2002 Toyota 4Runner complaints

I HAVE A 2002 4 RUNNER AND PUT ALMOST $2,800.00 IN IT LAST YEAR FOR A NEW REAR END, NEW TIRES, BECAUSE I FELT IT STILL HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LIFE LEFT IN IT, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE FRAME HAS 2 HOLES IN IT FROM EXCESSIVE RUST. THE DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TO INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING FRAMES FOR 2003 - 2009 MODELS. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE 2002 MODELS, THEY STATED THAT TOYOTA DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 4 RUNNERS. MY QUESTION IS "HOW DO I FIND OUT IF THE 2002 FRAMES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH THE SAME MATERIALS THAT THE 2003 MODELS WERE MADE OF?" I REALLY WANTED TO HAND THIS CAR DOWN TO MY DAUGHTER. SHE NEEDS A CAR AND WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE FRAME, THERE IS NO WAY I CAN LET HER DRIVE THIS IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION. PLEASE HELP!!!

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON SO I TAKE MY 2002 4 RUNNER TO GET IT CHECKED. I NOTICED IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A EXHAUST PROBLEM. THEN I GET THE BAD NEWS . THE FRAME EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE CORROSION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF RECALL ON THIS MATTER A FEW YEARS AGO BUT I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE .I PURCHASED IT USED IN 2003 SO MAYBE THE NOTICE WENT TO THE FIRST OWNER. I HAVE BEEN LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS SINCE I OWNED IT.

LEAVING WORK FRIDAY OF LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2018 I NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS. MY CO-WORKER ALSO LOOKED, AND OBSERVED A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE UNDER THE CAR. SINCE THE DEALER WAS CLOSE, I TOOK THE RISK TO DRIVE IT THE DEALER. THE DEALER IS HERITAGE TOYOTA IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND. THE CAR HAS ONLY 91000 MILES ON IT. THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE CAR IS RUSTED OUT. THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE FUEL LEAK. THE FRAME IS ALSO RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT OF NOT BEING SAFE ANYMORE. MY COMPLAINTS ARE THESE: 1. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. 2. OTHER TOYOTA TRUCKS OF THE SAME YEAR ARE HAVING THEIR FRAMES REPLACED BY TOYOTA. 3. MY TOYOTA WAS SERVICED WITH ME LETTING THE DEALER DO "ANYTHING IT NEEDS". I ESTIMATE SPENDING ABOUT $15,000 AT THIS DEALER. NEVER ONCE WAS I TOLD THERE WAS A RUST PROBLEM. WITH MOUNTING REPAIRED COSTS, I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO IMMEDIATELY RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR ASSESSMENT. NEVER DID THE TOYOTA DEALER WARN ME ABOUT THE RUST. 4. TOYOTA WAS COMPLETELY UNINTERESTED IN HELPING. I DID FILE A COMPLAINT #1808271490

REAR AXEL IS RUSTED OFF THE FRAME, AND ROTTING, MECHANIC SAYS IT'S UNSAFE TO DRIVE

SKIDDING WHEN PUMPING BRAKES LIGHTLY ON GRAVEL (ONLY GOING 15 MPH)

MY FRAME IS SUFFERING FROM PREMATURE AND EXCESSIVE RUSTING, AS IS COMMONLY REPORTED AMONG OTHER EARLY TO MID 2000'S 4RUNNER OWNERS. THE MOST SEVERE AREA IS THE RADIATOR SUPPORTS. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT SO IT IS REGISTERED AMONG THE MANY COMPLAINTS RECEIVED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION IF NEEDED, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF REPORTS OF THIS SINCE THERE'S NOW AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ISSUE.

THE REAR BODY MOUNT BUSHINGS ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY AND DO NOT HOLD THE FRAME TO THE BODY DUE TO EXCESSIVE FRAME BODY RUST THRU OUT THE VEHICLE'S FRAME. MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS

FRAME RUST ON THE INSIDE PORTION FOR THE FRAME. 33" HOLE RUSTED THROUGH COMPLETELY ON PASSENGER SIDE. RUST CONTINUES ABOUT 80% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT. DRIVER'S SIDE HAS A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF SEVERE RUST THAT HAS WEAKENED THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE FRAME TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. SHOULD THE CO TROLL ARM MOUNT FINISH RUSTING THROUGH, THE AXLE WILL NO LONGER BE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME ON THAT SIDE. THERE IS NOTICBLE FLEX AND SOUND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRAME ROT. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE CONTROL ARM MOUNT DISCONNECTS COMPLETELY, OR THE FRAME BUCKLES.

RUSTED THROUGH FRAME ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHERE AXLE SUPPORT CONNECTS TO FRAME. MEASURES APPROX 2.5 FEET. REAR END FEELS LOOSE WHEN NAVIGATING TURNS.

FRAME IS COMPLETLY RUSTED OUT.

FRAME RUST THROUGH! WITH 150.000 MILES ON IT. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY COMPROMISED. BODY AND DRIVE TRAIN STILL OPERABLE.

FRAME RUSTED OUT IN THE REAR SUSPENSION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UPPER AND LOWER BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR BODY REPAIR, BUT THE AIR BAG FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

FRAME DETERIORATION.

WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE (FIRESTONE DESTINATION LE2 265/70R16; MANUFACTURED APRIL 2015; APPROX. 19,500 MILES ON THE TIRE) ABRUPTLY UNDERWENT COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. (SEE PHOTO). ALL FOUR TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED PER TOYOTA'S SPECIFICATIONS. FORTUNATELY, THE STABILITY CONTROL KEPT THE VEHICLE FROM CRASHING. EVEN THOUGH THE TIRE WAS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE, FIRESTONE DECLINED TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND I WAS FORCED TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR ANOTHER TIRE. I CERTAINLY WONDER ABOUT THE OTHER THREE TIRES AND WHETHER THEY'RE SIMILARLY DEFECTIVE.

FRAME RUSTED OUT, SIMILAR TO TACOMA PICK UP TRUCKS RECALL. ADDITIONALLY CLIMATE CONTROL HEATING, COOLING, FAN DEFECTIVE, POWER ANTENNA IN-OPERABLE.

TAKATA RECALL: I WAS DRIVING ON. FREEEWAY (5) FREEWAY AND BALL JOINTS BUSTED OFF AND LOST WHEEL AND SLID ABOUT 60 FEET BEFORE STOPING. BUSTED BREAK LINE AND BENT CONTROL JOINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE TECHNICIAN OBSERVED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED OUT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN TOTAL LOSS ACCIDENT. SENSOR WAS DAMAGED, YET DID NOT DEPLOY THE AIRBAG TOYOTA COMPANY WOULD NOT GIVE THE MAKE AND NAME OF THE AIRBAG

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE MAIN FRAME WAS RUSTING ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 209,000.

I WAS AT A FULL STOP, BEHIND A LINE OF CARS, AT A RED LIGHT, ON A CITY STREET. A JEEP LIBERTY SUV REAR-ENDED ME AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, PUSHING ME INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, AND TOTALING MY VEHICLE. MY SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE, CAUSING ME TO HIT, AND CRACK, THE WINDSHIELD, WITH THE LEFT FRONTAL ASPECT OF MY SKULL, RESULTING IN A CONCUSSION. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT RAN INTO ME, WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. WHILE MY CAR WAS AT THE COLLISION REPAIR CENTER, BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN TO SALVAGE, I WENT TO GATHER MY BELONGINGS THAT WERE INSIDE MY 4RUNNER. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER SERVICE MANAGER, I REPEATEDLY TESTED BOTH THE DRIVER, AND FRONT PASSENGER SHOULDER BELTS, BY ABRUPTLY AND RAPIDLY PULLING ON THEM. THE DRIVER SIDE BELT ONLY LOCKED IN PLACE ONCE, DURING APPROXIMATELY 10 TRIALS. THE PASSENGER SHOULDER BELT LOCKED IN PLACE EVERY TIME.

TAKATA RECALL: I RECEIVED A NOTICE REGARDING THIS RECALL BUT WHEN I CHECK IT SAYS MY VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN RECALLED. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT. IF MY VEHICLES COME HAS THESE AIRBAGS IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS WELL SO I CAN GET IT FIXED. I HAVE CHILDREN THAT NEED PROTECTED

FRAME IS PERFORATED BY RUST WHERE THE REAR CONTROL ARM MOUNT MEETS THE FRAME RAIL.

"TAKATA RECALL" FRAME RUSTED OUT FROM THE INSIDE OUT. LOOKING AT ON FRAME IT WAS AT LEAST 1.5 INCHES OF DIRT AND SMALL ROCK FROM MAINE ROADS AND THAN WHEN RAINED IT WAS JUST MUD THE BAD SPOT IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE D BY TORSION BAR NO WAY TO DRAIN. ALSO REAR END DIFFERENTIAL GEAR COVER RUSTED OUT ON OTHER VEHICLES YOU REPLACED JUST THE COVER ON THE 4RUNNER I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE REAR END PRICE JUST FOR THE REAR END WAS $2500 THAN LABOR.

THE FRAME ON MY 4RUNNER IS COMPLETELY RUSTING. HAD TO GET IT SPOT WELDED TO PASS INSPECTION. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 3RD GENERATION 4RUNNERS. PLEASE HELP.

I HAVE OWNED MY 2002 4RUNNER SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2002. AROUND 8,500 MILES A YEAR, AND SOMEHOW MY FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. THIS IS NOT NORMAL, AND NOW IT WON'T PASS INSPECTION AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. TOYOTA BOUGHT THE FRAMES FROM A THIRD PARTY IN JAPAN WHICH DID NOT COAT THESE FRAMES PROPERLY. WE UNDERCOATED THE CAR FOR 5 YEARS AFTER BUYING IT, AND YET RUST STARTED SHOWING UP AROUND 2009. WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE CAR, EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE FRAME IS PERFECT AND CLEAN. TOYOTA IS KNOWINGLY LETTING 3RD GENERATION 4RUNNERS DRIVERS DRIVE THEIR CARS EVEN WHEN THEY'RE UNSAFE. THEY NEED TO INSTITUTE A BUYBACK OR FRAME REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DRIVE OR SELL THE VEHICLE, YET EVERYTHING RUNS PERFECTLY.

FRAME RUST. ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT AND MY MECHANIC RECENTLY NOTICED HEAVY SCALING AND RUST, ALSO A FEW HOLES/ROTTED SECTIONS. TOYOTA NEEDS A SERVICE CAMPAIGN, OR RECALL THESE FRAMES, AS THEY DID WITH THE TACOMA. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID IT'S OUR PROBLEM WHEN THIS IS A CLEAR COMMON ISSUE. THE OTHER COMMON ISSUE ON THESE FRAMES, IS AT THE BACK SHACKLE, THAT ATTACHES THE CONTROL ARM TO THE REAR END, ROTS RIGHT OFF. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY THAT SOMETHING WILL FAIL AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IT IS VERY DISCONCERTING THAT WITH ONLY 63,000 MILES MY FRAME IS DISINTEGRATING QUICKLY.

AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND TOYOTA WOULD NOT GIVE THE NAME AND TYPE AND BRAND AND THE MAKER NAMES OF THE AIRBAG. TOYOTA IS ASKING ME TO GO TO COURT TO HAVE THE COURT ORDER THEM TO RELEASE THE AIRBAG SPECIFICATIONS AND THE TYPE AND BRAND AND THE MAKER. CAN YOU MAKE TOYOTA GIVE ME THIS INFORMATION?

THE FRAME IS ROTTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT

TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE A RUSTY FRAME THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR SAFETY REASONS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH FRAME CRACKED AND I ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF IT TOYOTAS HAVE POOR FRAME THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED

THE FRAME OF MY 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER IS COMPLETE RUSTED AND IS DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING. THE RUST HAS RECENTLY ACCELERATED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF TOYOTA WILL REPLACE THE FRAME AND STAND BY THERE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED INCLUDING THE UNDER CARRIAGE. PHOTO'S CAN BE SUBMITTED AT YOUR REQUEST.

WHEN TAKEN TO THE LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE SHOP THEY FOUND THE FRAME HAS ROTTED OUT IN MANY PARTS OF THE FRAME. CAB FRAME MOUNTS ARE ALSO ROTTED. IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. THE FRAME IS READY TO SNAP OFFF. THANK THE LORD THE SHOP FOUND THIS BEING THREE OF MY FOUR KIDS RIDE IN IT EVERYDAY TO SCHOOL.

REAR DIFFERENTIAL COVERED RUSTING THROUGH.

THE FRAME ON MY 4 RUNNER HAS RUSTED AND BROKE IN HALF THEY RECALLED MY 2005 AND 1996 TACOMA AND PUT A NEW FRAME UNDER IT AND IT WAS NOT AS BAD AS MY 4 RUNNER DONT UNDERSTAND

FRAME RUST. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE "FRAME IS ROTTED-SAFETY ISSUE-WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION". THIS 4RUNNER HAS ONLY BEEN EXPOSED TO AREAS OF MILD SOUTH EAST PENNSYLVANIA WINTERS AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS WASHED REGULARLY AFTER EVERY SNOW AND ROAD-SALTING EVENT. 4RUNNER IS TRASH AFTER ONLY 12 WINTERS. 4RUNNER WAS IN STORAGE FOR 04/05 WINTER AND THERE WAS NO SNOW IN 15/16.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN FOUND SEVERE CORROSION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

HELLO. I PURCHASED A 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LIMITED EDITION LAST FALL IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE CAR HAD PASSED THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION WITH PASSED VALIDATED INSPECTION TAGS IN THE FRONT WINDOW. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC, WELDER AND BEECHMONT TOYOTA (CINCINNATI OH) AND THE CONSENSUS IS THE CAR NEEDS THE CAR FRAME REPLACED. THE CAR FRAME HAS RUST HOLES AND IS RUSTED ALONG WITH A RUSTED UNDERCARRIAGE. THE INTEGRITY OF THE CAR IS COMPROMISED, BECAUSE THE CAR FRAME HAS RUSTED HOLES IN IT, CRITERIA THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE PASSED PA STATE INSPECTION. IT DOES NOT HAVE A SAFE CAR FRAME. I WAS SOLD A VEHICLE THAT PASSED PA STATE INSPECTION AND THE CAR HAD HOLES IN THE RUSTED CAR FRAME.THE SALES GUY WHO SOLD ME THE CAR, SAID THAT THE CAR HAD PASSED STATE INSPECTION IN WHICH THE STICKER IN THE WINDSHIELD SHOWS. I RESEARCHED THE STATE INSPECTION CRITERIA AND I THINK IT IS 5A AND 5III THAT REFERENCE CHECKING THE CAR FRAME. PENDOT DID NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAILURE OF APPROVING THE STATE INSPECTION. I ASKED FOR MY MONEY BACK ($6,200) FROM THE CAR SALESMAN PLUS I HAD TO PAY ABOUT $500 OHIO TAX AND WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD PASSED PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION AND THEY WOULD NOT REFUND MY MONEY. THIS CAR HAS A RUSTED DAMAGED FRAME WITH HOLES AND NEEDS TO BE OFF THE ROAD AS IT'S DANGEROUS. I AM ASKING FOR MY MONEY BACK, AND I'LL RETURN THE VEHICLE AS IT SHOULD NOT HAVE PASSED PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION. THANK YOU. *TR

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AROUND CURVES. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MILES PER HOUR ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD, THE ANTI SKID LIGHT ILLUMINATES WITHOUT WARNING ON A DRY PAVED ROAD WITH A SUBSEQUENT SUDDEN PULL TO THE RIGHT AND "GRINDING" NOISE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE TOYOTA DEALER CAN NOT HELP, SINCE HE CAN NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE LATEST OCCURRENCE PULLED THE VEHICLE ACROSS THE CENTER LINE INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. (HAD THERE BEEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT)

MY 2002 4RUNNER'S FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH IN MANY PLACES. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND TOYOTA SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE YET TO RECALL THE 4RUNNERS BUT, HAVE RECALLED THE TACOMA AND SEQUOIA. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THIS REPAIR. I AM BURIED IN DEBT FROM A HEART TRANSPLANT AND THIS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. I THINK PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE RESPOND SO I HAVE SOME INFORMATION PLEASE. THANKS, [XXX] COLUMBUS, OHIO INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FRAME IS BADLY RUSTED OUT. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 80,000 MILES

MY 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER FRAME IS ROTTED IN FRONT OF THE REAR PASSANGER WHEEL WELL MEASURING ABOUT 31' INSIDE NEXT TO THE MUFFLER AND DRIVER SIDE REAR BODY MOUNT IT'S STARTING TO RUST THROUGH NOW THE REST IS IN GREAT SHAPE BODY WISE

FRAME IS RUSTING OUT

VSC COMES ON RANDLOMLY, AT INTERSECTIONS WHEN STARTING OUT I LOSE ALL POWER AND SOMETIMES SIT IN TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING LEFT.

FRAME CRACKED/RUSTED DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT THE FRAME (RIGHT REAR) WAS CRACKED.... CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

REAR DIFFERENTIAL RUSTED THROUGH

MY 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER HAS A COUPLE QUARTER SIZED RUST HOLE ON THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRAME. LOCATED ON THE INSIDE NEXT TO THE EXHAUST MUFFLER. THE ENTIRE REST OF THE FRAME IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, IT'S WEIRD TO ME THAT JUST THIS PARTICULAR SPOT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH, THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD AND I KNOW TOYOTA SHOULD STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I READ ONLINE MOST PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM IN THE SAME EXACT SPOT. SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT IN THE FRAME. I'M HOPING TO HAVE TOYOTA COVER THIS INCIDENT. THANKS FOR READING. BRANDON

DRIVER'S SEAT LEFT FRONT MOUNTING BOLT ATTACHMENT HAS FAILED. PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED ON 15 MARCH 2016. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. AS I WAS SHIFTING AROUND TO GET SEATED I NOTICED A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM BENEATH THE DRIVER'S SEAT. EVENTUALLY I OBSERVED THE LEFT FRONT MOUNT LIFTING SLIGHTLY OFF THE FLOOR. LATER, INVESTIGATING FURTHER (REMOVING THE PLASTIC COVERING) I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE MOUNTING BOLT'THERE IS NOTHING FOR THE BOLT TO ATTACH TO THAT I CAN SEE. WHATEVER HELD THE BOLT ORIGINALLY HAS BROKEN OFF AND IS NO LONGER VISIBLE OR SERVICEABLE. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME; ALL THE MORE SO BECAUSE I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH THREE BULGING DISCS IN MY NECK AT THE SAN FRANCISCO VA MEDICAL CENTER ON 8 MARCH 2016. SHOULD I BE IN A COLLISION AND THE SEAT NOT PERFORM AS INTENDED, I COULD POTENTIALLY BE PARALYZED. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. TOYOTA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.

LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE, BUT RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE SLOWLY DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT, AND SOMETIMES THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 50-60 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY 2 DIFFERENT BODY SHOPS (1 OF WHICH WAS TOYOTA) THAT MY ENTIRE POWER STEERING WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND IS CURRENTLY LEAKING. I WAS ADVISED THIS COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IF MY POWER STEERING WERE TO STOP WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT FAST SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY. I RECEIVED A FULL-POINT INSPECTION WHEN MY MILEAGE WAS AT THE 50,000 MARKER BUT THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE AT THAT TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE BACKING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL WAS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

FAME DETERIORATING PREMATURELY,SKID PLATE THAT PROTECTS FUEL TANK SHOWED SIGNS OF RUST. AFTER INSPECTING FOUND ROTTING FROM INSIDE OUT.WHEN REPLACING IN MAY OF 2014,FOUND THAT STRAP THAT HOLDS FUEL TANK RUSTED COMPLETELY AWAY,TWO BOLTS FROM THE RUSTED SKID PLATE ONLY THING HOLDING FUEL TANK IN PLACE.SAME CONDITIONS EXIST OVER ENTIRE FRAME,RUST FALLS OFF IN SHEETS WHEN FRAME IS TAPPED ON WITH HAMMER.BROUGHT MY CONCERNS TO DEALERSHIP IN JAN.OF 2015 OF RUST ISSUE, THEY INFORMED ME NOTHING WOULD BE DONE.