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1996 Toyota T100 complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →

Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.

Filed Feb 20, 1997CA

RADIO INOPERATIVE.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine

Filed Feb 4, 1997PA

HEAD GASKET DEFECTIVE, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine

Filed Feb 1, 1997IL

HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT. REPLACEMENT GASKET NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO BACKORDERS AND REDESIGNED VERSION NOT BEING AVAILABLE.

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire

Filed Jan 24, 1997CA

HOURS AFTER HAVING PARKED VEHICLE IGNITED DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT OF RIGHT FRONT WIRING HARNESS WHICH STARTED UNDER INSIDE RIGHT WHEEL WELL, ACCORDING TO FIRE DEPT REPORT, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine

Filed Dec 4, 1996OR

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAIILED, RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash

Filed Jul 22, 1996FL

ARRIVING AT STOP LIGHT, VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SHORT, TOYOTA'S FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP, SLID INTO/REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Structure › Body › Bumpers

Filed May 24, 1996FL

WEAK REAR BUMPER BUCKLED WHILE INSTALLING TRAILER HITCH BALL. *DH

Power Train › Automatic Transmission1 injured

Filed Feb 20, 1996CA

AT GEAR SHIFT, WHEN DRIVING FROM STOP WHEN PUT IN DRIVE GEAR SHIFT JUMPED AND CAUSES INJURIES. TT

Suspension › Front

Filed Jan 3, 1996FL

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO VIBRATE AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS. *DSH

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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