FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Echo

Owners have filed 262 complaints about the Toyota Echo with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2005. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Toyota Echo

117 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2005 Toyota Echo

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Echo year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2005 C 13 11 0 1,275 Airbags
2004 1 1 0 Seat Belts
2003 D 23 7 0 25,834 Airbags
2002 D 45 16 2 66,292 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2001 D 63 21 8 67,000 Airbags
2000 F 117 35 1 84,631 Brakes

What breaks on a Toyota Echo

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 49 18.7%

Worst in 2000

Brakes 44 16.8%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2001

Transmission & Drivetrain 21 8.0%

Worst in 2000

Electrical System 17 6.5%

Worst in 2000

Equipment & Accessories 10 3.8%

Worst in 2000

Suspension 9 3.4%

Worst in 2000

Fuel & Propulsion 8 3.1%

Worst in 2001

Tires 8 3.1%

Worst in 2001

Seat Belts 7 2.7%

Worst in 2001

Steering 6 2.3%

Worst in 2002

Other & Unspecified 6 2.3%

Worst in 2000

Wheels 5 1.9%

Worst in 2000

Exactly what failed on a Toyota Echo

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Frontal 24 34.3%
Foundation Components 9 12.9%
Automatic Transmission 9 12.9%
Vacuum 5 7.1%
Engine 5 7.1%
Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc. 4 5.7%
Master Cylinder 4 5.7%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 4 5.7%
Front 3 4.3%
Hoses, Lines/Piping, AND Fittings 3 4.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota Echo, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2000 peak 9 Jan 2026

Compare the Toyota Echo

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.