2002 Toyota 4RUNNER defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2002 Toyota 4RUNNER. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Frame corrosion
  Defect Petition DP18002 · opened Aug 17, 2018 · closed Mar 18, 2022

  On August 7, 2018, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a defect petition from Mr. Gary Weinreich alleging premature frame corrosion failure in model year (MY) 2002 - 2006 Toyota 4Runner vehicles. The petitioner based his request upon a corrosion-related front suspension failure he experienced in his MY 2…