1998 Gulf Toyota Corolla

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs98V277000

Filed Nov 4, 19987,794 vehiclesGulf States Toyota, Inc.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 1998-1999 TOYOTA SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH WHEEL LUG NUTS, PART NO. 1207, SUPPLIED BY PRIME WHEEL CORPORATION, AND DISTRIBUTED BY GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC. IN THE STATES OF TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI ONLY. THE LUG NUTS CONTAIN A DEFECT WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF THE LUG NUTS, AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF THE WHEEL.

Risk. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE ALL THE WHEEL LUG NUTS AND ALSO PERFORM A COMPLIMENTARY WHEEL ROTATION WHEN THE REPAIR IS DONE.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly

Filed Feb 12, 200364,000 milesFL

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS DEFECTIVE, WHICH CAUSED THE BELT NOT TO LOCK.*JB *TS

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2002	1	0	Routine
2000	1	1	Routine
1999	0	1	Routine
1998 — this page	1	1	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Nov 4, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.