2003 Toyota 4Runner Interior Lighting Problems

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

Band	Records
1–30k mi	2

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

September 1, 2003 · 2 miles
Interior Lighting · Interior/Under Dash
Dashboard gauges, escpecially speedometer and fuel gauge, are difficult or impossible to read in daytime. Situation is made worse when wearing sunglasses. Problem is that gauges are recessed too deep and letters are not contrasted enough with dash plate (ie light gray on dark gray). Toyota acknowledges problem as they have issued a tsb which essentially keeps dash lights on all the time. Turning on dashboard lights…
ODI 10060721
August 23, 2003 · 2 miles
Interior Lighting · Interior/Under Dash
Previously submitted as : 10060723 ,ammending dealer,purchase date and incident date: dashboard gauges, escpecially speedometer and fuel gauge, are difficult or impossible to read in daytime. Situation is made worse when wearing sunglasses. Problem is that gauges are recessed too deep and letters are not contrasted enough with dash plate (ie light gray on dark gray). Toyota acknowledges problem as they have issued a…
ODI 10060727