Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 03/09/2013 | 8785 | ||
| Upon atempting to lift the rear liftgate, the door would not stay in open position. the day before 03/08/2013, it worked fine. it appears the rear liftgate struts failed. this is dangerous because if these struts failed in the open position it would have resulted in serious injury. | |||
| 01/06/2013 | 9000 | ||
| Just as i put my new toyota 4-runner in reverse in a crowded parking lot, the engine races wildly. fortunately my foot was firmly on the brake, and i was able to get it back into park - whereupon the engine raced even more wildly, until i turned off the ignition. i checked to make sure that nothing was against the accelerator pedal - and there wasn't... i checked to make sure the accelerator pedal was in its correct position and working freely - and it was. so i restarted the car, it seemed fine, and drove home - and a little bit yesterday (monday) morning - the day after the incident. all was fine... but, but, this was a very crowded parking lot where the incident took place - literally hundreds of people - including children - walking around, and many hundreds of other cars and trucks nearby... i am a life-long toyota owner - and this will not change this. but, clearly this uncontrolled acceleration problem with toyota's of late, still exists and must be corrected immediately!!! | |||
| 11/01/2011 | 8000 | ||
| Easy to chip windshield glass. weak windshield glass. | |||
| 10/22/2011 | 9300 | ||
| Purchased vehicle new and the 5 speed automatic transmission opperated smoothly. around 9,300 miles the transmission started shifting gears harshly. the harshness is intermittent but happening more frequently. also, while at highway speeds going downhill, the rpms bounce everywhere from 1500 rpms to 3000 rpms. its almost as if the transmission is confused and doesn't know what gear to choose anymore. i also feel as if the brakes aren't releasing. when sitting at a red light going down hill, once i release my foot off the brake and before i accelerate, while coasting, i feel a thud in the rear end after about two rotations of the wheels. i drive in bumper-to-bumper traffic daily in pittsburgh and this shifting is awful - by far the worst transmission in a vehicle i have ever owned. i mentioned this issue during my last service visit at the toyota dealership and they said a technical service bulletin had not been issued yet. this needs addressed asap. this can't be the way toyota intended for this vehicle to operate - especially since it didn't always operate this way. | |||
| 09/02/2011 | 6015 | ||
| Sudden rapid acceration, entering a parking spot, both feet on brakes, still acceration, put in nuetral then park, still acceration, had to back up, was in a bad postion, never touched the gas thru this whole incident. relined vehicle, still acceration, put in park and turned it off. toyota has had it since, 9-2-2011, today is 9-7-2011. what are my options. i pick up my grand kids all the time let alone on the road shopping, errands, etc. the floor mats were not the problem. | |||