Toyota Towing Hitch Kit

Owners filed 24 complaints across 2 model years of the Toyota Towing Hitch Kit. The 1999 drew the most (21); the 1998 the fewest (3).

Model years2

Complaints24

Recalls2

Fires0

Deaths1

Every Toyota Towing Hitch Kit model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Relative volume	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
1999	21		1	—	4	Equipment	Fatalities reported
1998	3		1	—	—	Equipment	Routine

Which Toyota Towing Hitch Kit years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 1999 is the weakest year on record, with 21 complaints concentrated in the equipment. It carries 1 recall.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.