2020 Toyota 4Runner vs 2020 Honda Pilot

Comprehensive Safety

The 2020 4Runner has the Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 (TSS) suite. The TSS is a comprehensive set of safety and driver assistance features that are often relegated to higher trim levels on other vehicles. The TSS is standard on every 2020 4Runner, meaning that even the base trim is as safe as the premium trim.  Included in the TSS are things like a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, dynamic radar cruise control, lane departure alert, automatic high beams, road sign assist, and lane tracing assist. Toyota has a reputation for putting safety first, and as a result, their safety systems are refined and unobtrusive.

The 2020 Pilot also has many safety features, but they aren’t nearly as well implemented. In particular, the adaptive cruise control is very spotty, requiring a lot of micromanagement. Similarly, the lane-departure system can be incredibly obnoxious with its warnings, and the lane-keep system can become intrusive on long stretches of curved roads.