Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 08/03/2011 | 101000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 1998 toyota 4runner. the contact stated that a small fire erupted under the hood after driving the vehicle for 100 miles. the contact saw smoke coming from under the hood and when the hood was opened, there were flames coming from the alternator. the fire damaged the wiring harness but was extinguished quickly. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the alternator was replaced. the dealer advised that the fire was started by a defective voltage regulator to the alternator. the dealer stated the battery, abs and alternator lights should have illuminated as a warning but the contact had not received warning of the failure. the manufacturer was contacted and advised the contact that the failure was a maintenance issue. the failure mileage was 101,000 and the current mileage was 102,000. | |||
| 08/03/2011 | 101000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 1998 toyota 4runner. the contact stated that a small fire erupted under the hood after driving the vehicle for 100 miles. the contact saw smoke coming from under the hood and when the hood was opened, there were flames coming from the alternator. the fire damaged the wiring harness but was extinguished quickly. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the alternator was replaced. the dealer advised that the fire was started by a defective voltage regulator to the alternator. the dealer stated the battery, abs and alternator lights should have illuminated as a warning but the contact had not received warning of the failure. the manufacturer was contacted and advised the contact that the failure was a maintenance issue. the failure mileage was 101,000 and the current mileage was 102,000. kmj | |||
| 08/03/2011 | 101000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 1998 toyota 4runner. the contact stated that a small fire occurred under the hood on the vehicle. the contact stated the fire occurred aftter driving the vehicle for 100 miles. the contact saw smoke coming from under the hood and when the hood was open there were flames coming from the alternator. the fire damaged the wiring harness, but the fire was stopped quickly. the vehicle was taken to a dealer were the alternator was replaced. the dealer stated the fire was started by a bad voltage regulator to the alternator. the dealer stated the battery, abs and altenator lights should have come on as a warning and the contact stated this did not happen. the contact directly to the manufacturer and was told that the failure was a maintenance issue. the failure mileage was 101,000 and the current mileage was 102,000.rl | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY - SOLENOID | |||
| 03/21/2007 | 102560 | 1 | 12/10/1997 |
| While driving to work in my car on 3/21/07 the soleniod of the starter did not disengage and a fire commenced in the starter of the car. fortunatly, i was able to stop and a passer by,almost immediatly provided a fire extinguisher, and the fire was extinguished. damage tp the auto was relatively small.*ak | |||