Toyota 4Runner Complaints (1998)

250 consumer complaints on file.

#606330February 1, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
REAR BRAKE LIGHT FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#606223February 1, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
REAR PANEL ADJUST ROD FAILED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#607760February 1, 1999
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
ALARM AND KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832009December 8, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
HAD VEHICLE IN REVERSE & USING BRAKES HEARD LOUD CLICKING/GRINDING NOISES. TOOK TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831318November 24, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING ,LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830188November 5, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP
WHEN DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT THE ABS LIGHT KEEP COMING ON, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON NON-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY DON'T SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN FAST ENOUGH, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, ALMOST HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. CONSUMER CAN HEAR THE BRAKES MOVING BACKWARD AND FORWARD, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#538192July 23, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE IN HEAD ON COLLISION, FIRE ERRUPTED IMMEDIATELY. (QCAW)
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#825769July 22, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHILE DRIVING THE CHILD BECAME TWISTED IN SEAT BELT, IT WORKED LIKE A RATCHET TIGHTENING AROUND HER WAIST, CONSUMER DROVE TO A NEARBY POLICE STATION WHERE THEY HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO RELEASE THE CHILD. CONSUMER BELIEVES THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE SEAT BELT. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#533414March 31, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND GOING UP A HILL, TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828267September 28, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO KICK INTO HIGH GEAR, COMING OUT OF THE OVERDRIVE AND REVS UP TO 3500 MPH WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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