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1987 Toyota MR2 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 Feb 4, 2010
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 Oct 2, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Toyota MR2. 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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Driver assistance
Filed Feb 4, 2010
Crash reported

IN 1987 I HAD A TOYOTA MR2 AND WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE GAS PEDAL STUCK. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON A CALIFORNIA INTERSTATE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10305170
Incident
Jun 30, 1987
Engine
Filed Mar 7, 2002

I HAVE 12 PAGES OF SUPPOTING DOCUMENTS. THE SHORT VERSION IS THAT I PURCHASED AN ENGINE FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED COMPANY THAT WAS DEFECTIVE. I FILED A CLAIM ON 11/16/01, ONLY EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED. THEY SENT ME A NEW PART AFTER MANY WEEKS AND MANY DAYS OF ACCRUED RENTAL CAR EXPENSES, FOR WHICH THEY PROMISED TO PAY. AFTER THE PART WAS INSTALLED, THEY ONLY AGREED TO PAY FOR A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY HAD PROMISED, AND, THEN, WITHIN LESS THAN 2,000 MILES AND TWO MONTHS, THE PART FAILED AGAIN. AT THIS POINT, MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME OF 10 ENGINES PURCHASED FROM THIS COMPANY THAT HAD TO BE RETURNED BECAUSE THEY, TOO, WERE DEFECTIVE, AND HE SUGGESTED THAT I RETURN MY ENGINE FOR A COMPLETE REFUND OF PARTS AND LABOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,998.60.*AK

NHTSA ID
759038
Incident
Nov 16, 2001
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 6, 2001

WHILE DRIVING HOOD LATCH RELEASED, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY UP, BLOCKING DRIVERS VISION, AND CRACKING THE WINDSHIELD. *AK THE CRUMPLED HOOD DAMAGED THE SUS ROOF AS WELL. *YH

NHTSA ID
882187
Incident
Jan 21, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Mar 6, 2001

SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT RELEASE FROM LOCKING MECHANISM. *AK

NHTSA ID
882186
Powertrain (other)
Filed Oct 2, 2000

BOUGHT CAR WITH 97,800 MILES CARFAX REPORTS MUCH HIGHER MILES THAN THAT. ODOMETER WAS TAMPERED WITH.*AK

NHTSA ID
733223

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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