NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Toyota 4Runner Recalls
The 2005 Toyota 4Runner has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 2, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Toyota 4Runner. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 410
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Toyota 4Runner, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 Toyota 4Runner
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 16V396000
- Reported
- June 2, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,749
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 4Runner, 12 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 16V065000
- Reported
- February 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 320,409
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006 4Runner, 4 other models
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 2003–2004, 2006–2009 4Runner, 2 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,417
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 4Runner, 18 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 4Runner, 17 other models
2005 Toyota 4Runner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 410 owner complaints about the 2005 Toyota 4Runner, the newest on September 23, 2026. Of these, 19 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Toyota 4Runner, the component group named most often is the structure (45%), followed by the suspension (18%) and the vehicle speed control (7%).
1 of the 2005 Toyota 4Runner's 5 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2005 Toyota 4Runner owners gave the mileage (291 complaints), the median was 109,345 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure185
- Suspension75
- Unknown Or Other67
- Vehicle Speed Control28
- Steering27
- Power Train23
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 31 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 33 | |
| 2018 | 64 | |
| 2019 | 50 | |
| 2020 | 37 | |
| 2021 | 33 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2005 Toyota 4Runner peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 64. 6% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota 4Runner drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Toyota 4Runner year in the same window: 9th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 410 complaints about the 2005 Toyota 4Runner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota 4Runner by model year
Other 2005 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted