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2002 Toyota MR2 Spyder 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 Sep 4, 2002
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.
1
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 Mar 22, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Toyota MR2 Spyder. 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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Engine
Filed Sep 4, 2002

INFORMED DEALER OF EXCESSIVE OIL CUNSUMPTION ONLY TWO WEEKS AND 2,000 MILES AFTER OIL CHANGE. CAR SERVICED REGULARLY BY DEALER. TOYOTA TECHNICAL RESPONDS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT MAY BE CAUSING IT, BUT NUMEROUS INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY OWNERS. MOST INCIDENTS LEAD TO TOTAL ENGINE LOCKUP DUE TO ABSENCE OF OIL AS THE MAIN RINGS FAIL AND OIL IS RELEASED INTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND ON TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER GETS CLOGGED AND BACKPRESSURE RESULTS IN A BLOWN ENGINE. TOYOTA HAS INTRODUCED A MODIFIED SHORTBLOCK THAT ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTORSHIPS HAVE TAKEN AN ATTITUDE OF DENIAL OF THE PROBLEM. NUMEROUS COROLLAS AND CELICA GTS VEHICLES, WHICH USE THE SAME 1ZZ-FE ENGINE, HAVE EXPRESSED SIMILAR INCIDENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID
766664
Incident
Sep 1, 2002
Transmission
Filed Mar 22, 2002
Crash reported

PARKED VEHICLE WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE, WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACK. *JG

NHTSA ID
8006248
Incident
Mar 18, 2002

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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