1996 Toyota Toyota Truck

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear › springs › leaf spring assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly	1		0	0	0
Steering › Linkages	1		0	0	0
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump	1		0	0	0
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage	1		0	0	0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Steering › Linkages

Filed Mar 11, 2004GA

FAILURE OF STEERING RELAY ROD. SECOND VERIFIED OCCURRENCE OF THIS EXTREME SAFETY RELATED FAILURE. BOTH FAILURES AT SLOW SPEED IN PARKING LOT. TOYOTA 1996 T100 PICK UP TRUCK. VIN #[XXX] AND ALSO VIN [XXX]. INQUIRY FROM LOCAL DEALER WAS IGNORED. FAILURE OF THIS CONTROL ROD CAUSES COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING. WE ARE ALL CMATL1 TECHS AT THIS INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY AND I HAVE NEVER SOUNDED AN ALARM BEFORE. I FEEL THIS IS VERY WORTHY OF AN INQUIRY ON YOUR PART! REGARDS, [XXX],*AK JAPANESE MOTOR WORKS, INC.*AK [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly

Filed Jun 16, 1998UT

BOTH REAR LEAF SPRINGS BROKE, RESULTING IN CONTROL LOST.

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump

Filed Nov 4, 1997CA

POWER STEERING UNIT/PUMP SHAFT FAILED.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage

Filed Sep 8, 1997CA

SEAT BELT FAILED.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine

Filed May 19, 1997CA

HEAD GASKET LEAKS.

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2003	6	0	0	0	Routine
2001	6	0	0	0	Routine
2000	14	0	0	0	Routine
1998	6	0	0	0	Routine
1997	5	0	0	0	Routine
1996 — this page	5	0	0	0	Routine
1995	10	0	0	0	Routine
1994	19	0	1	0	Routine
1993	16	1	0	0	Routine
1992	17	0	1	0	Routine
1991	11	0	0	1	Fatalities reported

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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.