2014 Toyota 4Runner Electrical System

The horn stopped functioning. This is a safety hazard because i am not able to alert other drivers. The vehicle has only been inspected by the Toyota Dealer. No codes and no lights were displayed.Fearing for my family's safety, I paid for the repairs.

THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR HAS FAILED ON EVERY DOOR IN MY CAR. I'VE HAD THEM FIXED BUT NOW THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED.

SOMETIMES BACK-UP CAMERAS DOESN'T TURN ON WHILE SHIFTED IN REVERSE. I HAVE TO SHUT ENGINE AND LIFT REAR GATE AND CLOSE THEN IT WORKS AGAIN SOMETIMES. WHEN I AM BUSY I JUST HAVE TO BACK UP WITHOUT THE CAMERA. THAT COULD LEAVE DRIVERS AT INCREASED RISK OF A CRASH WHEN THEY BACK UP WITHOUT CHECKING THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

I OWN A 2014 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LTD. I ALSO OWN A 2011 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LTD. ONE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN BY MYSELF, AND THE OTHER IS DRIVEN BY MY SPOUSE. EACH VEHICLE HAS ITS OWN KEY FOB WITH PUSH BUTTON START. WHEN MY SPOUSE IS TRAVELING WITH ME IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF MY VEHICLE, MY KEY FOB IS NOT RECOGNIZED, WARNING LIGHTS ARE DISPLAYED ON MY CONSOLE AND MY VEHICLE DOES NOT START. MY VEHICLE WILL START AT TIMES WHEN I PLACE MY KEY FOB NEXT TO THE PUSH TO START BUTTON OR REQUEST MY SPOUSE TO STAY OUTSIDE MY VEHICLE. HOWEVER, WHEN TRAVELING WITH ME, THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON AND WILL PREVENT A STARTUP IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE SAME THING HAPPENS WHEN I AM TRAVELLING AS A PASSENGER IN HER VEHICLE (THE 2011 TOYOTA 4RUNNER).

AFTER DRIVING 10 MINS OR SO THE RADIO WILL FREEZE UP, TURN OFF AND THEN TURN BACK ON. IT ONLY HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST 5 TO 10 MINS. I JUST PURCHASED MY 4 RUNNER A WEEK AGO. SO I HAVEN'T SEEN IT TURN OFF MORE THEN ONCE YET. SEEMS LIKE A SHORT CIRCUIT SOMEWHERE.

ALL 4 DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO WORK WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF PURCHASE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS THE CHILD LOCKS NO LONGER WORK. A CHILD CAN EXIT THE VEHICLE WHILE IT IS IN MOTION.

MY LOCK ON ONE OF MY DOOR PANELS HAS QUIT WORKING, I SEE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM COSTING @500 A DOOR PANEL TO CORRECT. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK AND THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THIS VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO THE CONTACT AFTER HIS CHRYSLER VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND WAS TOWED TO MOUNT AIRY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT (538 N ANDY GRIFFITH PKWY, MT AIRY, NC 27030, (336) 789-8105). THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE 2014 TOYOTA 4RUNNER AND DROVE HOME. THE TOYOTA VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CENTRAL CITY TOYOTA (4800 CHESTNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19139, (215) 476-1200) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS NOT VALID FOR THE FAILURES. THE TOYOTA DEALER CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALER. THE CHRYSLER DEALER INSTRUCTED THE TOYOTA DEALER TO RUN THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. IF THE COST WAS NOT TOO HIGH, THE CHRYSLER DEALER WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CHRYSLER DEALER HAD NOT GOTTEN BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE TOYOTA DEALER. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND WAS REFERRED TO HIS STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

IN FEBRUARY 2018 I DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK WAS INTERMITTENTLY NOT LOCKING AND NOT OPENING. THIS WAS HAPPENING USING THE REMOTE, THE BUTTON ON THE DOOR AND WHEN PLACING THE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE WHEN THE DOORS ARE SUPPOSED TO LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME POSING A SECURITY RISK TO ME, MY PASSENGERS AND CARGO. EVENTUALLY THE LOCK STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY AND I HAD IN REPAIRED AT THE DEALER IN MARCH COSTING $500 . THE DEALER CLAIMED THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR SAFETY CAMPAIGNS EVEN THOUGH I CAN SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT TOYOTA DOOR LOCKS ON THE INTERNET. IN JUNE 2018 THE SAME THINGS BEGAN OCCURRING WITH THE DRIVER DOOR LOCK. THE LOCK WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FORCE OPEN OR CLOSED MANUALLY OR WITH THE KEY FROM OUTSIDE. AGAIN IT POSED A SAFETY RISK ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SO DIFFICULT TO FORCE OPEN IN AN EMERGENCY. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND AGAIN THE DEALER CLAIMS THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR CAMPAIGNS AND THIS TIME IT COST $600. I'VE HAD MANY CARS AND TRUCKS FOR DECADES AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE LOCK ACTUATORS NEVER MIND 2 WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. IN JANUARY 2019 THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND NOW I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. SO THIS SAGA CONTINUES. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING FLAW AND A SERIOUS SECURITY RISK TO DRIVERS, PASSENGERS AND BELONGINGS.

THE DOOR LOCKS ON MY 4RUNNER HAVE STOPPED WORKING. THEY WILL NOT WORK WITH THE KEY FOB OR WHEN YOU USE THE BUTTON INSIDE THE VEHICLE. YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY FLIP THE LOCK TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THAT DOOR. FIRST IT WAS THE DRIVER DOOR THAT WENT OUT THEN THE REAR RIGHT, AND NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. YOU CAN OPEN THE DRIVER DOOR WITH THE KEY FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE OTHER 2 DOORS MUST BE UNLOCKED MY MANUALLY FLIPPING THE LOCK BY HAND. THE DRIVER'S DOOR WENT OUT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY AND THE OTHER 2 FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER. ALL WITHIN 53,000 MILES.

POWER DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ARE MALFUNCTIONING ON FRONT DOORS. ALSO, THE RADIO/NAVIGATION SYSTEM LOCKS UP MULTIPLE TIMES ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

MY CAR WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND BOTH FRONT DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. TOYOTA WOULD NOT HELP ME FIX IT AND WANTED AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT TO REPLACE THE PARTS. FOUR MONTHS LATER AND ONE OF THE BACK DOOR ACTUATORS STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE THREE LOCKS THAT DO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL AND IT IS HARD TO ACCESS MY CAR AND ALSO KEEP IT LOCKED EVERY TIME I GO SOMEWHERE. I HAVE ON 35,000 MILES ON MY CAR. THIS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.

I OWN A 2014 4RUNNER WITH LESS THAN 60K MILES ON IT. THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK IS COMPLETELY GONE AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE IS BEGINNING TO FAIL TOO. I'VE READ ON VARIOUS TOYOTA OWNERS WEBSITES THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I'M TOLD THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE ACTUATOR IS $700-800 PER DOOR. IT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME TO SPEND $35K+ ON A VEHICLE TO THEN HAVE $1500 IN REPAIRS 3 1/2 YEARS LATER BECAUSE OF FAULTY EQUIPMENT. I COULD UNDERSTAND IF THE VEHICLE WAS 10-15 YEARS OLD.

NAVIGATION/STEREO/CD PLAYER WILL LOCK UP THEN REBOOT ITSELF. IF I'M IN THE VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR, IT WILL LOCKUP THEN REBOOT ITSELF 3-4 TIMES WITHIN THAT HOUR. IT'S VERY ANNOYING AND AGGRAVATING. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M LISTENING TO A CD OR RADIO STATION OR PANDORA, OR IF I'M MOVING OR SITTING STILL, IT WILL LOCK UP FOR SEVERAL SECONDS THEN REBOOT. THIS STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 20,000 MILES AND HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. SINCE I LIVE OVER AN HOUR FROM THE NEAREST TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, I HAVE ONLY CALLED THEM BUT NEVER TOOK IT BY THERE. ACCORDING TO GRAY DANIELS TOYOTA, THIS WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. IT SEEMS TO BE A CHEAP TOUCHSCREEN STEREO SYSTEM. ALSO, MY BACK SPEAKERS ARE BUSTED. I DO NOT LISTEN TO LOUD MUSIC EITHER. THE WHOLE STEREO SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACING OR UPGRADED. I'M SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT TRADING MY 4RUNNER. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR. OVERALL NOT PLEASED WITH THE 4RUNNER.

THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK WITHOUT MANUALLY FLIPPING THE LOCK OR FORCING THE KEY TO UNLOCK IT. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IF THIS VEHICLE WAS TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET A PERSON IN OR OUT OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY AND SAFELY. ANY INSTANCE IN WHICH SOMEONE MAY NEED TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY THE FAILURE OF THE LOCKING MECHANISM COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN A CATASTROPHE.

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENTIRE ELECTRONIC PANEL THAT CONTROLS THE RADIO, NAVIGATION, REAR VIEW CAMERA AND OTHER FUNCTIONS WILL FREEZE AND THEN RESET. IT WILL HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN SOME INSTANCES CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE SYSTEMS THE SYSTEM CONTROLS. THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED ON MULTIPLE FORUMS BUT TOYOTA DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO ADDRESS A POSSIBLE RECALL. IT ISN'T OBVIOUS WHAT IS CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO FREEZE FOR MULTIPLE MINUTES AT A TIME.

WHILE DRIVING, THE NAVIGATION/RADIO SCREEN SHUTS OFF AND SEEMS TO RE-BOOT REPEATEDLY. IT IS FRUSTRATING WHEN USING THE RADIO, AND DANGEROUS WHEN THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM GOES BLANK WHILE WE ARE DEPENDING ON IT TO GET US TO OUR DESTINATION. WE HAVE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OFF THE ROAD TO WAIT FOR IT TO COME BACK ON-LINE AND NOW WE RESORT TO USING OUR SMART PHONE AS A BACK-UP BECAUSE THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE IS NOT DEPENDABLE. IT HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING OF COURSEM AS THAT'S WHEN IT IS BEING USED. THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING JUNE 10TH AND HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS

DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK/UNLOCK. AFFECTS KEY FOB DOOR LOCKS AND REMOTE START CAPABILITY. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THAT DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ARE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES.

YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN STARTING MY 2014 4RUNNER THE TRAC OFF LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BY RODENTS (CHEWING, DROPPINGS). AN ELECTRICAL WIRE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY CHEWED THROUGH. I TURNED THE DAMAGE INTO MY INSURANCE COMPANY BUT AM OUT A DAYS WORK, $50 DEDUCTIBLE, $100 DEPOSIT FOR RENTAL VEHICLE AND $5.10 TAX DAILY ON THE RENTAL. I BELIEVE THIS IS ALL DUE TO THE SOY BEING ADDED TO THE VEHICLE ELECTRICAL WIRING (AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS SOY BASED) LITERALLY RINGING THE DINNER BELL FOR VERMIN. *TR