Should You Still Buy A Toyota 4Runner In 2023?

hey guys John here welcome back to another video 2023 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro in solar octane so hey guys how's it going welcome back to another video so this Forerunner has been my press vehicle for the past week and it's been really awesome now I'm super familiar with the Forerunner platform I did already make a video comparing this 4Runner to my 2018 TRD Pro 4Runner just because in 2020 Toyota gave us a little bit of updates on the outside and also a good healthy amount of updates on the inside but if you are one of those that is still looking for a new 5th gen 4Runner in 2023 in the 2024 then this review is for you I'm gonna go over all the highlights that this old dinosaur has to offer so let's start up front with the headlights all forerunners are gonna come with LED headlights for both low and high beam they're right here in the projector housing you're going to have a DRL that is halogen sometimes you can upgrade it to an LED and then this one does have led fog lights all four runners are also going to come up front with Toyota safety sense they have a big radar thing right there in the grill kind of not placed the best but hey it is what it is in this particular TRD Pro does have a camera up there for a full 360 camera view this charity pro has Toyota's Heritage style Grille up front it looks really good with Toyota just written out right there in the front and what do you guys think of this solar octane color it is so awesome it changes so much on camera so much in real life it looks Coral it looks orange it has these beautiful pearls all up in it for the tierd Pro 2 we're gonna get a fake Hood vent it does not do anything for the 4.0 liter V6 underneath the hood in the very very front though we do have a TRD Pro skid plate a nice aluminum skid plate right under that black Valance there and we do have some recovery points too on the Forerunner this particular TRD Pro has some Fox shocks so it has Fox shock internally bypassed underneath of it and also some more all-terrain tires with these Nitto Terra Grapplers these are 17 inch wheels they are the TRD Pro Wheels they have six spokes still but they're kind of concaved a little bit very original to how the TRD Pro Wheels were when they first came out in 2015 for the Forerunner but just updated a little bit some nice updated features for a TRD Pro you can finally get it is indicators here in the mirrors we do have blind spot monitoring on this Forerunner as well and to continuing with the 360 camera view we got a camera right down there and also a puddle light underneath the mirror this is our TRD roof rack that we got on the new forerunners this started in 2019 with the voodoo Blues but it's kind of like an FJ Cruiser inspired roof rack here you have some crossbars honestly no real wind noise as big as this basket is I don't know if it's how these crossbars just deflect some wind but really no road noise at all and also up here on the roof we do have a moon roof we got nice TRD Pro badging right there on the c-pillar the solar octane color is just absolutely awesome then come into the tail lights I really do like the tail lights of the Forerunner but it is kind of chromey right here when you have a very blacked out accented vehicle we do have a halogen blinker light LED brake lights down here and then a halogen reverse light when you put the vehicle into reverse 4Runner right here this is a very staple to the Forerunner I really like this I hope the sixth generation 4Runner just says 4Runner on the back looks good it is Chrome wish it was blacked out and then since this vehicle does have keyless entry we do have the rear roll down window that starts with a button right here and we can roll it up just with the key in our pocket it is not automatic if you let go of it though but it goes all the way up third brake light up top hitch receiver down here TRD Pro on the back and then also some TRD exhaust on this a little bit drony for some people if you don't like it but it does come standard with a TRD Pro Exhaust getting on into the Forerunner It Is keyless entry so if the vehicle is locked it will automatically unlock just with the key in your pocket these four runners are still made in Japan they're still made in Japan and they are solid guys 14 years this generation of 4Runner has been out and they are Rock Solid every single thing has been addressed every single issue with these there's hardly any recalls anymore any tsbs for these things at all if any the only thing is steering wheel wobble for some reason at 58 to 62 miles an hour 5th gen 4Runners just have a little bit of a wobble Sometimes some don't some do this one particularly does but other than that we're looking at a solid high quality interior soft touch all throughout here TRD Pro Models have this red stitching all your windows are Auto so if you just press the button every single window will go down if Auto auto Auto so nice Auto Windows there tons of storage here on the Forerunner I like to put like my wallet here sometimes phone cup holders down here right here we have our 360 camera view you have your inverter in the back your heated windshield if you are in a colder climate this one does have automatic lights so that's how you turn that on and off our seats are nice soft text I prefer softex over leather especially in this one my 4Runner has 35 000 miles on it it's five years old and the seats basically look brand new these seats are super solid red stitching on them tyrity embroidered right there into the headrest because it is a TRD Pro and then coming on into the inside of it this is what got updated in 2020 so we have a newer screen here it still has Toyota Entune on it but we do have Apple carplay Android auto you do have to plug your phone in and then we have a new gauge cluster right here it looks nice it looks modern and updated had to do that because of the Toyota safety sense stuff all up in there and then with that too we do get a little bit of a redesigned steering wheel from prior than 2020 models with our volume controls here and weirdly our track buttons are up and down just like the Tacoma and then some of the Toyota safety sense stuff right here for like radar cruise control what is nice with this TRD Pro and Only The Limited forerunners have it I feel like for 2024 they may offer this in more premium models but we do have dual climate control here which is nice so your passenger they can have their own climate and then you can have your own climate on the driver's side looking up since this is a TRD Pro Model we have all of our goodies up here for off-road so we have our speed for our crawl control right here you can limit your crawl control right there and then we also have our multi-terrain select when you move this around those are all your different terrain modes automatic traction control and you also have a rear Locker for when you put the Forerunner into four low and then we have our moon roof controls right here and of course halogen interior lights coming down to the center console we have a cup holder here cup holder here our manual lever which is nice for our four wheel drive system shifter knobs here D shifter knob for the five speed transmission in this Forerunner we have the roll down rear window switch right here which is a staple for the Forerunner Toyota do not get rid of that for the 6th gen 4Runner or I swear to God we're gonna ride and then also we have our heated seats right here now center console wise not a whole whole lot of space in here I mean it's pretty decent if I spread my hand out we do have some 12 volt right here no USBS in here and then deep kind of tray a lot of people like to put a tray right here that's what I have in my 4Runner so good amount of space right here in the center console and then glove box space too it is lockable but it's pretty good too for this Forerunner now coming in in the back seats the quality continues here again with more soft touch we have an auto roll down rear window too and we have a decent amount of space back here for the rear occupants we have two USBS down there occupants do have HVAC back here but no controls we have netting for storage and it's just so secure I love the 4Runner man and then we have our seats that will fold down so you can fold them down in multiple ways you can lift this up down here too to make just your seat fold down you can to make just your seat fold down you can do the headrest and then this nothing automatic come on guys it's a forerunner and then also this seat over here will fold all the way this way and then those seats will go so you have like a 60 40 split back here so for the middle seats two of the Forerunner a lot of people may not know this but you can actually recline the seats so that's recline bring it up like that and then they will also fall forward and then coming to the actual cargo area it's an electronic opening but you gotta manually lift it up no automatic hatch for the Forerunner but we have our inverter back here our subwoofer for our JBL sound system this particular 4Runner does have the sliding cargo tray which I I love I love the sliding cargo tray because you could sit on it as a kind of tailgate thing and then two it it allows for when that seat is folded flat too to have a fully flat floor so I really like that about the Forerunner the cargo tray is definitely one of my favorite things that I have in mind and a decent amount of storage back here too in the Forerunner so you can get a 4Runner with three seats it's only very specific models I believe a SR5 premium and the limiteds you can get with a third row back here but it is very very tight on Space all right guys so driving impressions of this Forerunner there are so many journalists out there that are just absolute critics of how old this vehicle is for how much money it is and I get that but if you are the one buying this 4Runner with the automotive journalists get wrong is we don't give a crap we don't give a crap about that because we know what we're buying we're buying this reliable bulletproof vehicle to potentially build up or just to potentially get your family driving around whatever but that's that's what we're buying so it's old we get that so I won't rag on that at all what I do want to touch on is this fox suspension so my TRD Pro 4Runner it has so so comfortable my TRD Pro 4Runner it has the Bilstein suspension in 2019 Toyota came out with the fox suspension on the TRD Pros so I think of all the charity Pros that I have driven the Forerunner is the best with the fox suspension the tundra was decently comfortable the Sequoia is not that soft at all and the Tacoma it was actually pretty good the 4Runner is just so soft and plush it is a very very comfortable suspension setup on the 4Runner and also too it's great off-road it's really good off-road now this 2023 for some reason like when I get up to speed with it I don't know if Toyota like tweaked some things or if it's just my Forerunner getting old but this one feels like it has like a little bit more throttle response so like give it a little bit of pedal and and I think it gets up and goes now it does it is you know have a little bit of that brake dive like if we put on our brakes we have a good amount of brake Dives so I mean it still drives very good and again Cobble like little streets so solid it is such a solid good vehicle accelerate again hard shift break Dives a little bit so I mean if if you expect the vehicle to just to be old which it is but like the Forerunner it still gets up and goes like if you really need it and you throw the pedal down it'll still get up and go very spacious you are close to your passenger over here just because it's not like a full-size SUV but it is solid minimal wind noise like I said even though this thing has the TRD Pro roof rack really the only noise I hear is that tierd exhaust right a little bit droney sometimes and then also this thing has the Nitto Terra Grappler Tires which are very good off-road tires like to come like some of the best tires that Toyota could put on a vehicle right now for the Tierney Pros but you do hear like you're a little bit of that wind noise and again a little bit of drone from that tierd exhaust but besides that guys I mean if you're just if you go into it knowing that the Forerunner is a little bit old it's not going to be super peppy like a lot of modern vehicles the interior it's not going to have all the crazy amenities and stuff right and you're okay paying that price for like a bulletproof vehicle then I really think that the Forerunner you will not be upset with I still have one I love it I am potentially gonna sell it you know for like one like this with a little bit more Creature Comforts on the inside but at the end of the day I I just still love the Forerunner I always have and hopefully depending on the Sixth Gen I always will we will see so guys I appreciate you like always and I will catch you all in the next video alright see you later

Channel: TRD JON

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Length: 12min 28sec (748 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 29 2023