2005 Toyota 4RUNNER air bags problems
19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2005 Toyota 4RUNNER — 5% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Upon moving with the flow of traffic at about 30 to 35 mph a car shot from a driveway straight in front of me causing me to hit that driver in the rear quarter panel of the passenger side putting him into a 360 spin not causing my airbags to deploy at that rate of speed in my opinion that is a huge…”
filed Sep 4, 2022
“When accelerating it feels like the frame shifts on the body lots of rust,, as well as the power steering was a little low I added power steering fluid next thing you know it stopped working and driver seats is falling apart and collapse in Woodson within itself as well as the airbags didn't go off…”
filed Jan 25, 2022
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Affected vehicles have an air bag control module that may be improperly programmed…Campaign 16V065000 · Feb 5, 2016
Air Bags problems in other 4RUNNER years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 4RUNNER | 2 | 4% |
| 2023 4RUNNER | 2 | 7% |
| 2022 4RUNNER | 6 | 15% |
| 2021 4RUNNER | 1 | 3% |
| 2020 4RUNNER | 5 | 16% |
| 2019 4RUNNER | 5 | 8% |
| 2018 4RUNNER | 7 | 12% |
| 2017 4RUNNER | 3 | 8% |
| 2016 4RUNNER | 10 | 13% |
| 2015 4RUNNER | 17 | 20% |
| 2014 4RUNNER | 8 | 10% |
| 2013 4RUNNER | 9 | 25% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2005 Toyota 4RUNNER
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.