2002 Model Year

Toyota 4Runner

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
224
Recalls
0
Crashes
19
Severe
35

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Latest owner reports

Tires
Jun 2024

THIS IS FOR TIRE SIZE P265 75 16. To start, I've seen multiple other complaints describing the same scenario and type of incident. Driving along the h...

Latches/Locks
Sep 2023

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated while pulling the door handle to unlock the doors, the auto unlock function failed to unloc...

STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jul 2023

Frame rot

Structure
May 2023

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that while inspecting underneath the vehicle, he noticed that there was a hole in the subfr...

Structure
Sep 2022

Premature rusted frame throughout, vehicle is garaged and well maintained 117,000 miles on my 2002 Toyota 4Runner. Auto body specialist estimates $3k-...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
May 2022

frame rust saftey hazardous? midas mechanic pointed out to me while work being done on exhaust march 2022

SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE
Apr 2022

The contact owns a 2002 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH through a slight right curve, the vehicle independently shifted f...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Feb 2022

Frame rusted through from the inside out. There isnt even any surface rust where the hole started. Its just a hole in the middle of clean metal. The r...

Structure
Jan 2022

Frame is excessively rusted. The recall that already exists for this issue only covers certain frames from Japan made with this steel. However, the sa...

SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE
Dec 2021

Frame and rear passenger control arm bracket, rotted out .only there, 2 nd time this has happened, same spot but on my previous 2001 4runner

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Summary

The 2002 Toyota 4Runner has 224 complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Structure. 19 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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