January 12, 2023
A South Carolina judge has granted Toyota's bid for summary judgment in a class action that claimed the carmaker knew about corrosion problems with its fourth-generation 4Runners based on issues with other models, finding that those frames were from different suppliers and that internal documentation doesn't prove the company ignored evidence of corrosion issues.
March 01, 2019
Toyota asked a South Carolina federal judge Friday to throw out a driver's proposed class action claiming the undercarriage of certain 4Runners and other vehicles are subject to undue and damaging corrosion, arguing some claims are time-barred and others simply aren't the automaker's fault.