My 2007 toyota 4-runner has a serious drive shaft jolt and clunk that occurs whenever coming to a complete stop causing the vehicle to lurch. The first occurrence was at approximately 6500 miles in my six year. Toyota has been informed of this several times and refuses to take action. Approximately 3 weeks ago, the vehicle did this on the freeway at highway speed of approximately 60 MPH causing the vehicle to lunge in heavy traffic. Toyota was again notified of this and refused to take action. Additionally my 4 runner is suddenly getting the "vsc trac" and "vsc off" lights in the dash and check engine lights, which according to toyota own maintenance procedures procedure as described in tsb br001-04 to solve the "vsc trac" and "vsc off" lights and check engine lights, the 4 runner only requires the toyota obdii tester which takes only about 5 minutes to do, for a simple calibration matter, of telling the 4runner vsc/trac computer "the yaw rate and deceleration rate are currently zero" and to save the associated values. Then the output from the sensors can be interpreted correctly. I have gone to three dealers and all want to charge me in excess of $600.00. The last dealer contacted made me come in, and after 35 minutes bill me for basic oil change in amount of $74.00, and said I should not worry about the lights which continue to show on the dash. Indeed this is rip off by both toyota and its delerships.
2007 Toyota 4RUNNER: harsh or hard shifting
5 of the 154 complaints about the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER describe harsh or hard shifting.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
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My 2007 toyota 4-runner has a serious drive shaft jolt and clunk that occurs whenever coming to a complete stop causing the vehicle to lurch. The first occurrence was at approximately 8000 miles in my first year. Toyota has been informed of this several times and refuses to take action. Approximately 3 weeks ago, the vehicle did this on the freeway at highway speed of approximately 60 MPH causing the vehicle to lunge in heavy traffic. Toyota was again notified of this and refused to take action. In viewing discussion boards online for 4th generation toyota 4-runners (2003-2009), this is a widespread problem.
I have a 2007 4runner, limited, v8 with the clunk in the driveshaft that appeared about 5k miles and hasn't let up now at 16k miles. I pull up to a stop sign and it feels like I've been rear ended. Then, when I start out, it feels like the brake release is delayed with another clunk. This happens at every stop. If the brake is not pressed firmly when coming to a stop, the vehicle will lunge forward. I first reported this problem to toyota at about 8,000 miles and they said that it was a lubrication and maintenance issue, stating that the propeller shaft was supposed to be lubed at every oil change. When I asked them to show me the maintenance plan in the manual, they admitted that this task was not listed in the maintenance plan for this frequency.
When driving in stop and go type traffic the transmission or drive line make a horrible clunk and will lurch the vehicle. Also the plastic around the gear shift area becomes very hot ~50c in an A/C cabin.
After stopping and starting to go again, there is sometimes a loud clunking noise and it feels like something is falling out of the bottom of the car.
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Is harsh or hard shifting a common problem on the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER?
5 of 154 owner complaints about the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER (3%) mention harsh or hard shifting. The model year with the most reports is 2005.
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