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1989 Toyota 4X4 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 23, 2006
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 30, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Toyota 4X4. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Steering
Filed May 23, 2006

I RECEIVED A FOLLOW UP NOTICE SSC 50N STEERING RELAY ROD REPLACEMENT RECALL ON MY TOYOTA 1989 PICKUP [XXX]. THIS IS MY PRINCIPAL CAR. THERE IS NO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WITHIN 3 HOURS DRIVE. WHEN I CALL THE TOYOTA TELEPHONE NUMBER GIVEN, I HAVE WAITED 10 MINUTES AND THEN WAS DROPPED TWICE. HOW CAN I ARRANGE TO TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL (45 MINUTES DRIVE) FORD DEALER IN YREKA WHERE I BOUGHT IT AS A USED CAR AND STILL HAVE TOYOTA PAY FOR IT? *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID
10158076
Incident
May 23, 2006
Mileage
217,000 mi
BrakesSteering
Filed Dec 30, 1999

POWER STEERING AND BRAKE FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
543588

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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