1984 Toyota 4Runner

The 1984 Toyota 4Runner predates the federal record provided, which begins at the 1990 model year and covers subsequent generations — meaning the target year sits entirely outside the documented complaint, recall, and TSB arc. The only federal data points available for the 1984 model year itself are minimal: two total complaints (one in tires, one in suspension) and two crash-related complaints, with zero fire complaints reported. By contrast, the earliest years in the dataset (1990–1994) show a relatively modest complaint baseline of 50–85 per year with 2–4 recalls, after which complaints climb sharply through the mid-1990s and peak dramatically in the early 2000s — but this trajectory reflects later-generation vehicles and cannot be extrapolated backward to the first-generation 1984 truck. The data does not specify root causes for the two 1984 complaints, nor does it provide any recall, investigation, or TSB figures for that model year. **Bottom line: with effectively no federal complaint footprint, the 1984 4Runner cannot be evaluated through this dataset — a prospective buyer should rely on a thorough mechanical inspection and enthusiast-community reliability records rather than federal data when deciding whether to purchase.**