Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 09/30/2011 | 176000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 1993 toyota pickup. the contact stated that the vehicle would jerk sporadically and pull abnormally when applying the brakes. there was also rusting on the frame of the vehicle and the exterior head lights were abnormally dim. the dealer and manufacturer denied any assistance with repairs to the vehicle. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 176,000. kmj | |||
| 09/30/2011 | 176000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 1993 toyota pickup. the contact stated that the vehicle would jerk at any time. the vehicle would also pull when the brake were depressed. there was also rusting on the frame of the vehicle. the exterior head light would be dim, making it difficult to see at night. the dealer and manufacturer denied any assistance with repair the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 176,000. nw | |||
| 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 | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR - SPRINGS - COIL SPRINGS | |||
| 02/01/1997 | 17 | 06/19/1993 | |
| The rubber stop on leaf spring failed, also torsion bar fell off. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR - SPRINGS - LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY | |||
| 02/01/1997 | 17 | 06/19/1993 | |
| The rubber stop on leaf spring failed, also torsion bar fell off. *ak | |||