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1997 Toyota Solara 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.
2
Latest Feb 20, 2003
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 Oct 2, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Toyota Solara. 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 1–2 of 2

Airbags
Filed Feb 20, 2003
Crash reported

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE DRIVER AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB

NHTSA ID
10008929
Incident
Feb 5, 2003
Visibility
Filed Oct 2, 2001

WHEN SHUTTING PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED. GLASS FELL INSIDE OF VEHICLE,CUT SEAT, AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAPPENED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

NHTSA ID
897196
Incident
Sep 30, 2001

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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