Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
Component
Reports
Crashes
Fires
Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
4
0
0
0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
2
0
0
0
Structure › Body › Hood
1
0
0
0
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
1
0
0
0
Engine and Engine Cooling
1
0
0
0
Air Bags › Frontal
1
1
0
0
What owners reported
Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Jan 15, 200438,248 milesGA
THE CAR HAS HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. THE CAR WAS INSPECTED AND FULL OF OIL ON JUNE 27, 2003. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TEN DAYS IN TOTAL, FOR APPROX. 600 MILES SINCE THAT DATE. THE CAR PASSED AN EMISSIONS TEST (AT HIGH RPM) ON JULY 29, 2003. THE CAR ENGINE DIED ON AUGUST 1, 2003. THE ENGINE SUFFERED OIL STARVARTION, AND REQUIRES A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. TOYOTA HAS DENIED ANY WARRANTY COVERAGE, CLAIMING THE OIL STARVATION WAS DUE TO MY NEGLIGENCE. THIS IS DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAVE PROVEN, BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT, THAT THE CAR LOST ALL OF ITS OIL IN A TWO-DAY PERIOD. REMAINING ENGINE OIL WAS REPORTED TO BE SOMEWHAT SLUDGY.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Nov 24, 2002MN
ENGINE LOOSES OIL CAT CONVERTER DIED. DT
Structure › Body › Hood
Filed Nov 6, 2002NY
THE CRATE THAT IS LOCATED ON THE REAR END OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, IS DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT IS CAUSES PARTICLES TO GET STUCK IN IT WHEN IT RAINS. WHICH CAUSES WATER TO BACK UP AND GO INTO THE VEHICLE AND ON TOP OF THE VEHICLE ENGINE. WHICH RESULT IN SERIOUS DAMAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. MR
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 2, 2002WA
TS
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 4, 2002OR
ENGINE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 4, 2002MN
MAJOR OIL LOSS, DURING DRIVING CAUSED ENGINE TO SPIN TWO BEARINGS. A QUICK LOSS OF POWER WAS EVIDENT. OIL CONTROL RINGS WERE LETTING OIL PASS THROUGH CAUSE THE CATALYTIC CONVER TO CLOGG UP AND CAUSE TOO MUCH BACK PREASURE. THE BACK PREASURE CAUSED LARGER DAMAGE TO INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONNENTS(LOSS OF MAIN BEARINGS AND THE FURTHER DISINTAGRATION OF CATALYTIC CONVERTOR).
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 13, 2002CA
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Aug 12, 2002OR
OIL CONTROL RINGS ALLOWED OIL INTO COMBUSTION CHAMBER, DAMAGING PRE-CATS IN EXHAUST HEADER. MAIN CATYLITIC CONVERTER THEN FAILED CAUSING INCREASED BACKPRESSURE AND INABILITY TO EXPEL FULL EXHAUST CHARGE WHICH FUTHER DAMAGED COMPRESSION/OIL CONTROL RINGS WHICH CAUSE MORE OIL TO BURN.*AK
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Jan 16, 2001ID
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS DARTY AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS AND FEELS THE PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO THE TIRES (NO MAKE OR SIZE) OR POWER STEERING. *SLC
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed May 19, 2000NJ
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A TREE AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.