Toyota 4Runner reliability - how does it compare?

[mkaresh]

Just enhanced the related repair history survey so that it can (optionally) be used as a personal car maintenance record.

As always, more participants would be helpful. Updated Car Reliability Survey results in May, with a preview for participants in mid-April.

Car reliability research

 

[haroldpo6]

2006 4runner Sept=24 reported
Dec =18 reported

Something wrong here?

 

[MikesToy]

2003's are winning. :trophy:

 

[mkaresh]

2006 4runner Sept=24 reported
Dec =18 reported

Something wrong here?

Those numbers aren't the number responding, they're the repair frequencies. Given the sample size, they're essentially the same--6 repair trips per 100 cars is a small difference--and both are low for a 2006.

 

[mkaresh]

2003's are winning. :trophy:

They're not doing badly, but since the number is the number of repair trips, lower is better.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through March 31, 2010. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 14

2007: 18

2006: 12

2005: 64

2004: 66

2003: 35

Judging from the results for other model years, both the 2004 and 2005 might be higher than the actual repair frequency. The sample size is four short of the minimum for a full result with the 2005, and only one above this minimum for the 2006.

The 2004 and 2005 are about average while the others are better than average. Sample sizes small for the 1997, 2005, and 2008, but decent for the other model years.

A big thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Toyota 4Runner reliability comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

567 4Runner owners now signed up to participate--a very good start, but more remain needed to properly cover all model years.

Help to provide better information on your year:

Car reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through June 30, 2010.

Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the more recent months until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 22

2007: 16

2006: 6

2005: 55

2004: 66

2003: 24

The 2004 is about average while the others are better than average. Good sample sizes for the 2003-2007, small sample size for the 2008.

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Toyota 4Runner reliability comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

Starting this month we have a new question to measure, as objectively as possible, the severity of a problem. Many people have been asking for reliability stats that weight problems by how severe they are, and once we have enough responses with the revised survey we'll start providing this.

Also this month: updated reliability stats.

As always, the more owners participate, the better the information we can provide to everyone.

Car reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 15

2007: 16

2006: 12

2005: 43

2004: 79

2003: 39

The 2004 is about average while the others are better than average. Good sample sizes for the 2003-2007.

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since last April until the summer or even fall of this year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 21

2007: 11

2006: 18

2005: 43

2004: 62

2003: 29

All are better than average.

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[DaveS]

I just uploaded my history to March 31 - I notice you don't refer to T4R.org in your listing of forums for the 4Runner - any reason?

 

[mkaresh]

When I've requested permission to list this forum as a "partner" on all of our pages for the 4Runner no one has responded.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated our reliability stats for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through March 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 43

2007: 22

2006: 34

2005: 26

2004: 50

2003: 44


All are better than average. Good sample sizes for the 2004 and up.

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated our reliability stats for the fourth-generation Toyota 4Runner to include owner experiences through June 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 35

2007: 19

2006: 31

2005: 26

2004: 49

2003: 45

All are better than average. Good sample sizes for the 2004 and up, four short of the miniimum with the 2003.

We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the 4Runner (on our redesigned site) to include owner experiences through September 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 34

2007: 29

2006: 24

2005: 39

2004: 42

2003: 44, small sample size

All are better than average.

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates later this month and in May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through September 30, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 9

2007: 17

2006: 25

2005: 12

2004: 52

2003: 32, small sample size

All are better than average, even much better.

We'll have further updates in February and May. The more owners participate, the more precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the fourth-gen 4Runner to include owner experiences through December 31, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 9

2007: 16

2006: 17

2005: 15

2004: 39

2003: 26, small sample size

All are low (which is good).

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates later this month and in August. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated our reliability stats for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through March 31, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008 4Runner: 10, low
2007 4Runner: 25, low
2006 4Runner: 29, low
2005 4Runner: 14, low
2004 4Runner: 45, low
2003 4Runner: 34, low, very small sample size

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2007 4Runner: 79, < 1
2006 4Runner: 75, < 1
2005 4Runner: 92, < 1
2004 4Runner: 60, < 1

We'll have further updates in August and in November.

For the details, including the descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated our reliability stats for the 4Runner to include owner experiences through June 30, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008 4Runner: 17, low
2007 4Runner: 29, low
2006 4Runner: 33, low
2005 4Runner: 17, low
2004 4Runner: 46, low
2003 4Runner: 20, low, very small sample size

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2007 4Runner: 76, < 1
2006 4Runner: 75, < 1
2005 4Runner: 81, < 1

We'll have further updates in November and February.

To view competitors' scores and descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help:

Toyota 4Runner reliability ratings and comparisons