Toyota 4Runner Limited

3rd gen 1996–2002

Limited^1,2,3

What it added

• Automatic climate control, from 1999
• Leather seats with front seat heaters
• Chrome accents and two-tone paint
• HomeLink and extending sun visors

• 1996
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002

4th gen 2003–2009

Limited^4,1,5,6

What it added

• Leather, heated front seats and driver's seat memory (2009)
• 18-inch wheels and lit running boards (2009)
• Dual-zone automatic climate control (2009)
• Six-CD changer and a household-style power outlet (2009)

• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009

5th gen 2010–2024

Limited^7,8,9

What it added

• Leather-trimmed, heated and ventilated front seats
• Automatic dual-zone climate control
• 20-inch alloy wheels and chrome trim
• JBL audio with navigation and 15 speakers
• Full-time 4WD with a Torsen center differential, on this grade only
• X-REAS suspension
• Panoramic View Monitor, by 2024

Watch out for

• X-REAS shock leaks Limited

  What to check: Look for wet, oily shocks.

  Two owners of 2011 4Runners in one thread had leaking shocks, at about 86,000 and 125,000 miles. CarComplaints ranks X-REAS leaks third among 2016 problems.

  Sources ^10,11

• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024

6th gen 2025–2027

Limited: i-FORCE, or i-FORCE MAX^12,13

What it added

• Heated and ventilated leather-trimmed front seats
• 14-inch touchscreen with JBL audio and a JBL FLEX portable speaker
• Power moonroof
• Full-time 4WD with a locking center differential on the i-FORCE MAX

• 2025
• 2026
• 2027