MODELYEARINDEX

Toyota 4RUNNER

671 complaints across 11 scored model years and 34 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Toyota 4RUNNER Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2015 vs model median 1.9×
Model median3× median
Airbags & Restraints 14
Electrical 8
Body & Interior 7
Avoid

2015 · 2018

Best

2012 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.00× 40 C
2011
0.62× 31 C
2012
0.51× 24 C
2014
0.84× 31 C
2015
1.94× 73 F
2016
0.97× 56 C
2017
0.82× 33 C
2018
1.52× 57 D
2019
1.47× 60 D
2020
1.18× 41 C
2021
1.09× 47 B
2022 P
1.22× 55 C
2023 P
1.22× 42 C
2024 P
0.30× 11 A
2025 P
1.31× 64 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG22
City / Highway20 / 24
Engine2.4L, 4 cyl
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,800

Recalls

34 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
20V012000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2014, 2015 1,830,752
16V340000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 1,754,517
20V682000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2018, 2019 1,525,742
19V005000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2016 1,299,448
19V741000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2016 928,220
18V024000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 628,018
25V595000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2025 591,377
17V006000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2012 577,875

+ 26 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2015 4RUNNER
Complaints in window
73
Severity-weighted
121.5
Model median (weighted)
63
vs model median
1.94×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
9
Open investigations
1
Score 33.1 F