FaultScore report
Owners have filed 12 complaints about the 1984 Toyota Tercel with NHTSA between 1995 and 1996. The largest single group is the engine & cooling.
12
Complaints
2
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
0
Injuries reported
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Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
2 crashes, 0 fires
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.
BROKEN STABILIZER BAR
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IGNITER ASSEMBLY FAILURE
SUMMARY: TOYOTA RECOVERED SOME FAILED IGNITION CONTROL MODULES FROM THEFIELD. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT A SOLDER JOINT IN THE POWER TRANSISTOROF THE MODULE WAS SUBJECT TO FAILURE. BECAUSE THE PART IS AN EMISSIONRELATED COMPONENT A VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL CAMPAIGN WAS CONDUCTED.THE PREDOMINANT MODE OF FAILURE IS AN INABILITY TO START THE ENGINE,ALTHOUGH A STALLED CONDITION CAN OCCUR WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING.SINCE THE REPORTED OCCURENCE OF ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES IS SMALL, AND THEREPAIR IS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE EMISSIONS RECALL CAMPAIGN, THELIKLEHOOD OF FURTHER ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES IS...
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)
NHTSA complaint #505601 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.(NEW JERSEY POLICE REPORT)
NHTSA complaint #505601 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)
NHTSA complaint #505601 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.(NEW JERSEY POLICE REPORT)
NHTSA complaint #505601 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
MISALIGNMENT, CAUSING POOR DIRECTIONAL.
NHTSA complaint #505969 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #505969 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES REPAIRED.
NHTSA complaint #505969 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #505969 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #505969 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
TIE RODS REPAIRED.
NHTSA complaint #505969 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER REPAIRED.
NHTSA complaint #505969 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE BACK SEATBELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
NHTSA complaint #970831 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE REAR RUSTED OUT AND IT ALMOST CAUSED THE REAR WHEEL WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
NHTSA complaint #970561 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
REAR DRIVER'S SIDE GLASS WINDOW OPENED SO FAR; ATTEMPTED TO OPEN WIDER; WINDOW BROKE/SHATTERED INTO LOTS OF LITTLE PIECES. TT
NHTSA complaint #966172 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.