Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 07/24/2000 | 2 | 04/01/1999 | |
| My car also has some weird electircal problems with the doors and lights.*ak | |||
| 10/01/1989 | 1 | ||
| Electrical system failure, causing replacement of three batteries. *aw | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 08/23/1993 | 3 | ||
| Replaced 3 batteries. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 07/24/2000 | 2 | 04/01/1999 | |
| My car also has some weird electircal problems with the doors and lights.*ak | |||
| 05/01/1989 | |||
| Fuses on the car blow when car is put in reverse, electrical seems to have gone wacko brake light fuse blows with no apparent reason and when driving on 03/01/00 headlights went while driving at night. no accident luckily all came back after replacing fuses. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 05/01/1996 | |||
| Car dies in idle after freeway run. three year history of problem, since 90,000 mi. not fixed by valve job, distributer cap/rotor replacement, or tune up. car also surges sometimes at idle with a/c on. | |||
| 04/17/1997 | 1 | 05/01/1993 | |
| Ignition coil failed, causing vehicle to stall when accelerating. | |||
| 06/24/1996 | 4 | ||
| Ignitor failed, causing vehicle to stall. *sd | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY | |||
| 01/26/1997 | 2 | ||
| Consumer has a faulty starter on vehicle. *ak consumer states the symptom of starting problem is a grinding and a starter motor winding without proper engagement of car engine, toyota dealership has requested the ring gear be replaced, no one is sure of exact problem. *slc | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 08/02/1997 | 1 | ||
| While driving vehicle sort of slowed down, engine revved up to high rpm's, made poof sound, engine shut off, starting smoking. followed by fire underhood; vehicle totaled. *ak | |||