The multimedia system in our long-term Toyota 4Runner works well enough overall, but user-interface and smartphone-connectivity issues prevent it from being class-leading.

As cars increasingly become more like computers on wheels, they’re also becoming more glitchy, according to the 2026 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study.

There are a lot of Jurassic Park quotes going through my head.

What Toyota has done with the 2025 4Runner is evolutionary and well-considered. The new 4Runner sits on the TNGA-F body-on-frame architecture (shared with the Tacoma and Tundra), and that underpins ...