2010 Toyota 4RUNNER Wheels Problems

“I took my vehicle to the Toyota dealership for the 5,000 mile routine maintenance. While I was there two of the studs on the rear driver's side broke. Because I had recently had new tires on my vehicle the dealership blamed the place who put the tires on. I have gone to the same tire place for over twenty years. When he put the new tires on, he broke one stud but replaced it at his cost. He did warn me that there were other studs that did not look right and that he could see others breaking in the future. …”

“Since I bought this Toyota 4RUNNER I've had nothing but problems with brakes not working right the front end shimmies at certain speeds.. I took it back to the dealer called tri county Toyota in limerick pa. They told me it's road characteristics.. Brought it back 3 or 4 times.. Never fixed this annoying problem.. They even got a so called expert tech from Toyota to see what the problem was .. Never fixed..I had bought new custom wheels and tires.. The guy who put my new wheels on said there is something wrong.. Showed me the brakes 1 pad was good the other was very thin.. …”

“I brought my 4RUNNER in to a reputable tire store for a routine tire rotation. The technician snapped a lug stud. I then had to take the truck to a separate automotive repair shop to have the stud replaced. I attributed the incident to a poorly trained technician. Recently, I brought the truck in for another tire rotation. Again, the technician broke a lug stud. The manager insisted that they always use a torque stick set to factory specifications and that there was no technician error. He also said that the shop had seen this problem with other Toyota trucks of this vintage. …”

“Multiple wheel stud failure during routine tire rotation. The owners manual recommends 83 ftlbs torque on the lug nuts. During a tire rotation, three wheel studs failed, two at the recommended 83 ftlbs and one at 75 ftlbs. When taken to the Toyota dealership, their service technician broke two with his torque wrench set to the owners manual specified torque. Toyota replaced both front and back studs.”

“The undercarriage of my truck is so rusted, that parts are starting to fail. I can not install new tires on the truck at this point until $3000 of rust-damaged parts are replaced and possible frame replaced. I was told that the damage is so extensive, the costs outweigh the repairs, and that in the near future the truck will not be driveable.”