2011 Toyota 4Runner
Complaints about this year name takata recall far more often than the other years of this generation — 49% of them, about 123× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 2 of the Toyota 4Runner, which began in 2010 and ran to 2024. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 163 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 58 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 10 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata — 54% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the other years of this generation (14×).
- bags — 33.1% of this year's complaints, against 12.5% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: bags, air bags, aware issue, bags however.
- seat — 16% of this year's complaints, against 6.3% across the other years of this generation (2.6×).
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.
Also unusual this year
- vin tool — 22% of complaints, 55× usual
- tool confirms — 21% of complaints, 54× usual
- confirms parts — 21% of complaints, 54× usual
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR.…
THE REPAIR FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED IN JULY OF 2016. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V005000 AIR BAGS
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 17V425000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V577000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V340000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V515000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 10. 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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