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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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JTEBU5JR1F5••••••2015 Toyota 4RUNNER
This build draws 3.4× more complaints than the average 2015 Toyota 4RUNNER build (12 vs 4).
12on this build
75on the model
21builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedAir Bags 3Electrical System 2Visibility 1Vehicle Speed Control 1
What owners of this build wrote
Unknown Or OthercrashMar 2015
1st incident - reversing into the driveway at home, wanted to pull up some so change the gear to drive and the car continued to reverse backwards for a couple of feet. Luckily I was able to hit the brakes and stop the car and it eventually started driving forward. No crash…
Air BagsNov 2020
The dealership is not responsive to our request to have the car repaired
Fuel/propulsion SystemMay 2020
I contacted NHTSA but haven't heard back. It's been over 2 months now and nothing from toyota about the recall
SuspensionMay 2020
This is a toyota limited model that has a proprietary xreas suspension. This car has been regularly serviced at the intervals recommended by toyota at their dealership. At approximately 55,000 miles the service tech found that all four struts were leaking and required $4,500 to…
Fuel SystemJan 2020
The contact owns a 2015 toyota 4runner. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20V012000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JTEBU5JR1F5271695 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.