Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | |||
| 02/07/2010 | 52360 | 1 | |
| My 2004 toyota 4 runner skidded in stop light when there was little ice on street. when i tried to accelerate the car after stopping a stop light, the vehicle makes humming noise and skid making it out of control. in winter 2009, similar incident happened on i-69 (20 miles east of flint, mi), when i tried to accelerate the suv and lost control as the car skidded off the road causing injury. this is a serious problem and i believe is a design defect with the acceleration system. this may be life threatening as i am always worried to drive the car. this serious design problem with 2004 toyota 4 runner should be investigated for safety. *tr | |||
| 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 | |||