2004 Toyota 4Runner Electrical System Problems
- 16
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
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.
Among these 16 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
| 100–150k mi | 4 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Service Brakes
I was driving my car on pooler parkway in pooler, ga on a city street in heavy traffic when all of a sudden a buzzer goes off and my dashboard immediately gives off multiple warning signals. Vasc trac, trac off, abs (i) brake. I immediately pull off to the side of the road and try to stop the car, but the brakes fail. This incident could have killed my whole family. I had to have the car towed. Chatham toyota in…
ODI 11297113
Electrical System · Service Brakes
I was driving at a speed of 50 mph on pooler parkway in heavy traffic and a buzzer went off. All of a sudden my dashboard gives off multiple warning signals: vasc trac, trac off, abs (i) brake. I do not know what the problem is so i pull off the road and try to stop the car, but the brakes fail. I had to have the car towed. Chatham toyota in savannah ga tells me it's about $4,000.00 to repair this. This failure…
ODI 11297112
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
Abs, vsb trac on/off, and brake lights come on suddenly along with continuous high-pitched alert. Brakes eventually become difficult to work. Had towed to dealer, by the time dealer looked at, it wasn't happening and they could find nothing wrong. Picked up car, happened again on way home (both times making right hand turns). I am told this may be an electronic problem but regardless, to fix it, it will cost…
ODI 11035217
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Power Train
I have an ongoing problem with our 2004 toyota 4runner. It started about 4 years ago when the maryland state emmission test facility plugged into my odbi2 port. All the dash lights were on and i went in to the office and complained. I filed a form with emissions. I work out of town, my wife is a teacher and we have two small kids. Going to the dealer was not an option until school was our. In the mean time the truck…
ODI 10837656
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Loss of coolant with no visible signs of leaking. Replaced so many things and keep getting misfires and vsc lights on constantly. Rough start up for about 30 seconds every time started. Slight over heating if idling ... All points now lead to blown head gasket in which i read more and more and common with 04 v6s.
ODI 10845999
Electrical System · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
8/6/14-started my 2004 4-runner to leave work and a high-pitched alarm sound started and the vsc, abs, and other dash light symbols came on. I reversed out of my parking spot, and brake, and nothing other than those things was out of the ordinary. I pulled forward and pulled into another spot and called my husband to let him hear what was going on to see if he knew what it may be. He asked me to reverse, pull…
ODI 10620809
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Suffered sudden, catastrophic failure of vsc/abs brake system while driving. Vsc, abs, brake dash indicator lights illuminated with an audible alarm. Vehicle operated normally for about 1 mile, then lost most braking control. Narrowly avoided collision with another vehicle due to having minimal brake system. Had to use evasive steering and emergency brake maneuvers to slow and stop vehicle. After researching this…
ODI 10607748
Electrical System · Service Brakes
1.) 4runner sat for 10-15 minutes with radio on (not running) (battery tested good/700, 701, 691 our of 75 ca) 2.) 4runner would not start, battery issue, and was subsequently jumped. 3.) drove 4runner 10 minutes, parked, tuned off and started back up just fine. 4.) 4runner sat for 3 hours, started 4runner, buzzer/warning sound emitted and brake and abs light were on. 5.) tried disconnecting battery to see if system…
Crash reported
ODI 10593640
Electrical System · Seats · Visibility/Wiper
On june 20, 2013 approx. 10:30-11:00 am, walked in garage attached to house notice smell of burn, opened driver door and discovered that the front passenger door completely burn, front passenger seat burn, passenger sunvisor burned, carpet burned. No previous problems or technical issues, auto check ups daily.....contacted insurance co. And now their saying it may be fixable or totaled. Would appreciate any…
Fire reported
ODI 10522086
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota 4-runner. The contact stated that the vehicle stability control and the check engine warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the computer needed to be calibrated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 112,000.
ODI 10544206
Electrical System · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Unknown Or Other
The evening of 8/10/11 as i was leaving work, i turned the vehicle on and a high pitched alarm-type sound started; vsc light, brake lights came on. At this point, i asked a near by supervisor to take a look at the vehicle; upon inspection he did not find anything out of place. He test drove the vehicle around a couple of parking spaces as i watched. He stopped the vehicle and asked if i had been having brake issues.…
ODI 10420152
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Traction Control System · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving, the cel (check engine light) came on and the vsc trac and vsc off lights came on as well. Apparently toyota disables vsc when the cel is triggered. In my case, the 2 times it has occurred has been due to emissions related failures (1st time the cat failed, 2nd time one of the o2 sensors failed). In the 1st case, i immediately took the vehicle to the dealership as i was approaching the end of the…
ODI 10456633
Electrical System · Pressure Monitoring And Regulating Systems
Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) i am an original owner of a 2004 toyota 4runner, sport edition. Two safety issues: 1) during the fall of [redacted] back from franklin va, i experience a continuous acceleration after my foot was removed from the gas paddle, speed exceeded 80 mph and after tapping the gas and pulling up on the gas paddle, the speed returned to…
ODI 10318834
Electrical System
The speedometer needle stop working right after 36,000 miles on 2004 toyota 4runner limited edition 4 wd. The needle will work after idle for 2 days until engine off. *tr
ODI 10204216
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Traction Control System
Warning lights began coming on around 60,000 miles or so. Started with the low tire pressure light & now has progressed to the vsc on, vsc off, abs warning lights being on all the time and the low tire pressure light is still on. I have taken this vehicle into 2 different dealers to be fixed for 40,000 miles or around 3 years which amounts to multiple trips to the dealer, waiting while they work on it or going…
ODI 10291592
Electrical System
There is a delay and then a sudden and abrupt acceleration in the vehicle a 2004 toyota suv, virtually every time during slow downs in traffic and when making turns. This causes the vehicle to jerk and has caused a hot beverage to spill on the driver, nearly contributed to an accident when the vehicle failed to accelerate while changing lanes, and with passengers in the vehicle at the time caused the vehicle to spin…
ODI 10193125