2023 4Runner Information

2023 Toyota 4Runner

40 Years in the Making.

The Toyota 4Runner has been a Toyota mainstay for  40 years. To celebrate, Toyota is offering a distinctive 4WD-only 2023 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition. Appropriately, Toyota will make 4,040 of these special editions available for the U.S. market. The 2023 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition is baed on the SR5 Premium grade and will be available in three colors: White, Midnight Black Metallic and Barcelona Red Metallic. It will stand out from the lineup thanks to bronze-colored 17-inch alloy wheels, a body-color matching Toyota heritage grille and a bronze-colored 40th Anniversary exterior tailgate badge. The biggest eye-catcher, though, is likely to be the heritage graphics package created especially for this anniversary model. 

The first 4Runner was built on the Toyota pickup platform, which itself founded the heritage Toyota's success in off-road racing. As a nod to those early racers, the 4Runner 40th Anniversary Edition will be wearing some very cool, retro-inspired yellow/orange/red body graphics. On the interior, the anniversary theme continues with exclusive badging on the center console and features a bronze-colored cross-stitch shift knob, bronze-colored seat stitching, 40th Anniversary floormats and a 40th Anniversary logo on the Black SofTex-trimmed seats. Topping it off is a standard power moonroof. 

The 2023 4Runner lineup covers a broad range of tastes and needs in a high-capability SUV. The line includes grades SR5, SR5 Premium, TRD Sport, TRD Off-Road, TRD Off-Road Premium, Limited and TRD Pro. The 4Runner excludes a rugged look in all grades yet maintains a timeless SUV style all its own. The SR5 and TRD models ride on 17-inch alloy wheels that are available in three designs: 6-spoke for SR5 models, 7-spoke for TRD Off-Road models and flow-form matte black alloy wheels for TRD Pro. 

The TRD Off-Road and TRD Off-Road Premium grades are distinguished by color-keyed bumpers and overfenders, hood scoop and silver-colored painted front and rear bumper accents. The Limited is the only 4Runner with a chrome-finished exterior trim. All 4Runner models have LED fog lights as standard equipment, with the TRD Pro featuring Rigid Industries LED fog lights.

The 2023 4Runner features a 270-horsepower DOHC 4.0-liter V6 engine with 278 lb-ft of peak torque which gives 4Runner plenty of get-up-and-go. The five-speed ETC-i automatic transmission features a sequential shift mode for manually shifting when desired. All 4Runner grades are standard-equipped with an integrated tow-hitch receiver and wiring harness, and all models can tow a maximum of 5,000 pounds. 

All 2WD 4Runners provide an ample 9.0-inches of ground clearance and features standard Automatic Limited Slip Differential, a function of the traction control that allows some wheel slippage to help the vehicle dig out from snow or sand for example. All 4WD models offer an even more generous 9.6 inches of ground clearance and the available part-time 4WD System uses Active Traction Control and bolsters off-road capability with a two-speed transfer case with selectable low-range.  Exclusive to 4Runner Limited, a full-time 4WD system uses a Torsen center differential with locking feature and a three-mode, center console mounted switch. The system employs a 40:60 torque split in most driving situations and alters that in response to slippage. 

Whether cruising around town with family or exploring unfamiliar territory, safety is always of primary importance.  With room for up to seven, the fifth-generation 4Runner offers room for the whole family. All 2023 4Runner models come standard with Toyota Safety Sense-P, an advanced suite of driver-assist technologies that includes:

• Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection
• Lane Departure Alert with Sway Warning System
• Automatic High Beams
• High-Speed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control

For the 2023 model year, Blind Spot Monitor + Rear Cross Traffic Alert is standard on all grades. All models have standard LED high beams, in addition to the LED low beams and fog lights on most grades. Along with TSS-P, all 2023 4runner models also come quipped with Toyota's Star Safety System that include:

• Vehicle Stability Control with traction control
• Anti-Lock Brake System with Electronic Brake-force Distribution
• Brake Assist
• Smart Stop Technology brake-override system

Eight standard airbags include driver and front passenger Advanced Airbag system, front seat-mounted side airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags; and all-row, roll-sensing side curtain airbags. All 2023 4Runner models add Rear Occupancy Alert. When operational parameters are met, the system does what its name suggests, it reminds the driver to check the rear seat for a child or pet before exiting the vehicle.