2010 Toyota 4Runner
This year drew an ordinary 145 complaints for a Toyota 4Runner — the model's median is 58. What they were about is the unusual part: 51.7% of them mention takata, against 3.8% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Toyota 4Runner was redesigned for 2010. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 145 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 58 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 12 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata — 51.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the other years of this generation (13.4×).
- seat — 17.9% of this year's complaints, against 6.3% across the other years of this generation (2.9×).
- until — 13.8% of this year's complaints, against 4.7% across the other years of this generation (2.9×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL I WAS NOTIFIED ON JUNE 9, 2016 THAT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS TO RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF MY SUV. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA CORPORATE AND THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS MATTER. MY SUV IN WHICH I SHOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY 5 PASSENGERS SAF…
TAKATA RECALL...MY DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER. I AM ASKING FOR THE AIRBAG TO BE DISABLED AS I NEED THE FRONT SEAT FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FOR WORK. AT WORK, MY VEHICLE IS UTILIZED FOR POLICE OPERATIONS. THIS DEFECT LEAVES ME WITH ONLY…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 19V005000 AIR BAGS
- 16V577000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 18V024000 AIR BAGS
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V340000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V515000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 12. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota 4Runner was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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