Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| The front driver and passenger side seat belt cover has fallen off . tt | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 11/15/2001 | 2 | 05/01/1998 | |
| The firestone tires are not on the recall but, it is odd how 2 of the tires have come apart and had to be replaced. the seat belts in the 1993 toyota pickup do not retract properly making them unsafe. (dot number: ejp9chk358 tiresize: p195/75r14) | |||
| 05/01/1998 | 04/01/1998 | ||
| Engine stalls occasionally and idles irratically; seat belts won't retract without a little assitance. *ak | |||
| 01/05/1999 | |||
| Seat belt on the driver's side did not retract or restrain passenger. when applying the brakes driver almost went through the windshield. seat belt was serviced under recall about 2 years ago. *ak | |||
| 04/01/1996 | |||
| Shoulder belts are not coming out all the way, needs to pull them out a little , it will lock/release and go back in. has to pull it out again, repeatingly until enough belt is available to go around. dealer cannot duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1997 | |||
| The defective driver's shoulder and lap belt does not retract out of the housing of the seatbelt. dealer said needed to replace the whole seatbelt system. *ak | |||
| 10/04/1993 | 1 | 03/19/1993 | |
| Clutch pressure plate is made of different material that is too thin, causing it to slip. *ak the spring loaded portions of the clutch pressure plate, were not of robust enough construction to withstand the frequent manual changing of gears, 13000 miles later, the same problem started to reoccur, dealer found no problems, two months later clutch failed, consumer states problem still exitsts. driver side seat belt replaced and failed within 16000 miles, passenger side seat belt looks deteriorated, consumer states the problem appears to be the mechanism which causes the belt to lock up in the case of a heavy jolt is too fragile, so when traveling on roads with heavy vibration, it repeatedly locks up and becomes too tight, cutting into consumer's neck. consumer states front suspension is of inferior stability and vehicle is easy to lose control when needing to swerve, consumer did lose control and had an accident, vehicle clipped a guardrail due to faulty suspension system, the bumper is attached to the frame by only one bolt causing it to pivot in the accident, rear springs collapsed at only 30000 miles while having only a camper shell, rear springs only have 2 small leaves to which the shocks are light weight under size, a delaer replaced the shocks because they began to leak, consumer was advised to modify the springs by adding an extra leave. *slc | |||
| 03/31/1995 | 1 | ||
| Seat belt fails to retract after unlatching. *aw | |||