NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Toyota 4Runner Recalls
The 2016 Toyota 4Runner has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Toyota 4Runner. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 80
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Toyota 4Runner, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2016 Toyota 4Runner
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V741000
- Reported
- October 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 928,220
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2015 4Runner, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V005000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,299,448
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2015 4Runner, 7 other models
Structure: body: hood
- Campaign
- 17V763000
- Reported
- November 29, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 431
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 4Runner
Structure: body: hood: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 17V425000
- Reported
- July 3, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,547
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015 4Runner, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V291000
- Reported
- May 1, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,019
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 4Runner
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V937000
- Reported
- December 21, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Tires
- Campaign
- 16V236000
- Reported
- April 22, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 16V228000
- Reported
- April 20, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 844
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2015 4Runner
2016 Toyota 4Runner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 80 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota 4Runner, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Toyota 4Runner, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the air bags (13%) and the suspension (11%).
3 of the 2016 Toyota 4Runner's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 Toyota 4Runner owners gave the mileage (42 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System18
- Unknown Or Other17
- Air Bags10
- Suspension9
- Structure8
- Engine6
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2016 Toyota 4Runner peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 11. 45% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota 4Runner drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Toyota 4Runner year in the same window: 7th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 80 complaints about the 2016 Toyota 4Runner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota 4Runner by model year
Other 2016 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted