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1978 Toyota Corona Station Wagon 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 Mar 23, 2009
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 Mar 23, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1978 Toyota Corona Station Wagon. 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

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Fuel system
Filed Mar 23, 2009

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1978 TOYOTA CORONA STATION WAGON. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2008, THE CONTACT HAD THE STARTER REPLACED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND PERFORM AS IF IT WERE NOT GETTING FUEL. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD HESITATE AND OFTEN FAIL TO START. OTHER TIMES, THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN FINE FOR A MILE OR TWO BEFORE JERKING VIOLENTLY ON VARIOUS ROAD CONDITIONS (UPHILL, DOWNHILL, FLAT SURFACE). SEVERAL MECHANICS STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE SIMILAR TO A FAULTY FUEL PUMP OR FUEL REGULATOR. BOTH THE FUEL PUMP AND REGULATOR WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 150,000.

NHTSA ID
10262769
Incident
Mar 20, 2008
Mileage
150,000 mi

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.

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