2017 Toyota 4RUNNER problems
The 2017 Toyota 4RUNNER has 48 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (19%) concerns brakes. Next are electrical system (10%) and air bags (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 48 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 13,000 miles 31 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 | 19 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 31 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 13,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 27th most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Toyota 4RUNNER with enough data (39 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 2017 toyota 4runner. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the curtain air bags located at the front driver and passenger doors, the rear curtain air bags located at the rear driver's door, and the rear passenger door air bags abruptly deployed. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the median. The front passenger side tire and wheel were damaged. The contact received burns on the left arm due to the deployment. Medical attention was not received. A police report was filed.
A deer ran out in front of me, driving 50 MPH. Passenger side hit, all 8 airbags deployed. Passenger side airbag under steering wheel, cut up my legs horribly, very swollen, refused hospital due to covid 19 fear. The airbags cut up my left arm and my daughter's right arm(she was passenger). Very happy that we were safe, but the serious cuts on my body seemed quite severe for the hit which was on passenger side and by a deer.
Re: complaint 11043597. Experienced complete loss of brakes. No warning light. Brakes were reset? After vehicle arrived at dealer. ECU did not download any warning codes. Based on this, toyota will not repair/replace corresponding brake components and want me to drive the car. This was a complete brake loss with pedal to the floor and no brakes. Used parking brake and transmission to stop car. Checking the net, there are other 5th generation 4runners with similar brake failures and similar no action from toyota
We were driving on the highway from dallas to houston and all of the sudden, we heard and explosion. At first we thought that something hit our truck, but when we opened the sunroof cover it was completely shattered. Some pieces hit the car behind us, but no one was hurt. Luckily the interior cover was closed.