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2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER — Complaint #1876507

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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS filed February 27, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1876507 (ODI reference 11509335) concerns a 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER and was filed on February 27, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 20, 2023. The vehicle had 180,330 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to West Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:frame and members, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA 4RUNNER cohort independently describe similar structure:frame and members failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER
Component
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
State
West Virginia
Mileage
180,330 mi

Complaint Description

The contact's mother owns a 2004 Toyota 4-Runner. The contact stated that after the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for a routine oil change, his mother was made aware that the subframe had excessive corrosion, and that the subframe needed to be replaced. The mechanic informed the contact's mother that the vehicle was not safe to drive. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,330.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1876507
ODI Number 11509335
Date Filed February 27, 2023
Failure Date February 20, 2023
VIN JTEBT17R040

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.