRAMES. VERY UPSET. COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THIS MISTAKE ..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11001923June 28, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FRAME RUST FOUND NEXT TO MUFFLER ON PASSENGER SIDE AND NEXT TO GAS TANK ON DRIVER SIDE. HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND CONTROL ARM IS ALMOST BROKEN OFF. REQUEST FRAME REPLACEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10993349June 6, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
FRAME RAILS RUSTING THRU. I HOPE I DON'T DIE IN THIS THING OR KIIL ANOTHER ELSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10993025June 3, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS TRUCK FOR 2 MONTHS. THE FRAME IS ROTTEN SO BAD THAT THE METAL CO NETTED TO THE REAL TRAILING ARM HAS FALLEN OFF THE FRAME... THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS IS A 17 YEAR OLD CAR BUT THERE IS NO WAY THE FRAME SHOULD BE ROTTEN THIS BADLY. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE TOYOTA'S OF THESE YEARS AND TOYOTA HAD A RECALL ON TACOMA BUT NOT 4RUNNERS...... I HAVE A HONDA THAT IS 5YEARS OLDER AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRAME FOR LIKE THIS.... TOYOTA CAN DO A RECALL ON TACOMA AND TUNDRA THEN THEY CAN FIX THE 4RUNNERS TOO!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10991890May 27, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
VEHICLE HAS BEEN FAMILY OWNED SINCE NEW, WELL CARED FOR AND GARAGE KEPT. VEHICLE HAS 123,000 MILES AND LOOKS GREAT. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 5/26/17 THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO SWAY SIDE TO SIDE AND I FEEL IF I WAS GOING ANY FASTER MAY HAVE CAUSED A ROLLOVER. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS INSPECTING ALL COMPONENTS IN FRONT AND REAR WHEN I NOTICED THE TRAILING ARM BRACKET ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR END HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME AT THE FACTORY WELD. NO OTHER VISIBLE FRAME RUST THAT I HAVE FOUND SO FAR BUT I HAVE NOT COMPLETELY INSPECTED. WITH TOYOTA HAVING NOTORIOUS FRAME RUST ISSUES AND RECALLS ON THE TACOMA, I CANT BELIEVE THEY HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE ON THE 4RUNNER. MY WIFE OWNS THE SAME MAKE MODEL AND YEAR 4RUNNER AND I HAVE ADVISED HER NOT TO DRIVE IT AS WELL UNTIL IT CAN ALSO BE INSPECTED. I HAVE OWNED AT LEAST 10 TOYOTAS IN THE PAST AND WERE IN THE MARKET TO SOON PURCHASE NEW ONES. IF TOYOTA FAILS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE I WILL BE SURE TO SHOP FOR ANOTHER BRAND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10991390May 24, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE FRAME IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL GEN 3 4 RUNNER HAS SEVERE RUST DUE TO A SUBSTANDARD STEEL THAT WAS USED FOR PRODUCTION. THE TACOMA'S FRAMES WERE VOLUNTARILY REPLACED BY TOYOTA . NONE OF THE 4 RUNNERS QUALIFIED EVEN THOUGH THE STEEL USED AND CHASSIS WERE THE SAME. I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS UNSAFE CHASSIS BY MECHANICS WHO HAS INFORMED ME OF THIS HORRENDOUS CONDITION EXISTS WITH THIS MODEL YEAR AND OTHER YEARS UP UNTIL 2005. THIS CONDITION CAN ,IF NOT ALREADY, CAUSE CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY, AND IS DETREMENTAL TO THE NORMAL OPERATIONS OF OUR HIGHWAYS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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