Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||||
| 97050900297 | 05/09/1997 | 53033 | Excessive air conditioning evaporator odor is accuring in various vehicles. *yc | 11/06/1997 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/30/2006 | 65000 | 3 | 02/01/1997 |
| A) while driving on the highway at approximate speed of 45-55 mph the engine shut itself off without me or any part of my body even touching the key or do anything to provoke such event. b) i was driving along with the flow during rush our when failure occurred. i was in drive the whole time and was using only the accelerator, and occasionally the brake pedal to adjust my speed to traffic. i was not changing gears or touching the gear shifter. c) this was the third incident to occur in a span of about one year. all incidents happened while driving on the highway in traffic with engine in normal operating temperature] and at estimated speed of 40 to 60 mph. d) first incident, i thought maybe i had done something to cause the failure and didn't report it. second incident, i took the car to my toyota dealer and he refused to register my complaint. he said that because i didn't bring the car in quickly enough the incident would be gone from the onboard computer memory. therefore, there was no point of doing diagnostics. this was the third incident, and i intend to visit the same toyota dealer in palo alto on january 30, 2006. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 10/29/2000 | 3 | 06/01/1997 | |
| No summary | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 20 | 04/01/1997 | ||
| Whenever vehicle has sat a long time would fail to start up. ignition would lock up. the battery is fine. been in touch with the dealer at least 20 times. have taken to dealer & mechanic informed owner no problem with ignition or starter. was informed what to do but solution do not work . *ak the cause for the vehicle failing to start up is indicated to be due to the burglar alarm system. *yh | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 05/01/2000 | 2 | ||
| Consumer stated ecm/starter failed. *jb | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY | |||
| 05/01/2000 | 2 | ||
| Consumer stated ecm/starter failed. *jb | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 3 | |||
| Wiring within the vehicle attracks mice, which have been creating problems with components. | |||