2003 Toyota 4RUNNER defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2003 Toyota 4RUNNER. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Frame corrosion
  Defect Petition DP18002 · opened Aug 17, 2018 · closed Mar 18, 2022

  On August 7, 2018, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a defect petition from Mr. Gary Weinreich alleging premature frame corrosion failure in model year (MY) 2002 - 2006 Toyota 4Runner vehicles. The petitioner based his request upon a corrosion-related front suspension failure he experienced in his MY 2…

• Unintended and Uncontrolled Acceleration
  Recall Query RQ10003 · opened Feb 16, 2010 · closed Mar 1, 2011 · led to recall 11V115000

  On February 16, 2010, NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened RQ10-003 to determine whether the scope of prior Toyota recalls relating to potential unintended acceleration were sufficiently broad, including, among others, Toyota recalls 07E-082, 09V-388, 10V-017, and 10V-023.NHTSA also requested informatio…