2015 TOYOTA 4RUNNER Complaints

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 THANKFULLY MINOR INJURY TO MY HEAD AND NECK.

I HAVE A 2015 4RUNNER (VIN: [XXX]) I PURCHASED BRAND NEW. IT CURRENTLY HAS LESS THAN 50K MILES ON IT. A FEW WEEKS AGO IT STARTED PERIODICALLY GOING INTO ?LIMP? MODE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY TWO TODDLERS WERE IN THE VEHICLE THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED; I ALMOST LOST CONTROL SINCE THE ?TRACTIONAL CONTROL? DISABLED CONCURRENTLY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS WHO CONFIRMED THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE P2445 (SECONDARY AIR INJECTION PUMP). I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS RELATIVELY NEW AND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL MAINTAINED. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THE FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WITH TOYOTA 4RUNNERS AND TACOMAS. THE FACT THAT THIS COMPONENT FAILED AFTER A SHORT DURATION IN SUCH A SUDDEN AND VIOLENT WAY IS VERY DANGEROUS. I SUBMITTED A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO TOYOTA AND THEY DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ISSUES DESPITE HUNDREDS OF FOLKS REPORTING IDENTICAL PROBLEMS ON THEIR 4RUNNERS & TACOMAS. FOR A NOMINAL FEE PER VEHICLE TOYOTA COULD FIX THIS ISSUE, WHICH ALSO HAS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS, BUT INSTEAD THEY ARE BEING DISINGENUOUS AND DENYING THIS MAJOR SYSTEMIC SAFETY HAZARD. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

HAS A STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY BETWEEN 60-70 MPH, CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR ON TIRES. JUST BOUGHT 80K MILE WARRANTY TIRES ARE THEY ARE COMPLETELY BALD AT 20K MILES EVEN AFTER BEING ROTATED EVERY 5K MILES, BALANCES, AND ALIGNMENTS. UNABLE TO KEEP VEHICLE ALIGNED AND IN BALANCE NO MATTER HOW SOON I HAVE IT DONE AFTER JUST HAVING IT DONE (ONCE IN AUGUST AND THEN AGAIN IMMEDIATELY IN SEPTEMBER. BODY SHOP ADVISING THAT THE WELD ON THE REAR AXLE IS INCORRECT CAUSING THIS ISSUE. ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH TOYOTA WARSAW, THEY AREN'T GETTING BACK TO ME AS THEY SAID THEY WOULD, CALLED CORPORATE 800 NUMBER AND SPOKE TO A RUDE FEMALE WHO WAS UNWILLING TO HELP ME. WAS TOLD THAT I HAD ALREADY BEEN DRIVING ON UNSAFE TREAD, THAT WHAT WOULD ANOTHER WEEK HURT? CAN'T BUY NEW TIRES UNTIL ISSUE IS FIXED BECAUSE THE TIRES WILL JUST PREMATURELY WEAR AGAIN.

PURCHASED A 2015 IN DEC. 2014.. IN 2015 (NOT SURE OF THE FIRST DATE BUT KNOW IT WAS WHEN GOING TO GRANDDAUGHTER'S SOCCER GAME) WE TOOK A TRIP USING THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND RADIO. THEY SYSTEM STOPPED FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS AND STARTED AGAIN BUT HAD TO REENTER THE NAVIGATION. WE ASKED ABOUT IT AND WAS TOLD IT WAS LIKE A CELL PHONE THAT STOPS IN SOME HOT SPOTS. IT DID NOT HAPPEN A LOT AT FIRST BUT EACH TIME WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A HOT SPOT. THE PROBLEM KEPT GETTING WORSE. WE INQUIRED AND WAS TOLD SERVICE WOULD DO A DIAGNOSTICS ON IT BUT A COST. WE WERE NOT WILLING TO PAY OVER $100 TO CHECK THE PROBLEM. AND NOW IT IS 2018 AND WE ARE CHECKING ON THE INTERNET SEEING THAT IT IS NOT HOT SPOTS BUT A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. ONLY OUR WARRANTY IS OUT AS OF DEC. 2017. 2 MONTHS.. IT IS A DISTRACTING WHEN IT GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO GET DISTRACTED. WE TAKE A MAP AND PRINT OUTS FROM GOOGLE DRIVE TO HELP WHEN IT GOES OUT. AS PER REFERENCE NUMBER: TSB#5B0035-16... MANY TOYOTA VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM...WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS...#1802282446... THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP... EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM IN THEIR PRODUCT ON SEVERAL VEHICLES. THOUGHT TOYOTA WAS BETTER THAN THIS...

NOT SURE. WIFE WAS DRIVING 2015 4RUNNER INTO PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED AND IT JUMPED A TREE. NOT AT ALL SAYING IT IS A TOYOTA ISSUE - JUST TO BE ON SAFE SIDE REPORTING. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. UNDERSTANDING IS IT JUST ENDED UP THERE WHEN SHE WAS PARKING. EPIC PHOTO - ALL THE SAME - WORTH DOCUMENTING. SHE ADVISED SHE WAS STOPPED OR JUST STOPPED PRIOR TO THE TREE-CLIMB. PAX SIDE WAS DAUGHTER AND TAKING HER IN FOR MEDICAL TODAY DUE TO COMPLAINTS OF PAIN AND WEAKNESS. POLICE CAME BUT DID NOT ISSUE REPORT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. WHILE DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND WAS UNABLE TO BE MOVED. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. ALL THE INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. MODERN TOYOTA (3178 PETERS CREEK PKWY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27127) DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000. *TT *TR

LETTER FROM SENATOR GRASSLEY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2015 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER SUBJECT TO RECALL NOTICE AND NO SETTLEMENT. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME COMPLETING THE RECALL REPAIR. *JS

WITHIN A FEW WEEKS BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR ACTUATOR MOTORS FAILED. THIS PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM AUTOMATICALLY LOCKING THE DOORS WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THIS ALSO PREVENTED BEING ABLE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK EACH DOOR USING THE REMOTE OR THE LOCK BUTTON INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON CONCERN FOR THE VEHICLE. EACH REPAIR RAN APPROXIMATELY $500.00 EACH. THE DOORS NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOCKING PRESENTS A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. IT WOULD ALSO MAKE YOU MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVING ITEMS STOLEN OR CAR JACKING. THIS OCCURRED WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING OR NOT.

I PURCHASED A TOYOTA 2015 4RUNNER FOR MY 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AT SERRA TOYOTA IN BIRMINGHAM,AL ON 3/15/17. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE I ASKED THE SALESMAN IF THE CAR HAD TAKATA AIRBAGS. I WAS TOLD - NO THAT IT DID NOT HAVE THESE AIRBAGS. I KNEW TO ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE OUR HONDA 2011 CRV HAD THEM AS WELL AS OUR 2010 LINCOLN MKX. I HAVE RECEIVED 2 LEGAL NOTICES FOR OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH TAKATA AIRBAGS CONCERNING MY DAUGHTER'S TOYOTA 4RUNER. I TYPED IN MY DAUGHTER'S VIN NUMBER ON THE WEB SITE WWW.AIRBAGRECALL.COM AND IT SAID ACTIVE RECALL ON MY DAUGHTER'S VEHICLE. IT SAID RECALL INCOMPLETE ON CAR. MANUFACTURER RECALL # 14V828. SUMMARY SET 014. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A DEALERSHIP COULD SELL A CAR TO A 19 YEAR OLD THAT HAS SAFETY ISSUES. SHE DRIVES IT BACK AND FORTH TO COLLEGE IN VA. PLEASE CHECK ON THE STATUS OF HER CAR FOR ME. WHEN BUYING HER CAR, ALL THAT I CARED ABOUT WAS THE SAFETY OF IT. I WILL BE EXTREMELY UPSET IF HER 2015 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER HAD RECALL ISSUES THAT HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE I PURCHASED IT. I WILL BE FURIOUS IF IT HAS TAKATA AIRBAGS. IT WAS SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP ON 10/14/17. AT THAT TIME I ASKED A PERSON IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT SERRA TOYOTA IF IT HAD TAKATA AND I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER.

WHEN ACCELERATING THROUGH A TURN FROM A STOP, IF FOR ANY REASON YOU LIFT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN REAPPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, NO ACCELERATION TAKES PLACE. IT IS IF YOU ARE NOT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AT ALL, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU PRESS. THIS HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN SEVERAL COLLISIONS BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER ACCELERATING AND IS JUST COASTING. TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY LEFT YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND REAPPLY PRESSURE. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THIS MORE THAN ONCE. VERY DANGEROUS. I REPORTED THIS TO MY TOYOTA SERVICE REP, AND HE SAID HIS DOES THE SAME THING. IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, OR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SOFTWARE, OR ...