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2003 Toyota 4RUNNER seats problems

21 complaints about seats have been filed for the 2003 Toyota 4RUNNER, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
21 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
7,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Seats complaints by mileage, 2003 Toyota 4RUNNER Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 7,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 7,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 93% 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 miles11
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 6,000 miles, and 93% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I was stopped on the highway behind a truck making a left turn when I was rear ended by another truck going 60 MPH. My 4runner was crushed between them, totaled, and my air bags never deployed. I hit the steering wheel so hard I bounced off of it and broke my seat from the momentum. When I awoke I had slid into the back seat (which is all that was really left of the vehicle). Although I am thankful to be alive, I feel that at that force, the airbags should have deployed!

Reported at 115,000 miles, January 2011 CrashInjury

The rear seat back rest on passenger side squeaks and makes a rattling noise. If the back rest is folded down the noise goes away. It seems to be the locking mechanism. Based on research on the internet, this seems to be a common problem. Dealer offered to look at it.

Reported at 5,000 miles, December 2003

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