2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER Complaints

THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WENT OFF AROUND 145K MILES WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WENT TO A FRED ANDERSON TOYOTA CHARLESTON, SC AND THE ADVISOR STATED THAT IT WAS JUST THE LAMP AND THAT THE AIRBAG IS STILL FUNCTIONAL. APPROXIMATELY AFTER 200 MILES, THE LIGHT REAPPEARED, BUT AS THE TOYOTA ADVISOR STATED IT WAS STILL FUNCTIONAL, I IGNORED IT. AT MY NEXT CHECK UP AT LEITH TOYOTA RALEIGH, NC. (153,953 MILES) THE ADVISOR AT THAT TIME TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A FAILED SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY. COME TO FIND OUT THERE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN RECALLS ON THE SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY. AS STATED IN THE TOYOTA RECALL ("THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY IN THE INVOLVED VEHICLES CONTAINS A SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG MODULE THAT COULD BECOME DAMAGED WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. IF THIS OCCURS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WILL ILLUMINATE. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG COULD BECOME DEACTIVATED, CAUSING IT TO NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH"). I JUST WANT THIS TO BE REVIEWED PROMPTLY CONSIDERING THAT THE RECALL THAT WAS MADE DID NOT REACH OUT TO MY MODEL. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THAT HAS TO BE SOLVED IMMEDIATELY AND THIS CALLS FOR A RECALL! THESE TWO URLS CONTAIN THE EXACT SITUATION THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. HTTPS://TECHINFO.TOYOTA.COM/TECHINFOPORTAL/STATICCONTENT/EN/TECHINFO/HTML/PRELOGIN/DOCS/CP/E1MTOFAQ.PDF HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/UCM453341/RCDNN-14V168-1650P.PDF

SITTING STOPPED TO PULL ONTO A VERY BUSY ROAD. CAR ENGINE WENT CRAZY, HAD FOOT ON BRAKE ALREADY. CAR ENGINE RPM OFF THE CHART. OUR CAR WAS SHAKING AND BOUNCING. NO THERE WAS NO FLOOR MAT STUCK NO FOOT ON GAS. IT WAS SCARY! MY HUSBAND SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL KEEPING HIS FOOT FIRMLY ON BRAKE. NO CHANGE, HE SHIFTED TO PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. IN A FEW MINUTES WE STARTED THE CAR SEEMED FINE DROVE STRAIGHT TO TOYOTA RENTED A CAR AND SAID FIX IT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND WE ARE SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR. I THANK GOD WE WERE PARKED. JUST FYI OUR AUTO HAS ABOUT 67000 MILES AND IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. WE HAVE ALL MAINTENANCE DONE AT DEALER AND LAST YEAR DID EXTRA REPAIRS COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS OF RECOMMENDED WORK, STRUTS ANYTHING THEY SAID NEEDED. THEN WE THOUGHT THE LEATHER LOOKED A LITTLE WORN SO WE HAD IT REPLACED. CONSUME R REPORTS SAYS 4RUNNER IS ONE THAT YOU COULD GET 200,000 MILLES. WE WERE HOPING FOR MAYBE ONE HUNDRED. DON'T CARE HOW OLD OUR WELL MAINTAINED AUTO IS THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN!

PURCHASED A TCUV IN 2012 AND LIVE IN EASTERN NC. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND WAS TOLD THAT FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. WAS NOT MADE AWARE WHEN PURCHASED. CALLED TOYOTA AND AWAITING A CALL BUT REP SAYS THAT ITS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL NOT ASSIST. VEHICLE CAN'T GO FROM FINE TO SEVERE IN 3 YEARS AND WAS CERTIFIED BY TOYOTA TO BE FINE OR "LIKE NEW". SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE AND A RECALL HAS TO BE ISSUED. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUES THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPERIENCING AND A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD SHOULD SOMETHING GO WRONG ON THE FREEWAY. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING GETS DONE AND IT WOULD BE IN POOR TASTE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THIS COMPLAINT MOVES FROM ITS CURRENT STATUS TO INVESTIGATION BY OUR GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT US FROM COMPANIES LIKE THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

NOTICED RUST ON GARAGE FLOOR,HAD DEALER INSPECT THE FRAME WAS TOLD THAT , ONLY FOUND SURFACE RUST NO HOLES. AT WHAT POINT DOES THIS TURN INTO A SAFETY PROBLEM, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY CONCERNED ! THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND WAS ALWAYS PARKED IN A INSULATED ATTACHED GARAGE. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 45,000 MILES, THE BODY IS IN GOOD SHAPE.TOYOTA HAD PREVIOUS FRAME RUST ISSUES,WE WOULD HOPE TOYOTA WOULD REPLACE THE FRAME OR BUY THIS VEHICLE FROM US ,IF WE TRADED IT IN WHO WOULD WANT TO BUY IT WITH THIS RUSTY FRAME AND ,WHAT WOULD WE GET FOR IT?

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE KEPT THIS VEHICLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAVE SPENT LOTS OF MONEY ON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS MORE INVOLVED TUNE-UPS. I HAVE ALSO WASHED THIS VEHICLE REGULARLY INCLUDING THE UNDERSIDE OF THIS VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS TO CLEAN OFF ROAD SALT. THERE ARE NO EXISTING MECHANICAL OR OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND CAN POTENTIALLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. HOWEVER, DURING A ROUTINE VISIT TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE EXISTS A LARGE PERFORATION ON THE FRAME OF THIS VEHICLE DUE TO RUST. I WAS FURTHER TOLD THAT THIS FRAME PERFORATION MAKES THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND WAS INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT COULD RESULT IN A DEADLY SITUATION FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THIS VEHICLE IF THE FRAME BROKE (WHICH I WAS TOLD WILL HAPPEN) WHILE DRIVING. I AM NOW UNABLE TO USE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. I CALLED TOYOTA HQ TO COMPLAIN, BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CANNOT HELP ME AND THAT MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

THE FRAME RUST ON MY 2006 4RUNNER IS BECOMING EXTENSIVE AND THE AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR THAT CAN BECOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS INEXCUSABLE QUALITY AT BEST. THERE ARE AREAS ON THE FRAME THAT I AM ABLE TO PUSH IN WITH MY FINGERS BECAUSE OF THE RUST. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER PARTS WHERE OTHER PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN BOLTED ON TO THE FRAME OR WELDED ON HAVE COMPLETELY RUSTED OFF. I AM ABLE TO IN SPOTS PEEL THE FRAME APART PIECE BY PIECE LIKE AN ONION ONLY EXPOSING THE RIDICULOUSLY THIN AMOUNT THAT IS LEFT. I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY PICKUP THAT DRIVES IN SAME CONDITIONS AS THE 4RUNNER AND LOOKS YEARS NEWER UNDERNEATH THAN THE 4RUNNER THAT IS ACTUALLY THE NEWER OF THE TWO. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT FRAME RUST FROM OTHER RESEARCH REGARDING THESE VEHICLES AS WELL AS MY OWN IS SOMETHING WORTHY OF A TOYOTA RECAL OR BUY BACK PROGRAM SUCH AS WHAT WAS DONE WITH OTHER GENERATION TACOMAS.

TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD MOVE ONLY SLOWLY. TURNED CAR OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES, TRIED ENGAGING 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND OTHER DRIVE FUNCTIONS, TRIED ACCELERATING, BUT VEHICLE WOULD ONLY MOVE SLOWLY. AFTER TURNING OFF AND ON ONE MORE TIME THE VEHICLE DROVE AS NORMAL BUT ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS STAYED ON. THIS HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT WHILE GOING SLOWLY. MECHANIC HAS INDICATED THAT THIS RESULTED FROM A FAILURE OF THE AIR INJECTION PUMP AND AIR VALVE, WHICH APPARENTLY FOR SOME REASON TURNS OFF TRACTION CONTROL. THIS IS A COMMON ENOUGH PROBLEM ON TUNDRAS AND SEQUOIAS THAT THERE IS AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" OFFERED ON THESE VEHICLES. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE AIR INJECTION PUMP AND AIR VALVES ON 4 RUNNERS ARE THE SAME DESIGN OR SAME MODEL, BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET OF THE SAME PROBLEM FOR 4 RUNNERS AS FOR TUNDRAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE PISTONS WERE FROZEN AND THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER WAS REPLACED ONCE EVERY YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

YESTERDAY I TOOK MY 3YR OLD TO PRE-SCHOOL, I DID LEAVE MY CAR RUNNING AS I USUALLY DO WHEN I DROP HIM OFF, MY HEATER WAS GOING AS WELL AS MY DEFROST AS IT WAS A COLD MORNING. WHEN I CAME OUT APPROXIMATELY 7-8 MINUTES LATER I SEE THAT MY BACK WINDOW IS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. I AM COMPLETELY SURPRISED AND A LITTLE FREAKED OUT SINCE MY CHILD WAS JUST SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT WHERE I ALSO FOUND GLASS. AS I AM CLEANING UP THE GLASS ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF MY CHILD'S PRE-SCHOOL I SMELT SOMETHING BURNING IN THE REAR WINDOW IN THE INSIDE. TURNS OUT MY ELECTRICAL UNIT THAT POWERS MY DEFROSTING HEATER IN THE REAR WINDOW WAS TOTALLY BURNED UP. THE GLASS REPAIR SHOP THAT REPLACED MY WINDOW SO I COULD AT LEAST DRIVE MY CAR SAID THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY WORST AS THERE LOOKED TO BE A SMALL FIRE IN THE BACK PANELING WITHIN THOSE WIRES (THE CONNECTORS WERE FRIED). I JUST BOUGHT MY CAR IN MARCH, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, SO THIS IS EXTREMELY IRRITATING AND SCARY. I PLAN ON TAKING IT TO TOYOTA SO THEY CAN REVIEW THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY PEOPLE THAT THIS MAY NOT BE A COVERED PROBLEM UNDER MY WARRANTY. WHY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING I HAD NO CONTROL OVER?? WHAT IF I WAS DRIVING AND THIS HAPPEN, MY 3YR OLD AND MYSELF COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT AND OR SOMEONE DRIVING BEHIND US. THIS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN A VERY SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT. I HOPE THAT TOYOTA WILL INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM FOR POSSIBLE RE-CALL AS I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE OF THE EXACT SAME ISSUE HAPPENING. *TR