2007 Toyota 4RUNNER problems
The 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER has 204 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns body & structure. Next are brakes (15%) and cruise control (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 204 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 147 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 | 20 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 25 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 17 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 17 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 147 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 77,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 85,000 miles (24 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Toyota 4RUNNER with enough data (85 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
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 owns a 2007 toyota 4runner. The contact was driving 5 MPH into a parking space when the vehicle abnormally accelerated into the wall of a building. The contact sustained minor injuries. The vehicle sustained damages to the front bumper and headlights. The vehicle was towed by the contact's insurance company. The manufacturer advised an inspector would evaluate the vehicle for failures and advised the contact that the manufacturer would disclose the cause of the failure.
My SUV was hit on the side on the stop sigh but I lost control of the vihicle and I hit a light pole the SUV front was damage the SUV was total loss. The air bag do not deployed.
Vehicle was in a major side impact on a highway with 50+ MPH and no airbags were deployed in the collision. Driver was injured and taken to the hospital via ambulance. Unsure if this is related to takata inflators or not. VIN shows no recall notice at time of accident. Vehicle was struck hard enough to separate rim from hub and break rim. Driver was going approximately 20-30 MPH at time of accident when cross struck by vehicle going 50+MPH.
While driving my steering my wheel suddenly became stiff where I noticed that there was an unusual resistance to turn right. I took it to a shop to have it looked at and had them flush the power steering fluid and put in new fluid as well as check for any possible leaks - none were found. This reoccurred after about two weeks but this time the stiffness was much worse where I felt unsure that I could turn the steering at all. After investigating on line I found many others had similar experiences.
The whole area of exposed steel has been so corroded with rust that I acnnot even remove bolts to service several of the key components in the engine compartment. The frame, cross members, suspension etc. Are also affected in this way.I'm no expert but it is progressively becoming more and more unsafe to drive especially if I lose brakes or some other necessary function. Please help, is this a bad batch of cheap steel?