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2003 Toyota 4RUNNER Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1237493
Internal NHTSA #	10789387
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	4RUNNER
Model Year	2003
File date	08/11/15
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Owner was driving vehicle in a city at 10 mph when abs, vsc, trac and ebrake light came on along with an alarm sound. Brakes completely failed and would not respond on several attempts. Managed to slow car to side of the road without hitting anything by pressing ebrake and pumping brake pedal. Towed to auto repair shop and was told that the hydraulic brake booster completely failed and brakes would not work without replacing the entire brake booster assembly. Quoted $3100 for repair. Based on some internet searching, this appears to be a fairly common issue on this model/year. Disappointed that toyota has not provided some fix for this issue which could prove incredibly dangerous.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	65000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ARLINGTON, VA
VIN pattern	JTEBT17R930XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	10
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2003 Toyota 4RUNNER Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2003 Toyota 4RUNNER Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

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