NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Toyota 4Runner Recalls
The 2003 Toyota 4Runner has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 24, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Toyota 4Runner. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 528
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Toyota 4Runner, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2003 Toyota 4Runner
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 11V113000
- Reported
- February 24, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,363,244
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2009 4Runner, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 03V146000
- Reported
- April 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,482
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Toyota 4Runner
Wheels
- Campaign
- 02V339000
- Reported
- December 17, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 176
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2003 Toyota 4Runner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 528 owner complaints about the 2003 Toyota 4Runner, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Toyota 4Runner, the component group named most often is the structure (53%), followed by the suspension (21%) and the service brakes (9%).
None of the 2003 Toyota 4Runner's 3 recalls concerns the structure.
Where 2003 Toyota 4Runner owners gave the mileage (382 complaints), the median was 127,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure278
- Suspension109
- Unknown Or Other97
- Service Brakes45
- Steering32
- Vehicle Speed Control23
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 35 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 33 | |
| 2016 | 44 | |
| 2017 | 46 | |
| 2018 | 72 | |
| 2019 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 41 | |
| 2021 | 48 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Toyota 4Runner peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 91. 1% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 528 complaints about the 2003 Toyota 4Runner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota 4Runner by model year
Other 2003 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted