2015 Toyota 4Runner
This year drew an ordinary 85 complaints for a Toyota 4Runner — the model's median is 58. What they were about is the unusual part: 7.1% of them mention reverse, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Toyota 4Runner, which began in 2010 and ran to 2024. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 85 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 58 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- reverse — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation (5.5×). Owners wrote it as: reverse, like going.
- injury — 9.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: injury, head, serious injury, driving usually.
- complaints — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: complaints, address.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THE 4RUNNER'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING; AS IF SOMEONE WAS SUDDENTLY TURNED THE CAR OFF WHILE DRIVING THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. ALL DASH LIGHTS, INSTRUMENTATION, HEADLIGHTS, RADIO, ETC... SHUT DOWN AND THEN IT RESTARTS AUTOMATICALLY S…
I WAS LOADING ITEMS INTO THE REAR CARGO AREA OF MY 2015 4RUNNER WHICH WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE STRUTS SUPPORTING THE REAR HATCH DOOR SUDDENLY FAILED CAUSING THE HEAVY DOOR TO COME CRASHING DOWN ON MY HEAD AND NECK, KNOCKING ME TO THE GROUND WITH TH…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V005000 AIR BAGS
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 17V425000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 17V763000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V577000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 14V828000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 15V515000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V228000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 9. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota 4Runner was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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