2020 Toyota 4Runner: Solid

1. Air bags17% · 5 complaints · median 9,000 miles
2. Brakes20% · 6 complaints
3. Driver assistance13% · 4 complaints
4. Steering13% · 4 complaints
5. Body and structure7% · 2 complaints
6. Suspension13% · 4 complaints
7. Wheels and tires7% · 2 complaints
8. Fuel and propulsion3% · 1 complaints
9. Powertrain3% · 1 complaints
10. Lights3% · 1 complaints

Bars rank problem areas by complaints weighted for severity (crashes, fires, injuries and deaths count more). A complaint can name more than one area. Mileage is reported on about half of complaints.

• NHTSA 22V480000July 2022280 vehicles

  Equipment: other: labels

  Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain 2020-2022 4Runner vehicles equipped with 20-inch Black Gunner Wheels. The load carrying capacity modification labels are incorrect. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."

  Risk: An incorrect label may lead to unintentionally overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

  Fix: SET will mail replacement labels to owners, free of charge.

A recall only helps if the repair was done. Enter the vehicle's 17-character VIN on NHTSA's official recall lookup before you buy.

Toyota sent NHTSA 158 service bulletins and other notices to dealers covering the 2020 4Runner. These are repair instructions, not recalls. Warranty extensions and bulletins about its top problem areas:

• TSB002620 · November 2023TSB: All 2020 ?
• T-SB-0070-19 Rev · October 2023TSB: Some 2015 ?
• TSB003220 · August 2023TSB: Replacement certification labels (the vinyl label installed on the driver door or door post) and VIN plates (the metal plate riveted to dashboard) (see Figure 1) for most 1979 ?
• T-SB-0094-21 Rev · November 2022TSB: Some 2005 ?
• TSB004321Rev2 · July 2022TSB: Some 2020 model year vehicles equipped with Audio Plus (version 1021) or Premium Audio (version 1021) or earlier may exhibit one or more of the following conditions: ?Barge in function defaulted…
• TSB005122 · May 2022TSB: Some 2019 ?
• TTT063620 · March 2022TT: Some Toyota vehicles installed with Toyota Complete Maintenance Care (TCMC) brake pads may exhibit a groan or squeak noise in various driving conditions
• T-SB-0085-21 Rev · January 2022TSB: Some 2020 ?

All 2020 4Runner bulletins on NHTSA ›

Questions owners ask

Is the 2020 Toyota 4Runner reliable?

Owners filed 30 complaints with NHTSA about the 2020 Toyota 4Runner in its first five years on the road, about 23 for every 100,000 sold: 0.7× the rate of a typical 4Runner year. That's close to a typical year. Ratings compare 4Runner years with each other using complaints filed with NHTSA; they don't measure every problem owners have.

What are the most common 2020 4Runner problems?

Owners' complaints most often involve the air bags (17%), the brakes (20%) and driver-assistance features and cameras (13%). A complaint can name more than one area.

Has the 2020 Toyota 4Runner been recalled?

Yes. NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2020 Toyota 4Runner, the most recent in July 2022 (equipment). Enter the vehicle's VIN on NHTSA's recall lookup to see whether the repairs were done.