1992 Toyota Paseo

Routine

Owners filed 16 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine3
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline2
000
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Structure › Body › Trunk Lid1
001
Service Brakes1
000
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage1
000
Power Train › Clutch Assembly1
000
Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed Aug 14, 2019257,185 milesCA

TAKATA. EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR. I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEED CONTROL, TURN SIGNALS FREEZE WHILE IN USE, TRANSMISSION LEAKS AND WORKS IN 2ND GEAR BETTER THAN 1ST GEAR, BOTH BACK BREAK SHOES AND BEARINGS NEEDS REPLACED, FRONT CRACKED WINDSHIELD, BOTH SIDE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON 24/7. ALL THIS IS DRIVING ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS ETC,.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed May 31, 2002NV

TOLD BY TOYOTA IN NEVADA THAT THE PULLEY ON THE ALTERNATOR SIDE IS TEARING APART. IS THIS NORMAL?*AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Aug 3, 2001MA

CAR CAN'T HANDLE SNOWY OR RAINY ROADS. CONSTANTLY FISH-TAILS AND SPINS OUT IN SNOW OR RAIN.*AK

Power Train › Axle Assembly
Filed Feb 9, 2001SC

AFTER CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE WHILE DRIVING HE TOOK WHEEL OFF TO INVESTIGATE. DISCOVERED THAT NOISE WAS CAUSED BY FRONT AXLE BREAKING OFF. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 13, 2000NJ

MAJOR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED 1 TO 11/2 WEEKS PRIOR TO ENGINE CRANKSHAFT SEIZING , OIL AND FLUID LEVELS REMAINED OKAY IN SPITE OF ENGINE FAILURE.*AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Apr 4, 2000OH

HOOD LATCH DISCONNECTED AND STRUCK WINDSHIELD AND ROOF OF THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Oct 8, 1999CA

CLUTCH WENT OUT THREE TIMES

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 21, 1998CA

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WEBBING IS SHREDDING/COMING APART FROM TOP PART OF SEAT BELT, WHICH IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER WILL NOT BE PROTECTED. DEALER WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Radiator Assembly
Filed Dec 29, 1997NC

PLASTIC RADIATOR FAILURE. NO METAL REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE FOR PASEO PER MECHANIC.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Apr 7, 1997PA

DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 50MPH ,ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, WITHIN MINUTES BEGAN TO FEEL LOSS OF POWER, HEARD A TINGY NOISE AND BLACK SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND VEHICLE STOPPED. IN FOR REPAIR , CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Feb 4, 1997CA

POWER WINDOW SWITCH REGULATOR FAILED 4 TIMES.

Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing
Filed Mar 15, 1996MS

WHEEL BEARING IN THE FRONT WHEELS HAVE FAILED TO THE POINT OF THE WHEEL BEING LOOSE *AK

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal
Filed Feb 11, 1996MO

REAR BEARING SEAL LEAKED FLUID ON BRAKE DRUM, CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *DSH

Structure › Body › Trunk Lid1 injured
Filed Oct 30, 1995CA

TRUNK LID DOES NOT STAY OPEN, CAUSING INJURY. *SD

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Apr 27, 1995TX

THE CRANK SHAFT WHEN OUT. TT

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 19, 1995CA

VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS STARTING. *SKD

16 of 16 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1992
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19971000Routine
19962010Routine
199410000Routine
199311000Routine
1992 — this page16000Routine

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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.