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1985 Toyota Cressida 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.
4
Latest Nov 27, 1995
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.
2
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.
0
Reports on file since Jan 8, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Toyota Cressida. 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 1–4 of 4

Driver assistance
Filed Nov 27, 1995
Crash reported

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS, ON THE FIRST OCCASION CONSUMER TURNED ENGINE OFF AND ONLY HAD DAMAGE CAUSED BY KNOCKING OVER A STOP SIGN, DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, THE SECOND INCIDENT CONSUMER HAD PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THERE WAS A LOUD ACCELERATION FROM THE ENGINE, CONSUMER PRESSED ON THE BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, CONSUMER HIT THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF A CAR PASSING AND MOTOR STILL ACCELERATED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO IT A STONE EMBANKMENT, THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING EITHER OCCASION. *SLC

NHTSA ID
975427
Incident
Nov 5, 1987
BrakesDriver assistanceTransmission
Filed Jul 18, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

ENGAGE IN REVERSE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED IN REVERSE HITTING A CAR, THEN ACCELERATED FORWARD HITTING A CAR. TT

NHTSA ID
969027
Incident
Jul 7, 1995
Body & structure
Filed Jan 25, 1995

POWER DOOR LOCKS INTERMITTENTLY LOCK/UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN; SOMETIMES SETTING OFF ALARM SYSTEM; NO WARNING. TT

NHTSA ID
959222
Incident
Jan 23, 1995
Body & structureEngine
Filed Jan 8, 1995

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED.

NHTSA ID
478100
Incident
Aug 20, 1994

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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