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1980 Toyota Land Cruiser 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 Dec 27, 2016
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 27, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1980 Toyota Land Cruiser. 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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Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 27, 2016

I AM SUBMITTING THIS ON BEHALF OF THE VEHICLE OWNERS. FOUR NEW YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER A/T-S 31X10.50 R15 LT 109S 6PR WERE INSTALLED LAST SUMMER BY OUR LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER (FREEMAN TOYOTA SANTA ROSA, CA). VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN ANOTHER SHOP SINCE THEN HAVING PRE-RESTORATION WORK DONE. TIRES HAVE NO MORE THAN 300-400 NORMAL ROAD MILES ON THEM. I PICKED IT UP DEC. 26, 2016 TO BRING HOME, A ROAD TRIP OF 50 MILES. TEN MINUTES AFTER PARKING THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED. FAILURE WAS CATASTROPHIC AT THE BEAD. BEAD REMAINS IN PLACE ON RIM, TIRE IS BLOWN OFF OF BEAD AND SPLIT (SEE PHOTOS). I IMMEDIATELY FELT RIM AND BRAKE DRUM FOR HEAT AND FOUND ONLY NORMAL WARMTH AFTER A TRIP. I CHECKED PRESSURE OF THREE REMAINING TIRES AND READ 50 PSI, PROPER SPEC AT RATED MAX LOAD. THERE IS AN INTERESTING SCUFF MARK THAT I CAN'T DECIPHER IN IMAGES 11898 AND 11899. IT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY DOWN ON TO THE BEAD AREA WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN HIDDEN FROM ANY ROAD HAZARDS BEFORE IT BLEW. I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD HAVE CONTACTED ANYTHING WHEN IT BLEW. *TR

NHTSA ID
10937732
Incident
Dec 26, 2016
Mileage
70,000 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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