Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Toyota 4Runner submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. IT TOOK LONGER FOR VEHICLE TO STOP. CONSUMER STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE PARKING LOT, WENT UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND DISCOVERED A CORRODED BRAKE LINE THAT WAS LEAKING FLUID. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
CONSUMER PUSHED ON BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, EVENTUALLY DOWNSHIFTED AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKE. MECHANIC SAID BRAKE LINE HAD ROTTED THROUGH.*AK
ALTERNATOR FAILED. YH
FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT 11000 DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. BEGINNING OF OTHER BRAKE REPAIRS--INCLUDING ROTORS AND PADS.
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. NEW ROTORS AND PAD INSTALLED. INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT ONE DOZEN TIMES. REPAIRS MADE ADDING UP TO $2300.00, PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. *AK
BRAKES REPLACED SEVERAL TIME DUE TO PULSATION AND VIBRATIONS, HOWEVER CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE VIBRATIONS.(MJS)
BRAKE PADS WORN EXCESSIVELY.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE STARTS TO SHAKE. REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. *AK
BRAKES FAILED.
BRAKES FADE WHEN VEHICLE/BRAKES ARE WARM.
FAILURE OF THE REAR ABS BRAKES CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. TT
ON (9) OCCASIONS FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED WITH ONCE BEING THE REAR. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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