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1978 Toyota Corona Station Wagon Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1978 Toyota Corona Station Wagon, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Fuel system1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Fuel system

Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.

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From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Mar 23, 2009

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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