NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Toyota 4Runner Recalls
The 2008 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 2008 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
- 96
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 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 2005–2007, 2009–2011 4Runner, 12 other models
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 14V743000
- Reported
- November 19, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,233
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 4Runner, 12 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 2003–2007, 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 2005–2007, 2009–2010 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 2005–2007, 2009–2010 4Runner, 17 other models
2008 Toyota 4Runner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 96 owner complaints about the 2008 Toyota 4Runner, the newest on March 16, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (10%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Toyota 4Runner, the component group named most often is the power train (28%), followed by the structure (17%) and the vehicle speed control (17%).
1 of the 2008 Toyota 4Runner's 5 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2008 Toyota 4Runner owners gave the mileage (77 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train27
- Structure16
- Vehicle Speed Control16
- Unknown Or Other12
- Suspension11
- Service Brakes10
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Toyota 4Runner peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 19. 36% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Toyota 4Runner drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Toyota 4Runner year in the same window: 5th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 96 complaints about the 2008 Toyota 4Runner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota 4Runner by model year
Other 2008 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: March 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted