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1996 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 Apr 12, 1999
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 Feb 6, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 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 1–6 of 6

Driver assistance
Filed Apr 12, 1999

THIS VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS BY ANOTHER VEHICLE . DRIVER HAS TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR, AND AFTER IT DOES ACCELERATE IT GETS STUCK, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO GET IT TO RELEASE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
835946
Incident
Mar 3, 1999
Driver assistance
Filed Nov 27, 1996

UPON COMING TO A STOP WHILE A/C IS IN USE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES.

NHTSA ID
511874
Suspension
Filed Aug 30, 1996

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN WITH NOLOAD IN THE BAD OF THE TRUCK ALOUD CLUNKING NOISE CAN BE HEARD FROM REAR WHEN DRIVEN OVER SMALLEST BUMPS DUE TO LEAF SPRING FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID
508049
Suspension
Filed Aug 12, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

DRIVING VEHICLE AT A SPEED OF 35MPH, CONTROL ARM BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE TO FLIPPED OVER. *AK

NHTSA ID
800737
Incident
Aug 11, 1996
Driver assistance
Filed Feb 28, 1996

WHEN YOU TURN THE A/C ON THE TRUCK WILL MOVE FORWARD EVEN WHEN YOU FEET IS ON THE BRAKE. *AK

NHTSA ID
979863
Incident
Dec 9, 1995
Suspension
Filed Feb 6, 1996

WHILE MAKING LEFT U-TURNS, VEHICLE SEVERELY SHAKES; LOST VEHICLE CONTROL. TT

NHTSA ID
978763
Incident
Jan 31, 1996

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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