2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER Complaints

OUR FRAME IS RUSTED SO BADLY THAT IT WOULD HAVE FAILED THE SAFETY INSPECTION IF WE DID NOT FIX THE HUGE HOLES IN IT AT THE REAR BUMPER. WE ARE WERE TOLD BY OUR SAFETY INSPECTOR THAT OUR ENTIRE FRAME IS VERY RUSTY AND WE MUST DO SOMETHING TO FIX IT RIGHT NOW. IT WILL NOT PASS THE SAFETY INSPECTION FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY TOYOTA AS PART OF THEIR FRAME RECALL!

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE USED WITH 86,000 MILES ON IT. NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER MY POWER STEERING RETURN LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND WOULD NOT HOLD ANY POWER STEERING FLUID AT ALL. I REPLACED THE POWER STEERING RETURN LINES WITH AFTER MARKET RUBBER LINE. I FIGURED THIS OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND MY POWER STEERING GAVE OUT. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED IN A SITUATION WHERE IT WASN'T AN IMMEDIATE DANGER. NEXT ON THE LIST WAS THE MUFFLER FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BACK. I NOTICED THAT IT WAS EXCESSIVELY LOUD WHILE DRIVING . I WENT UNDER THE VEHICLE ONLY TO REALIZE THE THE PART OF THE MUFFLER THAT CONNECTS TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH JUST HANGING THERE! I JUST BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN TO GET THE UNDERSIDE COMPLETELY COATED WITH FLUID FILM AND MY MECHANIC KEPT MAKING REFERENCE TO THE 'RUSTY TOYOTA 4RUNNER ', DIDN'T GIVE ME A WARM FEELING ABOUT THE REST OF THE LIFESPAN OF THE FRAME. IT HAS 100,000 OR SO MILES ON IT AND I'D LIME TO HAVE IT FOR MANY MORE!

WAS INFORMED YESTERDAY BY OUR MECHANIC WHO WAS PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE THAT THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS NEXT INSPECTION DUE TO FRAME RUST AND CORROSION. I HAVE NOT TAKEN PICTURES BUT CAN IF NEEDED.

VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO A CORRODED FRAME! ODOMETER READING IS 41,822MILES, THIS HAPPENED AFTER REPLACING 2 RUSTED BRAKE LINES. VEHICLE IS UNDRIVEABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO IRA TOYOTA OF TEWKSBURY (468 MAIN ST, TEWKSBURY, MA 01876, (978) 863-9009), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED RUST ON THE FRAME. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH IN A COUPLE OF PLACES ON MY 4RUNNER. MY LOCAL DEALER DID AN INSPECTION AND THERE ARE HOLES RUSTED THROUGH THE FRAME. I'M AFRAID IN AN ACCIDENT THAT THE FRAME WILL NOT HOLD UP AND CAUSE INJURY TO MY OCCUPANTS AND MYSELF. PLEASE INFORM TOYOTA OF THESE RUSTED FRAMES. THANK YOU!

I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST IN MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE, I STARTED TO SMELL A SLIGHT BURNING SMELL. AS SOON AS I SMELLED IT, THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. I WAS TURNING ONTO HIGHWAY 70 FROM BRIDGEWAY DRIVE IN COOKEVILLE, TN. THE WINDOW SHATTERED COMPLETELY ON HIGHWAY 70 IN FRONT OF MIKE'S MARKET AT ABOUT 7:20 AM ON MY WAY TO WORK. TOYOTA PROVIDED EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE BUT ONLY THROUGH APRIL 2018. I CALLED TOYOTA TO LET THEM KNOW BUT THEY DO NOT EXTEND COVERAGE EVEN ONE DAY PAST THE WARRANTY COVERAGE PERIOD EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DEFECT ACCORDING TO TOYOTA. THE PROGRAM IS WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM ZG7

I HAD THE CAR IN FOR MAINTENANCE AND THE MECHANIC FOUND EXCESSIVE RUST AT THE RIGHT REAR FRAME RAIL AT AND AROUND THE TRAILING ARM BRACE. IT IS A CONCERN KNOWING THE TOYOTA RECOGNIZED A NEED TO REPLACE/REPAIR THE FRAME USED IN THEIR TACOMA MODELS DUE TO RUST PROBLEMS WHICH IS THE SAME FRAME USED IN THIS 4RUNNER. THEY NEVER INCLUDED THE 4RUNNERS IN THE GROUP TO BE REPAIRED. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY HAVE NO PLAN TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN REPORTS FROM OTHER 4RUNNER OWNERS ABOUT THE RUST ISSUE AND WANTED TO INCLUDE COMMENTS ON MY VEHICLE'S CONDITION.

FRAME TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH, DEALER WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION AND ADVISED TO SCRAP VEHICLE! LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

I JUST PURCHASED MY 2006 4RUNNER AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP WHERE I WORK TO HAVE THEM DO AN OIL CHANGE AND FLUID CHECK, THE MECHANICS BROUGHT ME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT MY FRAME IS RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND THEY THINK THAT IN A MATTER OF 2 YRS TOPS THE FRAME WILL BE ROTTED AND COLLAPSE . I WAS TERRIFIED AND IN A PANIC MY HUSBAND HAD TAKEN MY 4RUNNER IT TO HIS FRIENDS GARAGE AND HAD THE WHOLE UNDERNEATH UNDERCOATED. I CALLED A TOYOTA DEALER AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT TOYOTA CAN DO AND HE TOLD ME THAT A LOT OF 4RUNNER OWNERS HAVE BEEN CALLING ABOUT THEIR ROTTED FRAMES AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT'S OMLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN THE 4RUNNERS WILL BE RECALLED BECAUSE THEY SHARE THE SAME FRAME AS THE TACOMA'S I AM SO SICK WITH FEAR AND I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD DELAY THIS RECALL WHEN IT IS A RISK OF HUMAN LIVES I DRIVE MY KIDS IN THIS 4RUNNER AND EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP I AM SCARED PLEASE HELP US MAKE TOYOTA DO THE RIGHT THING BEFORE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES I AM NOT RICH I SAVED UP ALL MY PAYCHECKS TO BUY THIS VEHICLE AND NOW I'M STUCK