1993 Toyota 4RUNNER problems
The 1993 Toyota 4RUNNER has 58 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (31%) concerns engine. Next are brakes (17%) and steering (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 58 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 150,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 13 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 150,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1993 ranks 34th most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Toyota 4RUNNER with enough data (16 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl*- the contact's daughter owns the 2003 toyota runner, which crash on 08/26/04. He hit a pot hole and lost control of the vehicle. One year after the crash received recall 05v389000 for steering: linkages: rod: relay: connecting. He stated that the driver lost control of the vehicle and the vehicle flipped over and slid into another vehicle. The driver was taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital. The contact stated a police report was taken and the insurance company did a claim.
While driving engine, w/o warning, turned off. Consumer started engine back up, and then engine began smoking. Consumer got out of the vehicle, and in less than 2 minutes, entire vehicle was on fire. Entire front side of the hood melted, including the battery.
I own a 1993 toyota 4runner 3.0 l with approximately 150k miles on it. About a week ago, I was driving home from work and my head gasket blew causing the engine to seize. I was stuck on the 395n in washington, dc in the cold for 3 hours before the tow truck came with my 1 year old son. I did some research and found out that the 3.0 engines had a recall on it for the head gaskets back in 1996. I called toyota and gave them my VIN only to find out that my car isn't eligible.
Tl*the contact owns a 1993 toyota 4runner. The contact stated that all of the instrument panel gauges display inaccurate readings. The dealer stated that the failure was due to the circuit board in the instrument cluster. The failure was repaired and the mileage was reset; however, the failure recurred one year later. The vehicle is currently being repaired again. The manufacturer is unable to assist. The current mileage was 61,203 and failure mileage was 36,000.