2011 Toyota 4runner

Name: 2011 Toyota 4runner owner-filed safety complaints per 1,000 sold
Creator: YearsTell

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2011 4runner in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 7 4runner years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2023 (0.21 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2008 (0.63).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.42 per 1,000

too few complaints to rank against its other years

Counted from 19 complaints filed in the first three years, of 163 ever. 95% lower bound 0.23.

Every 4runner model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years

This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.24

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.63	30
2010	0.37	17
2011	0.42	19
2012	0.21	10
2013	0.00	0
2014	0.23	15
2015	0.32	28
2016	0.25	26
2017	0.17	20
2018	0.24	32
2019	0.25	34
2020	0.15	20
2021	0.15	20
2022	0.22	29
2023	0.21	25

Issues owners of the 2011 4runner report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 112 complaints

recall	104	93%
takata	88	79%
takata recall	83	74%
recall notification	39	35%
bags part	16	14%
use	14	12%

When it breaks

42% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 44,140 miles, from 50 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

Questions buyers ask about the 2011 Toyota 4runner

Is 2011 a good year or a bad year for the 4runner?

What problems does the 2011 4runner have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Air Bags (112), Structure (9), Unknown Or Other (9). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2011 4runner reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other 4runner years: too few owners filed complaints about the 2011 4runner in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

Which 4runner year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2023, at 0.21 per 1,000 sold. Every 4runner year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the 4runner.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.