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1986 Toyota VAN problems

Owners have filed 10 complaints about the 1986 Toyota VAN with NHTSA between 1995 and 2003. The largest single group is the engine & cooling.

Read the complaints What breaks Worst years for the Toyota VAN
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Not graded

Too few complaints, or too short a model run, to compare fairly.

How this is worked out

The numbers

10

Complaints

0

Crashes reported

6

Fires reported

3

Injuries reported

How 1986 compares with every other Toyota VAN

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5 7 10 9 2 3 1 4
84 85 86 87 88 89 90 94
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks on a 1986 Toyota VAN

Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.

Engine & Cooling 5 50.0%

0 crashes, 3 fires

Electrical System 3 30.0%

0 crashes, 3 fires

Seat Belts 1 10.0%
Brakes 1 10.0%

When owners complained

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.

Mar 1995 peak 1 Jan 2003

NHTSA investigations into the 1986 Toyota VAN

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.

PE87057 Opened 10 Sep 1987 Closed 30 Mar 1988 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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...

Recalls on the 1986 Toyota VAN

A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous enough to fix for free — however old the car is.

Canada — Transport Canada

Canada runs its own recall programme, and its campaigns do not always mirror the American ones.

Recall 1989083 10,013 units in Canada

Steering

THE STEERING BEVEL GEAR ASSEMBLY, WHICH TRANSMITS STEERING EFFORT TO THE STEERING GEAR, MAY BECOME CORRODED. THIS COULD CAUSE THE STEERING TO BECOME GRADUALLY HARDER EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN ERRATIC OPERATION AND A POTENTIAL STEERING LOSS. CORRECTION: STEERING BEVEL GEAR ASSEMBLY COVER LIQUID GASKET MATERIAL WILL BE REPLACED WITH IMPROVED MATERIAL. ASSEMBLIES FOUND WITH WATER CONTAMINATION WILL BE REPLACED.

Recalls cover specific build ranges, so check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or, in Canada, Transport Canada.

Complaints that involved harm

Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.

ST. Albans, VT Fire 1 injured

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

CONSUMER NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT WHEEL WELL AREA, CONSUMER HEARD 2 EXPLOSIONS, CONSUMER SUFFERED BURNS TO LEFT HAND, FIRE INVESTIGATOR WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE.

NHTSA complaint #564327 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ST. Albans, VT Fire 1 injured

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

CONSUMER NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT WHEEL WELL AREA, CONSUMER HEARD 2 EXPLOSIONS, CONSUMER SUFFERED BURNS TO LEFT HAND, FIRE INVESTIGATOR WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE.

NHTSA complaint #564327 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ST. Albans, VT Fire 1 injured

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

WHILE DRIVING A FIRE IGNITED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.*SLC

NHTSA complaint #899323 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Petersburg, VA Fire

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, UNKNOWN SOURCE OF FIRE IN VEHICLE. TT

NHTSA complaint #976433 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Fresno, CA Fire

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

ELECTRICAL FIRE UNDER HOOD. *SKD

NHTSA complaint #489682 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Fresno, CA Fire

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

HOT WIRE SHORTED OUT VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE HAD TO CUT GROUND CABLE TO TURN OFF THE POWER. RESULTED IN UNDERHOOD FIRE. TT

NHTSA complaint #961347 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

The most recent complaints

In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.

Santa Cruz, CA

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

CONSUMER STATED WHEN BRAKING, THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint #10003613 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ST. Albans, VT Fire 1 injured

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

CONSUMER NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT WHEEL WELL AREA, CONSUMER HEARD 2 EXPLOSIONS, CONSUMER SUFFERED BURNS TO LEFT HAND, FIRE INVESTIGATOR WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE.

NHTSA complaint #564327 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ST. Albans, VT Fire 1 injured

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

CONSUMER NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT WHEEL WELL AREA, CONSUMER HEARD 2 EXPLOSIONS, CONSUMER SUFFERED BURNS TO LEFT HAND, FIRE INVESTIGATOR WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE.

NHTSA complaint #564327 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ST. Albans, VT Fire 1 injured

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

WHILE DRIVING A FIRE IGNITED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.*SLC

NHTSA complaint #899323 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Glen Burnie, MD

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

SEATBELT ANCHORAGE ON DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE AND SEPARATED, CAUSING A LOSS OF PROTECTION.

NHTSA complaint #834635 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Alburqueque, NM

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

WAS DRIVING AND THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE PULLEY BROKE .

NHTSA complaint #808524 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Ureka, CA

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

OWNER STATES THAT THEIR IS EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE GOING INSIDE VEHICLE. OWNER IS CONCERNED ABOUT VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE BECAUSE OF THIS. SHE ALSO NOTES THAT FLOOR OF VEHICLE IS HARD BECAUSE OF ABNORMAL TEMPERTURES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HEAT IS SO EXCESSIVE THAT IT BURNED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CARPET. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #806193 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Petersburg, VA Fire

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, UNKNOWN SOURCE OF FIRE IN VEHICLE. TT

NHTSA complaint #976433 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Fresno, CA Fire

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

ELECTRICAL FIRE UNDER HOOD. *SKD

NHTSA complaint #489682 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Fresno, CA Fire

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

HOT WIRE SHORTED OUT VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE HAD TO CUT GROUND CABLE TO TURN OFF THE POWER. RESULTED IN UNDERHOOD FIRE. TT

NHTSA complaint #961347 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.