16V396000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
If damaged, the copper strand heating element may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
2008 TOYOTA 4RUNNER
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 134 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints134
Complaints citing a crash15
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
14V743000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
Damage to the seat heater wiring could cause the wires to short, increasing the risk of the seat burning and causing personal injury to the occupant.
11V113000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
A STUCK OPEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY RESULT IN VERY HIGH VEHICLE SPEEDS AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH, SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
10V035000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
THIS DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
10V036000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
A DRIVER MAY OVERLOAD A VEHICLE WHICH MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 16POWER TRAIN
- 14STRUCTURE:BODY
- 13VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 11SUSPENSION
- 10POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 10SERVICE BRAKES
- 7ENGINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 TOYOTA 4RUNNERs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.