2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder

Routine

Owners filed 2 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
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Oct 10, 2002PA

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING WHEEL MOMENTARY LOCKS UP WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 4, 2002TX

REPEATED AND CONSTANT ENGINE FAILURE. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR ALMOST 100 DAYS IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. VEHICLE CURRENTLY BEING SERVICED.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20052000Routine
200313010Routine
20022000Routine
2001 — this page2000Routine
200010000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.