Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 10/11/2012 | 105000 | ||
| Driving on the highway going straight at 55 mph, with my foot on the accelerator only (with no loss of stability or control and no wet conditions), suddenly and simultaneously a beeping noise from the dashboard occurs along with the 4runner pulling real hard to the left. (almost as if i pulled the steering wheel abruptly to make a left turn...). also feels like brake is applied during all of this to the front left tire causing me to lose aceleration - regardless of having my foot on the accelerator. i took my car to the dealer a year ago when this happened and they said nothing was wrong. it happened again this morning and i took it to the toyota dealer. both instances nearly caused an accident. | |||
| 10/01/2006 | 60000 | 1 | |
| Warning lights began coming on around 60,000 miles or so. started with the low tire pressure light & now has progressed to the vsc on, vsc off, abs warning lights being on all the time and the low tire pressure light is still on. i have taken this vehicle into 2 different dealers to be fixed for 40,000 miles or around 3 years which amounts to multiple trips to the dealer, waiting while they work on it or going without a vehicle for days at a time while they try to figure out what is wrong. they have replaced abs sensors, engine computers, brakes, speed sensor wires, reset computers, ordered new valve stems for the tires. i can get online & find thousands of complaints regarding the same issue in toyotas & lexus vehicles since at least 2001. the dealerships look at me like i am the very first & only person to ever mention these problems. the solutions online have ranged from defective master cylinder/brake booster assembly, faulty ignition coil, o2 sensors, vsc computers, catalytic converters & brake pedal switches. also problems with the exhaust system & acceleration module under the console was listed as fixing these issues. why has this issue not been addressed and/or fixed in 8 years ? there have been times when my brakes did not work, times when they barely worked, times when i put the brakes on & it abruptly pulls to the left or right & a couple of times when my vehicle would not accelerate as i was pulling across traffic. as i read of these freak accidents lately with toyotas, i have to wonder if they really are freak accidents. i do not want my family or myself to be one of the toyota fatalities this year or anytime. when is something going to be done ? how many more innocent people have to die ? *tr | |||
| 10/07/2006 | 5740 | 1 | |
| Chk engine light,vsctrac light,trac off light all came on while driving down the road. took to dealer,found gas cap off,chk light then went out but others did not. dealer said all is ok vsc trac and trac off will go out after a few driving cycles. they have not yet. this is11/19/2008. while lights are on vsc and trac do not work. had obd scanned shows no code at this time. *tr | |||
| 10/01/2008 | 85000 | 1 | |
| While driving, noticed that the vehicle decelerated quickly when letting off the accelerator. returned home and after exiting the vehicle found flames in the area of the left, front wheel. the brake rotors on both left and right front were glowing red hot. root cause was found to be a yaw rate sensor failure caused a computer to apply the brakes and leave them applied while driving. *tr | |||