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1981 Toyota Pickup 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 14, 2009
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.
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Reports on file since Mar 11, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1981 Toyota Pickup. 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 1–3 of 3

Body & structure
Filed Feb 14, 2009

FRAME RUSTED AND BROKE IN HALF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

NHTSA ID
10258674
Incident
Aug 15, 2008
Tires & wheels
Filed Nov 20, 2008

TRUCK VIBRATED AFTER INSTALLATION OF NEW TIRES. HAD BALANCE RE-DONE, BUT STILL VIBRATED. I NOTICED BUBBLING ON THE SIDEWALL AND KNEW THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. TOOK BACK TO SEARS AUTOMOTIVE IN HAYWARD,CA (SOUTHLAND MALL) AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO DEFECT AND WOULD NOT REPLACE TIRES. *TR

NHTSA ID
10249422
Incident
Nov 15, 2008
Brakes
Filed Mar 11, 2004
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE PARKING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN A HILL, COLLIDING INTO A GARAGE DOOR. *AK THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SLIPPED WHEN CONSUMER WAS IN A DOOR JAM SEARCHING FOR A DROPPED ITEM ON THE FLOOR BOARD, AND WAS DRAGGED DOWNHILL BY VEHICLE CAUSING SCARS ON BOTH KNEES AND RIGHT HAND. REPLACEMENT AND REPAIRS MADE ON FRONT BUMPER AND LAMPS, GRILLE AND LAMPS, AIR CONDITIONER, HOOD, FENDER, AND REAR BUMPER. *LA

NHTSA ID
10057947
Incident
Feb 4, 2004
Mileage
520,000 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.

Data sources

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