2013 Toyota 4Runner

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

Award applies only to vehicles built after October 2012

2013 Toyota 4Runner 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Roof strength
Head restraints & seats

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Front crash prevention
Not available

Other available safety features

  • Standard daytime running lights

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2010-24 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd

The Toyota 4Runner was redesigned for the 2010 model year. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Toyota as part of frontal crash test verification.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTF0910
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 9
Left (cm) 11
Center (cm) 12
Right (cm) 10
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -5
Rearward (cm) -5
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTF0910
Head
HIC-15 357
Peak gs at hard contact 71
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.5
Extension bending moment (Nm) 22
Maximum Nij 0.30
Chest maximum compression (mm) 21
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.5
Femur force - right (kN) 1.6
Knee displacement - left (mm) 3
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.49
Maximum tibia index - right 0.31
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.6
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 94
Right 111

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2010-13 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd with front and second row head curtain airbags and front seat-mounted torso airbags (vehicle not equipped with third row seats)

The Toyota 4Runner was redesigned for the 2010 model year. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Toyota as part of side crash test verification.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTS1002
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -16.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTS1002
Head HIC-15 126
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.0
Compression (kN) 0.7
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 35
Lateral force (kN) 1.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 23
Average deflection (mm) 21
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.30
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.29
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.5
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.2
Combined force (kN) 4.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.0
L-M moment (Nm) 57
A-P moment (Nm) -149

Passenger injury measures

Test ID VTS1002
Head HIC-15 120
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.5
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 28
Lateral force (kN) 1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 29
Average deflection (mm) 17
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.90
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.31
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.7
Combined force (kN) 2.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.0
L-M moment (Nm) 24
A-P moment (Nm) 53

How the side crash test is conducted

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2013-23 models built after October 2012

Tested vehicle: 2013 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 4,585 lbs
Peak force 18,866 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.11

Rating applies to 2010-13 models built before November 2012

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 4,734 lbs
Peak force 18,334 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.87

How the roof strength test is conducted

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seats AHR

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 44
Distance below top of head (mm) 30
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.4
Head contact time (ms) 68
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 44
Max neck tension (N) 532

How the head restraint & seat test is conducted
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.