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1999 Toyota 4RUNNER suspension problems

66 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 1999 Toyota 4RUNNER, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
66 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
182,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When suspension problems show up

Suspension complaints by mileage, 1999 Toyota 4RUNNER Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 182,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 8 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 7 complaints 200k+ miles: 21 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 182,000 miles
Based on 54 complaints that include mileage. 2% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles8
180k to 200k miles7
200k+ miles21

What the data shows

Of the 54 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 182,000 miles, and 2% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

As I was driving down a 4 lane highway, the steering wheel suddenly jerked out of my hands to the right. I was unable to turn the steering wheel back to the left to correct. The roads were wet from an earlier rain; there was no standing water, no pot holes, or other visible defects in the road. I was in the left lane, traveling about 60MPH.

Reported at 59,000 miles, December 2002 CrashInjury

Original owner, not located in the "rust belt" took 4runner to exhaust shop to have a new exhaust put on and once underneath the vehicle you could see that the frame has completely rusted through near where the trailing arm brackets are and on the inside/underneath of the frame. The rest of the frame is in great condition because the 4runner has been take care of and maintained. There will be about a 2 foot section of frame that will need to be cut out as well as new trailing arm brackets to be cut and welded in.

Reported at 245,000 miles, December 2014

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