This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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Car keeps running out of gas while driving, due to faulty readings on the gas gauge and electronic readout. I have been driving this car for 11 years and never ran out of gas until running out 3 times in the past 2 months. Today was the 3rd occurrence, gas gauge showed over 1/4 tank and 85 miles to go until empty. Previous incident was similar with 1/4 tank and showing 65 miles to go. (Pictures attached). The miles to go reading seems to be increasing with each incident (1st incident showed 25 miles, second incident 65 miles, then 85 miles today). No low fuel indicator light or warning has appeared on ANY of these 3 occasions. This is a very dangerous situation potentially causing loss of life as drivers have SECONDS to navigate their vehicle off the highway, while quickly losing speed and loss of steering. No indication that fuel is low, while instead providing incorrect (inflated) dashboard data. Vehicle is going into the shop tomorrow. Found multiple reports of this same incident on [XXX] [XXX] ) which indicate problem with sending unit. Please review and consider further action or communication to other 4Runner owners. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Since I bought this Toyota 4runner I've had nothing but problems with brakes not working right the front end shimmies at certain speeds.. I took it back to the dealer called tri county Toyota in limerick pa. They told me it's road characteristics.. brought it back 3 or 4 times.. never fixed this annoying problem.. they even got a so called expert tech from Toyota to see what the problem was.. never fixed..I had bought new custom wheels and tires.. the guy who put my new wheels on said there is something wrong.. showed me the brakes 1 pad was good the other was very thin.. I brought it back to the dealer explained about the brakes.. waiting in the show room.. [xxx] brings me in to show me my brakes.. and he sad there is no problem.. I told him I saw these same pads 1 was thick the other was very thin.. when he showed me they were replaced with new ones.. but said the same thing nothing wrong with the.. this time I was very irritated and told him are you trying to insult my intelligence..like I said the guy who put my new wheels on said I'm pretty sure your calipers are bad.... in the mean time I had gotten very physically sick.. for a year.. so I gave up I was so sick.. now my guarantee was up.. brought it back to the dealer again.. they put new rotors and brakes.. and still, my 4runner..shakes when I hit the brakes suddenly. And still shimmies at certain speeds.... as of today November 15th 2017 this problem still exists.. I really need help with this vehicle.. because all I got was the run around.... bought 7 cars and trucks over the years.... this problem is bad from day 1.. I have 61,600 miles on this vehicle.. nothing has changed... please help me with this issue.. because they won't at tri county Toyota.. hope I hear back from someone..thank you sincerely [xxx] I bought this vehicle on 3-1-2010.. thanks information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
My wife was at a red light waiting for the light to change when she was hit on the driver side front fender and tire area. No air bag deployed there is over 8,000 dollars in damages the other driver was moving 35+ mph at impact so now along with the whiplash and shoulder bruises and seat belts cuts there mental damage she feel the vehicle is not safe and is afraid to drive it when repaired in closing I feel at the speed of travel on impact the air bag should have deployed.
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota 4runner. While driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle began to sway as if the steering wheel was malfunctioning. There were no indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.
This 2000 Toyota 4runner was being driven less than 30mph when a knock was heard coinciding with sloppy handling. Tail pipe was ripped from muffler. 4W drive had been in use for a few days due to snow, this happened when the truck was put back into 2wd. Brought the truck into my mechanic thinking steering/suspension problem, wrong! was informed that the frame was rusted out and couldn't be fixed. My mechanic remembered having the same problem with a few Tacoma pickups and suggested looking for recalls or service bulletins relating to this problem. There aren't any. However, if you do an internet search entering "Toyota 4runner frame rot" you'll be amazed at what shows up. Owners who have well maintained their 4runners and Tacoma from this era are bringing their trucks in for routine service and are finding out that they're lucky that they weren't killed or injured because of frame failure. Other owners haven't been as lucky. Just go to aboutautomobile.com and look up "2000 4runner frame complaints" and there are 36 hits. That's just one model year and one web site.this is dangerous. It's not obvious until there's a big problem. The frame rots from the inside. Most interesting was the mechanic who had his fingers go through the frame while trying pull himself under to look at something. It seems, after reading comments on the internet concerning this issue, that Toyota feels this is not their problem. It should concern them that they made 4runners that, while still looking great after many years on the road, are subject to unexpected catastrophic failure. My son and my 2 young granddaughters were in this vehicle when the frame broke.
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- Schoolcraft, MI, USA