2004 Toyota 4Runner complaints

LOOKS LIKE THE FRAN AROUND AND IN FRONT OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS RUSTING IN TWO

DASH BOARD CRACK RECALL 2 YEARS ALL DEALER SAYS IS THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS

BLOWN HEAD GASKET WITH 130,000 MILES. BLOWN NEAR THE NUMBER 6 CYLINDER (LIKE EVERYONE ELSE). COST $3700 FOR REPAIRS.

REAR BREAKS - LEFT AND RIGHT (BOTH) SIDES CEASED UP.

LOSS OF COOLANT WITH NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF LEAKING. REPLACED SO MANY THINGS AND KEEP GETTING MISFIRES AND VSC LIGHTS ON CONSTANTLY. ROUGH START UP FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS EVERY TIME STARTED. SLIGHT OVER HEATING IF IDLING ... ALL POINTS NOW LEAD TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET IN WHICH I READ MORE AND MORE AND COMMON WITH 04 V6S.

I HAVE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH OUR 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. IT STARTED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO WHEN THE MARYLAND STATE EMMISSION TEST FACILITY PLUGGED INTO MY ODBI2 PORT. ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WERE ON AND I WENT IN TO THE OFFICE AND COMPLAINED. I FILED A FORM WITH EMISSIONS. I WORK OUT OF TOWN, MY WIFE IS A TEACHER AND WE HAVE TWO SMALL KIDS. GOING TO THE DEALER WAS NOT AN OPTION UNTIL SCHOOL WAS OUR. IN THE MEAN TIME THE TRUCK DROVE FINE OTHER THAN NO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND THE TIRES SPINNING IF YOU HIT THE PEDDLE TO HARD (NO TRACTION CONTROL OR STABILITY CONTROL. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER OVER THE SUMMER AND THEY HAD TO RESET THE VALUES FOR $110.00 THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WOULD NO LONGER ENGAGE. TOYOTA DEALER SAID ALL THE VALUES BEING ERASED WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THAT YEAR AND MVA CHEEP SCANNERS. MARYLAND SAID THEY CALLED TOYOTA AND NO ONE HAD EVER HAD THAT PROBLEM. HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN LAST EMISSION TEST. BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. THE ACTUATOR DOESN'T ENGAGE THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THIS WAS APPARENT WHEN MY WIFE LOST CONTROL AND NEARLY FLIPPED THE TRICK OVER AFTER PICKING UP THE KIDS IN A SNOW STORM. I CLIMBED UNDER THE TRUCK IN THE SNOW AND PULLED THE COVER OFF THE ACTUATOR, PULLED OUT THE PLASTIC GEARS AND MANUALLY SHIFTED IT INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO GET IT HOME. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM WAS ALWAYS USED AT LEAST EVERY MONTH UNTIL THE EMISSION TEST PROBLEMS JUST TO KEEP IT LUBERICATED. THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE OR LACK THERE OF, COULD HAVE CAUSED DEATH

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER A ROUGH ROAD THERE IS A RATTLE SOUND COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN..NO RATTLE ON SMOOTH ROADS LIKE HIGHWAYS.......ITS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME,YRS....SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE IN STEERING COLUMN

BOUGHT 4TH GENERATION 4RUNNER IN 1-15 FROM DEALER AFTER OWNING 4 PRIOR 3RD GENERATION ONES AND THIS ONE IS PLAGUED WITH EXCESSIVE RUST BEYOND NORMAL WEAR IN FRAME (SOME HOLES), SUSPENSION, STEERING RACK AND SHAFT, BRAKE COMPONENTS, VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING STEEL UNDER THE BODY HAS RUSTED EXCESSIVELY WHILE BODY REMAINS RUST FREE. I KNOW 95-03 TACOMAS AND TUNDRAS WERE UNDER FRAME AND BRAKE LINE RECALL DUE TO SAME ISSUE BUT FROM THE HUGE NUMBER OF POSTINGS ON INTERNET OF PROBLEM BEING JUST AS BAD IF NOT WORSE IN 3RD AND 4TH GENERATION 4RUNNER. YES THE FRAMES WERE A DIFFERENT STYLE BUT THE FRAMES IN THESE 4RUNNERS ARE EVEN WORSE AS PROBLEMS WITH RUST DUE TO DESIGN ARE EATING THEIR WAY FROM INSIDE OUT MAKING IT MORE OF A SILENT KILLER AS IT GOES UNNOTICED UNTIL RUST BREACHES ALL THE WAY THRU FRAME AND BY THAT POINT IT IS NOT ONLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE, IT HAS BEEN UNSAFE TO DRIVE FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE GETTING TO THAT POINT. THIS IS MAJOR PROBLEM AS NOTED IN 1000'S IF NOT MORE NOTED CASES ON INTERNET FORUMS AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY LEAVING ALL THESE PEOPLE STUCK WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND KIDS THAT THEY PUT IN THESE POTENTIAL DEATH TRAPS AT RISK OF FRAME, BRAKE, STEERING, SUSPENSION FAILURES THAT COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, ACCIDENTS, AND DEATHS. I'VE CLEANED, SPRAYED RUST PREVENTATIVE OILS AND PAINTS ON AREAS OF CONCERN AND RUST MAKES ITS WAY BACK THRU IN WEEKS TIME. THE MANY OF OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE ARE STUCK WITHOUT RESOURCES TO BUY ANOTHER DAILY DRIV

THESE VEHICLES ARE PLAGUED BY RUST ON THE FRAME AND COMPONENTS ATTACHED TO THE FRAMES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS CAN CAUSE A HAZARD DUE TO FAILURE OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE EFFECTS MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. FRAMES DEGRADE JUST LIKE THE ONES ON THE TACOMA YET NO ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF 4RUNNER OWNERS.

THE BRAKE GET HARD AND ABS, BRAKE VSC AND TRAC SIGN CAME ON WITH ALERT WHISTLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBOTHOOD LUCKILY.. MECHANIC SAID IT IS RARE TO GO BAD BUT IT IS BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY GOES BAD. IS THIS THE SAME ISSUE AS PRIUS?

THERE IS EXCESSIVE RUST/CORROSION ON THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. THE SKID PLATES COMPLETELY RUSTED OFF THE TRUCK IN 2010. THE TRANSMISSION LINES HAVE CORRODED TO THE POINT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE OIL COOLER AND RADIATOR SUPPORTS HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. THE EXHAUST RUSTED OFF THE TRUCK IN 2010 AS WELL. CURRENTLY THERE IS EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK AND THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. THESE ISSUES APPEARED IN 2010 AND I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THEM EVER SINCE. MECHANICALLY THE TRUCK RUNS GREAT, NEVER A PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE'S FRAME IS DISINTEGRATING DUE TO CORROSION.

THIS 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER HAD 145000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ALONG WITH VSC AND VSC TRAC LIGHTS. ENGINE RAN ROUGH/RUMBLED FOR FEW SECONDS AFTER EACH START, THEN THE RUMBLING WOULD STOP. AT AUTOZONE THEY DIAGNOSED A P0306 ERROR CODE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SCANNED CODE # 0306 #6 CYLINDER MISFIRE. FURTHER TESTING SHOWED COOLANT SEEPING UNDER HEADGASKET, AND DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING CYLINDER HEADGASKET. RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAR AT THIS MILEAGE. WHAT MADE ME FILE THIS COMPLAINT IS THAT EACH SINGLE ONE OF THE OWNERS WHO POSTED ONLINE MENTIONED THIS PARTICULAR DIAGNOSIS CODE OF CYLINDER #6 MIFIRE. I FOUND ITINTERESTING THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM, AND NOT EVEN ONCE IT WAS ANY OTHER CYLINDER MISFIRE BUT # 6. I HAD THE DEALER REPLACE THE HEADGASKET, WHICH TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT SINCE IT'S A RECURRING PROBLEM, I THINK TOYOTA SHOULD TAKE OF THIS ISSUE.

CALIPER.

VEHICLE HAS 129,881 MILES. SEVERE RUST THROUGH OF FRAME UNDERSIDE. HAD PLATED & WELDED. NEW RUST THROUGH HOLES APPEARED WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF PREVIOUS WELD ON SAME FRAME STRUCTURE BUT IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS POSING IMMINENT RUST THROUGH FAILURE IN CENTER OF VEHICLE. CANNOT PASS SAFETY INSPECTION.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A CITY STREET, WITH CHILDREN IN VEHICLE, BREAKS FAILED AND LOUD CABIN ALARM SOUND AND ABS, VSC AND TRAC DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. I HAD TO PULL INTO A GRASSY SWALE, APPLY EMERGENCY BREAK AND DOWN SHIFT IN ORDER TO STOP AND AVOID CRASHING INTO TRAFFIC. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. ABS PUMP BREAK MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $3,300. I HAVE READ MANY POSTS IN BLOGS FROM TOYOTA OWNERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUE, AND SOME THAT CAUSED ACCIDENTS. I HAD JUST COME OFF THE HIGHWAY, SO THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT JUST MINUTES EARLIER. MERITS AN INVESTIGATION.

FRAME HAS RUST HOLES IN FRONT CROSS MEMBER THAT RUNS UNDER RADIATOR. TOW HOOK IS UNUSABLE. PROFESSIONAL INSPECTION OF ENTIRE FRAME INDICATED THAT FRAME HAS NUMEROUS RUST SPOTS THAT ARE UNSAFE. ALL FRAME ATTACHED UNDERCARRIAGE COMPONENTS ARE SO RUSTED THAT REMOVAL OF PARTS IS IS IMPOSSIBLE. CANNOT FIND ANY WELDING SHOPS THAT ARE WILLING TO WELD THE FRAME TO KEEP IT FROM TOTAL FAILURE IN THE FUTURE. THE BODY PANELS ARE RUST FREE. I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE'S FRAME SHOULD HAVE LASTED A LOT LONGER THAN 11 YEARS . DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE OR WARRANTY THE EXCESSIVE RUST PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY TOYOTA.

EVENT OCCURRED AT START UP. WARNING LIGHTS >>> CHECK ENGINE, VSC TRAC, AND TRAC OFF. PER TOYOTA DEALERSHIP >>> FOUND HEAD GASKET ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK INTO CYLINDER 6 CAUSING P0306 REPLACED BOTH HEAD GASKETS COST $2644.91

VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT AND OTHER LIGHTS CAME ON, TOOK TO DEALER AND TOLD ME CODE WAS PO306 CODE WAS DIAGNOSED STATING THERE IS A MISFIRE IN CYLINDER #6 RESULTING IN A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM OF COOLANT ENTERING THE CYLINDER & IT WOULD COST ME 3000 TO 5000 DOLLARS TO FIX. EVERY TIME I START CAR IN MORNING THE CAR HAS A ROUGH SHACKING START UNTIL WARMED UP, MY CAR HAS 135000 MILES & REVIEWING ONLINE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AROUND OR AFTER 120000 MILES AND THAT THEIR ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE I AM HAVING. PLEASE CAN ONE GET HELP IN GETTING TOYOTA ACCOUNTABLE FOR A PROBLEM THEY SURELY KNOW ABOUT AS WELL AS BECAUSE I AM NOT THE FIRST AND PROBABLY NOT THE LAST ON COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE & THAT THIS IS NOT A NORMAL PROBLEM FOR THIS ENGINE IT IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT

EXCESSIVE RUST AND CORROSION TO THE POINT WHERE MY SKID PLATE CAME OFF AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LINES BROKE APART, LEADING TO MAJOR LEAK AND FIX - LUCKILY IT CAME OFF IN DRIVEWAY AND NOT ON HIGHWAY WHERE SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY INJURED. SHOCKS HAVE HOLES IN THEM FROM RUST AND CORROSION, AS DO SUPPORT BARS AND FRAME. CAN BREAK OFF PIECES OF THE FRAME IN MY HAND WITHOUT EFFORT. CONCERNED THAT FRAME COULD CRACK, SUPPORT COMPONENTS COULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF CORROSION. OTHER TOYOTA MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR RUST, USING THE SAME COMPONENTS BUT ASSEMBLED IN DIFFERENT FACTORIES THAN THE 4RUNNER AND LAND CRUISER MODELS, TO MY UNDERSTANDING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA MUST ADDRESS BEFORE ANYONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

ROTTEN EGG SMELL FROM REAR OF TRUCK. WORSE WITH REAR WINDOW OPEN.

SUV IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUSTING OF FRAME AND ALL OTHER UNDERCARRIAGE METAL PARTS. FRAME INTEGRITY IS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED. RUST IS EXPONENTIATING OVER TIME. RUST LEACHING TO OTHER MAJORS PARTS LIKE THE EXHAUST. TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AC, WHEELS, BRAKES, EXHAUST, STEERING, ETC ALL ARE COMPROMISED AND FAILING DUE TO RUST. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. RADIATOR REPLACED. AC LEAKING. OCT 2011 HEAT SHIELD RUST NOTED BY TOYOTA. FEB. 2014 HEAT SHIELDS WERE REMOVED BY TOYOTA. THEY CLAIMED THAT THE TRUCK DOESN'T NEED THE HEAT SHIELDS. THEY DID NOT MENTION THE FRAME RUSTING OR THE LIFETIME EXHAUST RUSTING. THEY DID NOT MENTION THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH 4RUNNERS. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH THAT SERVICE DEPT. BUT THE ONLY OTHER TOYOTA IS WORSE. THIS ISSUE NEEDS SERIOUS RECALL ASAP. I THINK THESE TRUCKS WILL START FAILING AND CAUSING DEATHS SOON. NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK OVER THE YEARS ALL MAY BE DUE TO RUST. BRAKES DON'T SEEM TO LAST AND THE TRUCK IS HARDLY USED. I BELIEVE RUST IS INTERFERING WITH THE BRAKES.

MY 2004 4RUNNER WITH $144K MILES WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED TO HAVE A SIX INCH HOLE IN THE FRAME DUE TO RUST, AND BASED ON MD SAFETY INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS, THIS VEHICLE PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD AND CAN NOT BE REGISTERED. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THE REPAIR WOULD BE A COMPLETE FRAME REPLACED AT A COST OF $18-20K. I HAVE MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE METICULOUSLY THROUGHOUT IT'S LIFE WITH MOSTLY DEALERSHIP MAINTENANCE AND AT NO TIME DID ANY MECHANIC OR SERVICE DEPARTMENT MENTION EXCESSIVE RUST OR HOLES IN THE FRAME. I SPOKE TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE RECALL PROGRAMS FOR TACOMA AND SEQUOIA VEHICLES DUE TO SIMILAR FRAME RUSTING PROBLEMS, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY FLAW EXISTS WITH EXCESSIVE CORROSION IN THE 4RUNNER MODELS. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT TOYOTA HAS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM RELATED TO THIS GENERATION OF 4RUNNERS, AND SINCE THEY ARE UNWILLING TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM EXISTS, IT APPEARS THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES GOVERNMENTAL/NHTSA INTERVENTION. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY OTHER 4RUNNERS ARE ON THE ROAD WITH SIMILAR COMPROMISED FRAMES, AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO FRAME FAILURE AT HIGH SPEED OR DURING TIGHT CORNERING. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE TO PREVENT ANY INADVERTENT INJURY OR DEATH.

THE FRAME OF MY 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER HAS CONSIDERABLE RUST THAT EXCEEDS NORMAL WEAR AND AGE. CONSIDERING THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE TACOMA OF THE SAME YEAR IT SEEMS PRUDENT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR TOYOTA TO STAND BY THEIR RELIABILITY SLOGAN AND REMEDY THIS SITUATION, AS THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE SAME CONDITION AS MINE.

WHEN I RETURNED TO MY HOME AND PULLED INTO MY GARAGE, AN ALARM SOUND WENT OFF IN THE DASHBOARD AND ALL OF THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE JUST PRIOR. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT TO TRY TO DRIVE IT TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER AND NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH AND HAD VIRTUALLY NO BRAKING ABILITY. AFTER GETTING THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW ABS ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY (AKA AN ABS MODULE). THE BRAKES THEMSELVES WERE REPLACED WITHIN 2 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. ON THE DAY THAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE TO SEE WHAT THE ALARM AND WARNING LIGHTS WERE INDICATIVE OF. I SAW THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE MOST OF WHICH HAD IT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AND WERE THEREFORE LEFT WITH THE INABILITY TO BRAKE. I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING, POSSIBLY LEADING TO A SERIOUS, IF NOT FATAL, ACCIDENT.

2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LIMITED, HAS EXCESSIVE CHASSIS RUST AND ROTTED OUT AT SOME POINT ON THE SUB FRAME, CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THERE IS NO RECALL AVAILABLE ALSO CALLED TOYOTA AND RECALL IS NOT AVAILABLE.I AM AFRAID THAT THE CHASSIS WILL BREAK AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH TIRES, TIRE LINE: 105S RUGGED TRAIL, AND TIRE SIZE: P265/65R/17 (NA). THE CONTACT NOTICED EXCESSIVE CRACKING AROUND THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL OF ALL FOUR TIRES. THE TIRES WERE NOT INSPECTED OR REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. THE DOT NUMBER AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AT AROUND 50 MPH AND HAD TO BRAKE AND SUDDENLY THE VSC/ABS BRAKE DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON AND A LOUD ALARM STARTED TO SOUND. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING, I JUST PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WHOLE SYSTEM WENT OFF. I WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE EXIT TO A TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER, A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY, SO I DROVE VERY CAREFULLY TO IT AND PARKED THE CAR. WHEN THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, THE VSC, ABS, BRAKE DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH THE AUDIBLE ALARM ONCE AGAIN. SHE ALSO SAID THE BRAKES WERE HARD AND THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT ANYWHERE. REPLACEMENT OF THE SYSTEM COST ME AROUND $3700, OUT OF POCKET. SINCE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR COLLISION, MY INSURANCE COMPANY SAID THEY DON'T COVER MAINTENANCE REPAIRS. AFTER CHECKING IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, WHICH THERE WASN'T AND READING ABOUT OTHER TOYOTA OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE VSC/ABS BRAKE DASH ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, I TRULY BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE TOYOTA VEHICLES USING THIS VSC/ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. A FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. MY CAR HAS ONLY AROUND 60K MILES ON IT AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS TOYOTA 4RUNNER.

FRAME HAS STARTED RUSTING NEAR WELDS AND HOLES. VERY POOR PREVENTION OF RUST BY TOYOTA. SKID PLATES TOTALLY RUSTED OUT AND FUZED BOLTS. REAR DIFF HOUSING IS ALSO RUSTY. CAR WILL PROBABLY FALL APART IN A YEAR OR TWO.

TOOK MY 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SR5 TO LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER FOR INPSECTION AND MAINTENANCE. LEFT DEALER THINKING TRUCK WAS IN GREAT SHAPE. WHEN CHANGING BRAKES, NOTICED AN CV JOINT BOOT WAS TORN SO TOOK THE TRUCK TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE AXLE REPLACED (SINCE THEY DON'T JUST REPLACE THE BOOT ANYMORE). THE MECHANIC CALLED ME AS SOON AS HE PUT THE TRUCK UP ON A LIFT AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS SERIOUS RUST ISSUES DOWN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRAME THAT COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THE WELD ALONG THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRAME SEEMS TO HAVE RUSTED OUT AND THERE IS A HOLE THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE FRAME. THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL HOLES TOWARD THE FRONT THAT ARE RATHER LARGE IN SIZE. CALLED TOYOTA, NOT THE TOYOTA DEALER, AND THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER AND SUGGESTED I TAKE THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. WHEN I ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN UPON A BAD DIAGNOSIS, THEY STATED NOTHING BECAUSE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO RECALLS OR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE TOYOTA 4RUNNERS ONLY THE TACOMAS, TUNDRAS AND SEQUOIA'S. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING THIS ISSSUE BEFORE CAUSING PEOPLE SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. I AM TERRIFIED WITH MY DAUGHTER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD THINK TOYOTA SHOULD STEP UP TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR VEHICLE OWNERS.

I WAS GOING 5 MPH AND HIT MY BRAKES. THE CONTROL ARM WAS RIPPED FROM THE FRAME DUE TO ROT/RUST. TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR 4RUNNERS, BUT HAS ONLY OFFERED ASSISTANCE ON THE TACOMA AND TUNDRAS. THE BODY OF MY VEHICLE HAS NO RUST ANYWHERE, AND THE MILEAGE IS EXTREMELY LOW. I CANNOT EVEN FIND A MECHANIC TO FIX IT, BECAUSE THE FRAME IS SO BAD. I WAS TOLD, IF IT GETS FIXED, ANOTHER PART OF THE FRAME MAY FAIL WHEN I'M CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY AND PEOPLE COULD GET HURT OR KILLED. NO MECHANIC WANTS THIS LIABILITY IN DOING A REPAIR.

MY 4RUNNER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VSC TRAK OFF LIGHTS CAME ON WITH IT. THE TROUBLE CODE INDICATED #6 CYLINDER MISFIRE. AFTER CHECKING ALL THE SENSORS IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT LOSS OF COOLANT. CHECKED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT THE HEAD GASKET FOR #6 HAD FAILED. LOOKING ON LINE I SEE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS AROUND THE 120K MILES MARK. ISN'T TOYOTA REQUIRED TO REPORT THESE TO NHTSA AND SHOULD THERE BE A RECALL ON THIS? THIS PROBLEM SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO AN EARLIER TOYOTA ISSUE THAT RESULTED IN A RECALL. A HEAD GASKET SHOULD NOT FAIL DURING NORMAL USE OF A VEHICLE ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS USED VERY LIGHTLY AND NOT OFF ROAD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME SUPPORT MEMBER WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,540. MA 10/2 UPDATED 10/18/2017*CN

EXTENSIVE FRAME RUST. UNSAFE BODY STRUCTURE. MULTIPLE HOLES IN THE FRAME DUE TO RUST ISSUE.

WE HAVE A MELTING DASH IN OUR 4 RUNNER. IT CAN BURN TO THE TOUCH AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE OVER PAST YEAR. IT IS STICKY TO TOUCH ALSO AND HAS A BAD ODOR ALSO. WE MADE COMPLAINT TO TOYOTA BUT NO OFFER TO REPAIR. I CALLED DEALERSHIPS AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM BUT TOYOTA CORP HAS NOT GIVEN THEM APPROVAL FOR PARTS TO REPLACE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SUMMER MONTHS GETTING HOTTER AND IT MAKING OUR AIRBAGS GO OFF OR DASH COULD CATCH ON FIRE. *TR

2004 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL RECALL. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT SINCE HE HAD INTERIOR PACKAGE, INCLUDING A SPORT ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL COULD NOT BE MODIFIED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE SILVER WOULD HAVE TO BE STRIPPED OFF THE PEDAL AND THEN MODIFIED, BUT THE SILVER PART OF THE PEDAL WOULD NOT BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WOULD THEN HAVE THE SILVER SPORT PACKAGE ON ALL THE OTHER PEDAL INTERIOR PEDAL, BUT WOULD HAVE A THINNER, BLACK, ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONSUMER CHOSE NOT TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED. *JB

TOOK MY 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER FOR A OIL CHANGE AND FREE 28 POINT VEHICLE INSPECTION. WAS TOLD BY THE AUTHORIZED TOYOTA DEALER THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED BROKEN AND HAD HOLES SIMILAR TO THE TACOMA RECALL. CALLED TOYOTA CALIFORNIA AND ALL THE WOULD DO IS OFFER A $500 SERVICE ALLOWANCE TO ONE OF MY OTHER TOYOTA'S (CAMRY) THE CAR IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND NOW WILL NOT EVEN PASS INSPECTION. I HAVE GONE TO OTHER WEB SITES AND FOUND MANY OTHER 2004 4RUNNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

DASHBOARD COVER DEVELOPED HAIRLINE SURFACE CRACKS. DASHBOARD COVER WAS STILL SOFT TO TOUCH AND RETAINED A SPONGE TYPE FEEL. THE THIN SKIN OF OVER THE SPONGE-LIKE CORE IS WHAT CRACKED. OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE ARE REPORTED ON TOYOTA OWNERS FORUM WEB PAGES. THE DASHBOARD COVER IS DEFECTIVE. *JS

THE DASH BOARD OF THE VEHICLE HAS CRACKED FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER WITH MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE COVER OVER THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. I AM CONCERNED WHETHER THIS WILL AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IF IT SHOULD NEED TO DEPLOY. *TR

WENT IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND WAS OFFERED A 28 POINT INSPECTION. AT DEALERSHIP, IRA TOYOTA, MILFORD, MA 28 POINT INSPECTION TELLS US THERE IS HOLES AND RUST IN THE FRAME AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. THIS 4RUNNER HAS BEEN KEPT IN MINT CONDITION WITH RECEIPTS TO PROVE. DID SOME RESEARCH ON LINE TO LEARN MANY 4RUNNERS AND TUNDRA'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR JUST THIS REASON. UPDATED 7/23/15*CN *TR UPDATED 9/20/2017*CN

CYLINDER 6 MISFIRES CAUSED BY OIL LEAKING INTO CYLINDER 6 COMBUSTION CHAMBER AROUND SPARK PLUG. THE ISSUE IS TRACED BACK TO A HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON THE 2004 4RUNNER V6 ENGINE. CYLINDER 6 IS THE WEAK POINT WHERE SUCH FAILURES OCCUR ESPECIALLY AT START UP AND WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. THERE IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW IN THE 2004 V6 4RUNNER'S HEAD GASKET WHICH REQUIRES MANY HOURS OF LABOR TO REPAIR AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY TOYOTA. *TR

DRIVING HOME AND MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THE ABS MODULE HAD FAILED. HE SAID THAT ONLY MY FRONT BRAKES ARE WORKING. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR. *TR

SEVERE CRACKS ON DASH PANEL ON PASSENGER AIRBAG AND WHOLE DASH. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE LOCAL HIGHWAY, SMELLED TRANSMISSION FLUID BURNING. PULLED OVER TO FIND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER THE RADIATOR AREA. I WAS NEAR THE GARAGE THAT WORKS ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THERE. SKID PLATE WAS REMOVED AND THE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT RUN ALONG THE RADIATOR SUPPORT FRAME RUSTED THROUGH. THE MECHANIC SERVICING THE VEHICLE SAID I WAS LUCKY, THAT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND OR FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING. TOYOTA DEALER WAS CONTACTED, SAID, THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES, BUT NO RECALL OR NOTIFICATIONS SENT THE OWNERS TO INSPECT THIS ITEM FOR RUST THROUGH. WHEN THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THE FRAME UNDER THE RADIATOR WAS FOUND TO BE RUSTED THROUGH ALSO. ( LISTED IN ANOTHER COMPLAINT.) *TR

FRONT SUPPORT FRAME UNDER RADIATOR RUSTED THROUGH. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO FIX. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE QUESTION IS HOW WOULD THIS HOLD UP IN A FRONTAL CRASH. THE VEHICLE HAS A LITTLE OVER 85,000 MILES AND THIS HAPPENS. IT IS IN A AREA WHERE SALT IS USED. MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD, MANY LIKE ME WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN OF A BROKEN FRAME UNLESS THE SKID PLATE WAS REMOVED.THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION LINES RUNNING ALONG THE FRAME LISTED IN ANOTHER COMPLAINT. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY TOYOTA IS CRACKING REAL BAD. IT GETS WORSE EACH YEAR. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH 4 RUNNERS AND THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY AIRBAGS. *TR

VEHICLE HAS ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF RUST ON FRAME METAL PARTS WITH EXCESSIVE CHIPPING AN CORROSION. ALSO, OF ALMOST MORE CONCERN IS THAT THE AIRBAG SENSORS ARE COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH, AS IF THEY WERE SACRIFICIAL ANODES. FRAME FAILURE DUE TO ABNORMAL RUST COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. SENSOR FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG SENSORS (BEHIND FRONT BUMPER) WHILE DRIVING COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO DRIVER OR OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS AMOUNT OF CORROSION. *TR

DASHBOARD HAS STARTED CRACKING ON PASSENGER SIDE. NOW IT HAS SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE DASH TO THE DRIVER SIDE. I'M WORRIED THE AIRBAGS MAY DEPLOY. THIS TRUCK IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND KEPT IN A GARAGE WHEN HOME AND UNDER COVERED PARKING AT WORK. I ALSO HAVE A 2003 TUNDRA WITH MORE MILES AND DASHBOARD IS FINE. THE TUNDRA IS NOT PARKED COVERED. MY MOTHER HAS A 1997 TOYOTA COROLLA. PARKED IN THE SUN ALL DAY IN TEXAS. DASHBOARD IS FINE. THIS HAS TO BE A TOYOTA QUALITY ISSUE ON 2003 AND 2004 4-RUNNERS. ONLINE THESE ARE THE YEAR MODELS THAT SEEM TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA TACOMA 4 DOOR 4 CLY PICK UP..I WAS ON THE INTERNET AND JUST NOTICE A RECALL ABOUT BRAKES,,IS MY TRUCK INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL? AND ANOTHER I HAVE NEVER GOT ANY LETTER OR ANYTHING TELLING ME ABOUT ANY RECALLS ON MY TRUCK AND I SEE HERE THERE HAS BEEN RECALL FOR FRONT BALL JOINTS AND CRACK FRAMES ,,,SEAT BELT PROBLEMS..I WAS IN SHOCK..SO WHAT DO I DO CAN THEY STILL FIX ANY PROBLEMS IF ANY AND CHECK MY TRUCK..THANK YOU *TR