It produced the singles "Cain's Blood", "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive", "Home Alone", and "Ripples", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs charts.

[1] Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time criticized some of the songs on 4 Runner for "cop[ying] the worst pop elements" of The Oak Ridge Boys, but said that the presence of bass singer Jim Chapman gave the material a "fresh sound."

His review praised "Cain's Blood" and "A Heart with 4 Wheel Drive" as the strongest tracks.

[2] Entertainment Weekly critic Alanna Nash gave the album a B-minus rating.

In her review, she said that "they can be as hokey as the Oaks, but unlike the Statlers, they're sentimental without being mawkish.