Toyota 4Runner Towing Capacity

What lowers your 4Runner's real towing limit

• The 6th-generation 4Runner (2025–present) is rated 6,000 lbs, up from the 5,000-lb rating the 5th generation carried every year from 2019 through 2024.
• Toyota lists one maximum tow figure for every 2025 grade, so the gas i-FORCE and hybrid i-FORCE MAX powertrains tow the same.
• On 2019–2024 models, every 4Runner came with a tow-hitch receiver and wiring harness and was rated 5,000 lbs with a 500-lb maximum tongue weight.
• Payload depends on drive and grade: on 2019–2022 models the lighter 4x2 SR5 carried the most (1,700 lbs), while 4x4 grades were rated 1,495–1,625 lbs.

The maximum rating assumes a specific, lightly loaded configuration. Three other limits apply on every tow, and the first one you hit is your real limit:

• Payload. Passengers, cargo, accessories and the trailer's tongue weight all count against payload. The payload figure on your door-jamb Tire and Loading Information placard is the one for your exact vehicle.
• Tongue weight. A conventional trailer typically puts 10–15% of its weight on the hitch, so a 5,000-lb trailer adds roughly 500–750 lbs to the truck or SUV. The hitch receiver has its own tongue-weight limit, printed on the receiver label.
• GCWR. The gross combined weight rating caps the loaded vehicle plus the loaded trailer. Every pound of passengers and cargo added to the vehicle comes off the trailer weight you can pull at GCWR.

Always stay within the lowest of these limits for your specific vehicle.