2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE.THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75708.

I HAD A 2006 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER, LIMITED. THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEVER WAS RIGHT AND THAT IS WHY WE GOT RID OF THE CAR. AT A LIGHT, CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO INCH FORWARD. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND WHEN IT LURCHED FORWARD WHEN STOPPED IN A SCHOOL ZONE THIS PAST SPRING, WE IMMEDIATELY GOT RID OF IT, SINCE THE DEALER KEPT TELLING ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. *TR

2006 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER. CONSUMER STATES ACCELERATOR ISSUES SIMILAR TO RECALL. CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE ALONG WITH HIS WIFE OWN A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER BUT THEIR VEHICLES WERE NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION ISSUES. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN BACKING UP OR GOING FORWARD AND PREPARING TO STOP, HE LET HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES AT A VERY LOW SPEED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE BOTH FEET IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. AT TIMES, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRONIC AND NOT MECHANICAL. *JB

STARTING AT THIS DATE: ITS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE WHILE DRIVING WHEN NEEDING TO APPLY MY BRAKES SUDDENLY. I APPLY THE BRAKES, MEDIUM HARD TENSION, OPPOSED TO JAMMING ON THE BRAKES, THEN MOMENTARILY LET OFF BRAKES AND THEN TAPED BRAKES TO MORE GENTLY EASE OFF THE SITUATION. THE CAR THEN BUCKS VIOLENTLY AS IF HITTING SOMETHING. EXTREMELY SHOCKING. ONE TIME I HAD A PASSENGER AND AS SHE WAS SHOCKED TOO, ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING? I REPLIED, "NOTHING, THE CAR DID IT! I READ ONLINE THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE I DESCRIBE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING WHEEL FELT VERY LOOSE AND THE VEHICLE DROVE AT LOW SPEEDS RANGING FROM 20-30 MPH. THE CONTACT TEST DROVE ANOTHER TOYOTA 4RUNNER AND DID NOT HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAS HAD NEARLY TWO COLLISIONS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS CURRENTLY IN ARBITRATION TO HAVE TOYOTA BUY BACK THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO BE ON TOYOTA MODELS. THE FRONT AND PASSENGER DOORS WILL OPEN IF ATTEMPTED TO OPEN DURING CAR OPERATION EVEN IF THE DOORS ARE LOCKED. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, IN REVERSE, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV. I HIT THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. IT REVVED AT ABOUT 4000 RPM FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN SLOWED DOWN TO A SPEED FASTER THAN NORMAL IDLE. I PUT IT BACK INTO REVERSE WITH BRAKE FIRMLY APPLIED, AT WHICH POINT IT RETURNED TO NORMAL PERFORMANCE. *TR

EXHAUST IS BEING PULLED INTO BACK WINDOW WHEN CRACKED AND THE VEHICLE RESETS THE AIR FLOW TO RECYCLE. I CRACK THE BACK WINDOW TO ALLOW HEAT TO ESCAPE AND HAD THE AIR FLOW SET ON FRESH AIR. I MAKE A STOP AND GET BACK INTO THE CAR THE WINDOW IS STILL CRACKED. SOME TIME LATER THERE IS A SMELL OF EXHAUST AND I REALIZE THE FLOW WAS RESET AND FUMES ARE GETTING PULLED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS MY CHILD IS IN THE BACK SEAT AND SHE IS ALREADY CHOKING WHEN THE ODOR GETS TO ME. *TR

AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IN JANUARY OF 2007 I WAS DRIVING A 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. I AM AWARE THAT THIS VEHICLE ISN'T IN THE RECALL LIST, BUT IT SEEMS HIGHLY POSSIBLE THAT MY ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TO LIGHT. I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY STOPPED. I REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE. IT SEEMED LIKE THE 4RUNNER JUST CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED AND WOULDN'T STOP. I HAD OVER 20K IN DAMAGE. THE 4RUNNER WAS UNDER A LEASE AT THE TIME AND WHEN THE LEASE CAME UP IN 2009 I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER. DESPITE BEING REBUILT IT DIDN'T SEEM TRUSTWORTHY. *TR

RANDOM UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON MY 2006 TOYOTA 4RUNNER AFTER COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE IT WAS NEW AND SINCE IT DIDN'T OCCUR ALL THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BREAKING IN PROBLEM AND WOULD GO AWAY. THIS IS NOT A FLOOR MAT OR STICKY GAS PEDAL PROBLEM - THE CAR BRAKES OKAY AND MY FOOT IS OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN IT HAPPENS. THE ENGINE GOES TO A NORMAL STOP IDLE AND THEN SURGES TO A HIGHER RPM ON ITS OWN. NORMAL ENGINE RPM AT STOP IS ABOUT 550, BUT DURING A SURGE IT JUMPS TO 1300 RPM AND DOESN'T GO BACK TO THE 550 RPM UNTIL AFTER I LEAVE THE STOP CONDITION OR TURN THE CAR OFF AND I RESTART IT. I'VE LEARNED TO BE CAUTIOUS AND ALWAYS PREPARED TO PRESS HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IF IT HAPPENS. I'VE JUST RECENTLY REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA ON THEIR WEBSITE AFTER LEARNING OF ALL THE OTHER UNINTENDED ENGINE ACCELERATIONS. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ENGINE COMPUTER CONTROL PROBLEM, NOT FLOOR MATS OR STICKY ACCELERATORS, AND SEEMS TO BE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THE 4RUNNERS HAVE NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN THE RECALLS, AND NEITHER HAS THIS PROBLEM BEEN RECALLED AS IT IS RELATED TO THE ENGINE COMPUTER. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, NOV. 2009, I WAS PULLING INTO MY GARAGE WITH THE ENGINE AT IDLE (550 RPM) AND IT SUDDENLY SURGED AND I HAD TO STOMP ON THE BRAKE HARDER TO KEEP FROM RUNNING INTO MY LAWN MOWER/BACK GARAGE WALL. MY FOOT WAS OVER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I WAS COASTING INTO THE GARAGE AT THE TIME. *TR