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2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER — Complaint #2125388

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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS filed August 29, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2125388 (ODI reference 11683937) concerns a 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER and was filed on August 29, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 29, 2023. The vehicle had 120,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan 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
Michigan
Mileage
120,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2004 Toyota 4Runner. The contact stated that while the vehicle was in for service, the independent mechanic discovered rust on the front driver's side subframe. Additionally, the subframe had developed holes due to rust. The cause of the failures was not yet determined, and the vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2125388
ODI Number 11683937
Date Filed August 29, 2025
Failure Date August 29, 2023
VIN JTEBT14R640

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