Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | |||
| 12/22/2012 | 29000 | 1 | |
| 22dec12 49f entered corner at 50mph, roads slightly wet. 4runner decided the car was slipping and the panic beeps went off and the car applied brakes. unfortunately the computer straightened the car out and pointed it off the road. it took all my strength to turn the car back into the corner and finally the computer stopped the panic. after this i was unable to turn off the traction control via the enable/disable button until i had turned off the vehicle. i was following a car into the corner and that car navigated the corner fine. also, since owning this vehicle, 10 times it has assumed i was panic braking. literally, the 4runner slams on the brakes and brings the vehicle to a stop. luckily there has been no one behind me during these events. in the winter of 2011, the 4runner lost control on an icy road at fairly low speed. i couldn't do anything because the computer was trying to get control back. i suspect the computer got confused because i could have totally gotten control back. the traction control is never really off. you can turn it off, but it will kick back on when it thinks you are no longer in control of the vehicle. *tr | |||
| 06/01/2010 | 6000 | ||
| 2010 toyota 4runner, in this case a 4 wheel drive. panic braking at 55mph+ is dangerous. if you suddenly remove your foot from the gas pedal and suddenly apply full breaking pressure to the brake pedal, the car lurches downward into a nose dive so violently that in one case i would swear the rear tires lost contact with the road. the two times i have encountered this i was on dry pavement and it is scary, i can't imagine wet conditions. in the incident where i was travelling approx. 65 mph the braking application was so severe that i backed off the pedal completely and then attempted to apply brakes more gradually and i got a minimal reponse from the brakes. in other words, the computer was terribly confused and didn't know what to do. the car has under 10,000 miles and both incidents resulted in some tire skidding. the anti-lock brake sensor/software needs fixing along with the front suspension being stiffened. | |||
| 03/15/2010 | 950 | ||
| 2010 toyota 4runner fails to accelerate intermittently when gas pedal is pressed. has failed to respond to accelerator for a full three seconds at one point. commonly, delayed response lasts 1-2 seconds. took vehicle to dealership. they were unable to duplicate the problem. service tech said this could be caused by the electronic traction control. issue occurs regardless of traction conditions. | |||