1999 Toyota 4RUNNER Other or unknown Problems

“The ball joint on my 1999 Toyota 4RUNNER broke while I was driving the vehicle. By the grace of god, I stopped at mcdonald's before my long journey onto the freeway, with my 9 month old baby in the car, and that saved us from a very bad crash that may have taken our lives had we been going 60-70 MPH. How does a ball joint break in half???”

“I do not know if the stopping problem is the brakes, tires, both, or something else. At one point I got new tires and the stopping problem still occurred. My family has been in 3 accidents with other cars and many more incidents by the car itself. When braking in rain/snow/ice and even slight damp roads the car skids forward. We have to keep extra distance in front of now compared to other cars we drive. Also during acceleration on rwd from a stoplight even during dry conditions sometimes the rear tires spin out/burn out/ have no traction.”

“I bought my 1999 4RUNNER less than a year and a half ago at 150,000 miles on it. My sister was driving it on the highway going 60-70 MPH and suddenly the car started swerving left so she immediately got off and went to our mechanic who then told us that my frame is completely cracked, he said that I could not drive my car home and that the frame was too rusted so there was nothing I could do so its totaled. I barely got to 200,000 miles and had it for such a short amount of time. …”

“The mounting point for the rear-axel stabilizer bar rusted through and separated from the frame. On my drive to work (on the highway) noticed a knocking sound when down-shifting, and the rear of the vehicle swayed badly whenever I would brake or hit a bump. When I got to work and looked under the vehicle the rear bracket had broken away from the frame. The vehicle has 155,000 miles and has very little indications of rust, but upon closer inspection the inside of the box frame along the gas tank is rusted very badly. …”

“I had just bought a used Toyota 4runnner from a dealership as my first vehicle for college. Before I was about to leave for my freshman year of college I had to get it inspected and came to find out the frame of the SUV was rusting away. Now I am $7000 dollars in the hole and no vehicle to go to school with and now forced to stay home. I did my research and came to find out that this is a common problem with these vehicles and that all of the 1999 Toyota tacoma trucks had recalls for their frame but not the 4runners. Please help because that just isnt right...”