Dumped My Tundra For a 4Runner: Addressing The Tundra For The Last Time | Why a 4Runner?

45 thoughts on “Dumped My Tundra For a 4Runner: Addressing The Tundra For The Last Time | Why a 4Runner?”

• Bought a ‘24 4runner and never realized how fun a vehicle can be to drive!!!just hearing that big engine roar at startup and the stock TRD wheels and Grappler tires gripping the road and going over bumps with no problem, and being able to off road at whim is beyond belief. I don’t even care about speed anymore but just love this suv. Now i can go to my favorite camping and fishing sites without having to worry about ruining my suspension driving on bumpy dirt roads.

• American quality as Tundras are assembled in Texas!

• In what I've experience no matter what brand if they are made domestically it seems more inferior to some thing made in Japan, we are so close of copying China with regards to quality that is now the road we are heading to , it's all about company bottom line and making share holders happy

• Sorry to hear about your Tundra, these trucks are expensive!!! But great move on your 4Runner, they drive great! And don’t feel midsize at all!! Best of luck!

• 24 tacoma is junk so is v6 tundra I hope no one buys these

• Now we get to listen to you complain about your 4runner.

• 5th Gen 4Runner is an awesome SUV on frame. Good old Japanese quality! The only problem it has a very short base and is under powered for towing.. Towing – need a pick up truck!

• About 6K miles on my 2024 Limited Tundra so far and no issues. Pretty happy with it overall…no problems!

• Buyback 🍋

• 😂the fanboys that say you are complaining are the turbo junkies that came from some other manufacturers. The real fanboys want their v8 and reliability.

• and SUV with a landscape trailer will give you more functionality than a truck. You can get a 5×10 steel trailer from tractor supply for about $1,000

• Hope it works out. I did the exact same thing, but the 4Runner just ended up being too small, and despite it's tow rating it's struggles with our 3,000lb camper, so we're looking at a truck again. Going to have to go domestic I guess. Just looking at the forum's it doesn't seem like they are having nearly as many problems as the Tundra's.

• The 5th gen 4Runner is the last truly reliable Toyota truck that we will be able to buy in North America. I believe it will feel tighter and be more reliable than the new Land Cruiser 250 and the GX 550. They might drive smoother and have more power but they will feel cheap and full of plastic. I bought a new 2024 4Runner Off-Road in Canada and will keep it until I move south in a few years. Then I will buy a Land Cruiser Troop Carrier and keep it until I die.

• Sir, your honesty is appreciated. Thank you.

• Good luck. You’ll regret the 4Runner if you do lots of highway driving for hunting, camping, and family road trips. The 4Runner is reliable but it’s not comfortable or solid on the highway. Always getting blown and pushed around on the highway by air drifts from semis and other fast rolling trucks, not to mention Mother Nature and windy days. That’s why I ditched the 4Runner for my 2023 tundra and no issues with my tundra. I’ll take my chances with Toyota and the new Tundra, like anything it’s not perfect but it sure is better than the 4Runner.

• Agree with the move to a reliable vehicle but you’ll be struggling to tow that trailer. Especially if you’re in the mountains.

• The Toyota of yesterday is gone. Even the new 6th Gen 4Runner that is set to go into production is going to be based off the new Toyota engine and drivetrain platforms. The reliability and QC just isn’t there.

• Have a 23 4Runner and a 20 Tundra not looking for another ride but find these videos interesting. Still wondering how they screwed up the new tundras this bad.

• Well said

• Thinking of doing the same. Just one question did you lose much on the trade? Thats the only thing holding me back.

• I test drove a new Tundra but decided to buy a used 2021 Limited with only 4,500 miles on it . I’m so thankful I did .

• Good move! I did the same thing this week, bailed on my Tundra and am going back to a 4Runner I’ll be picking up next week. If not for the 5th gen 4Runner still available I probably would have bailed on Toyota altogether, for what I don’t know but the whole 3rd Tundra experience really toasted my 🏀 🏀. Good luck to you and the 4Runner!

• it's built in the USA no quality anymore..that's why it's a pos now like the domestics…imo

• I hope you have good luck with it. Toyota’s aren’t what they used to be.

• You picked the only new Toyota I would buy, nothing like the Japan made runners. Thanks for the videos and being honest, ignore the haters, plenty of people understand where you are coming from.

• I’m 6’2” the 4 runner is too small

• I love my 2024 tundra
  It’s smooth comfortable and so powerful

• Looked at a 24 Tundra TRD Pro in person, I dunno just seems like a plasticmobile

• What the heck is going on? Lil Kenny traded his 23 Taco for 2024 4 Runner. He didn't even want the 2024 Taco.

• Congratulations

• The 5th gen 4runner was here for 15 years. Dare I say the best vehicle they have

• Sorry to hear of your troubles my friend but as my preacher father says sometimes… Don’t sacrifice the future on the altar of the immediate. You made a logical level headed move in buying a 4Runner one of the best built vehicles out there from the fabled Tahara plant in Japan. At least the new 4Runner will be built there as well. I bet you find the 4Runner quality to be a whole different world than that tundra

• Good to see you satisfied and happy with your awesome 4Runner

• I just buy it the 2024 1794 limited edition hybrid no problem yet

• I just buy it the 2024 1794 limited edition hybrid no problem yet

• The best choice you .make my friend nice video st

• I'm going to wait a year or two before buying any new Toyota, let the early adopters do the quality control. All the new cars have new powertrains (hybrid max), this is not a company known for coming out with new tech for a reason. I'm sure they'll figure it out, but the price of their new vehicles isn't worth just the honeymoon phase at the moment.

• Like me, you bought a 24’ TRD OffRoad after buying the Gen3 Tundra, so congrats to us. I haven’t yet given up on my highly recalled Tundra but for surely a short timer in my driveway.

• I have the Titan and its a great running truck. Took it on many hunting trips with zero issues.

• Thanks! I'll drive my 2015 Tundra until they get it all worked out.

• The guys in the new gen Tundra Forums are complete d*cks. Whenever someone comes there with an issue with their 3rd gen, they FLIP on them.. they get really b*tt hurt.. i think deep down they know they made a mistake by buying a new Tundra but are in denial so they take out on people who voice their issues.

• Traded my 2022 Tundra for a 24 4runner. I miss the way the Tundra drove.. but knowing that i have quality is awesome. I also made a video on my issues.

• Ha i just went through this same consideration but at 6'2 i dont fit in the 4 runner. Enjoy the runnner

• I buy 2024 toyota tundra 1974 edition iforce max hybrid,

  I’m driving every day for my work driving to Oregon to Seattle every day. No recalls warning driving perfect no sounds. I’m happy.

  I feel so lucky for now 😅

• I think the 2024 4Runner is the last chance to get a truck with old school Toyota durability.

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