2019 Toyota 4Runner
This year drew an ordinary 64 complaints for a Toyota 4Runner — the model's median is 58. What they were about is the unusual part: 10.9% of them mention light illuminated, against 2.6% 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 | 64 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 58 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- light illuminated — 10.9% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the other years of this generation (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: light illuminated, driving vehicle, accelerator pedal, overtake.
- between — 9.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.1% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: between, resolved.
- window — 7.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (3.8×). Owners wrote it as: window, area.
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
while driving 50-55 MPH and attempting to overtake another vehicle, the vehicle failed to respond while depressing the accelerator pedal. There was a 15-second delay in the vehicle response. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the…
Vehicle Back-up camera works intermittantly, sometimes working when placed in reverse, other times showing a black screen when placed in reverse. Has not been a consistent enough problem for dealer repair/troubleshooting. A google search shows many 5th Gen 4ru…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V682000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 18V753000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 19V670000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 19V244000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
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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