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Flipping Toyota 4 runners / Trucks.
I`ve heard SO much about Toyota 4 runners and Toyota trucks rolling.
Plus My son nearly lost his life when his Toyota rolled and YES for no reason. No drinking nor drugs involved! I have 2 4x4 Toyota trucks and am wondering if there may be a for sure steering I can put under my trucks? They have sent out 2 steering recalls on my trucks now??? Any feed back will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Robin. |
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Flipping Toyota 4 runners / Trucks.
The older 4Runners and Tacomas have a very poor history with regards
to roll over performance. This is to be expected, they are relative tall vehicles, with a narrow track, and a relatively short wheelbase. A high center of gravity and a narrow track is a combination that results in poor rollover performance. I am not sure what you can do to improve this. Making the track wider (moving the wheels out with spacers) would help some, but that has its own negative effects and is probably not a good idea. Leaving the vehicle at the stock height (or even lowering them would help some). Making sure the tires are properly inflated per the vehicle placard (NOT the maximum listed on the tires) would also help. In the end, the most important factor is the driver. These are high center of gravity vehicles, drive them as such. If you are really worried about this, trade them in on newer models. The newer 4Runners and Tacomas have much better rollover resistance. Toyota improved them so that they went from being among the most rollover prone vehicles sold in the US, to among the best in class (as far as rollover performance). Ed "No Kill Shelters" > wrote in message ... > I`ve heard SO much about Toyota 4 runners and Toyota trucks rolling. > Plus My son nearly lost his life when his Toyota rolled and YES for > no > reason. > No drinking nor drugs involved! > I have 2 4x4 Toyota trucks and am wondering if there may be a for > sure > steering I can put under my trucks? > They have sent out 2 steering recalls on my trucks now??? > Any feed back will be greatly appreciated. > Thanks Robin. > |
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