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1980 Toyota Supra 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 24, 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.
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 Jan 21, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1980 Toyota Supra. 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 24, 2010
Crash reported1 injury reported

TL- THE CONTACT OWNED A 1980 TOYOTA SUPRA. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 55 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. SHE COULD NOT RECALL THE EVENTS OF OR SURROUNDING THE CRASH, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. SHE SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES AS WELL AS SLIGHT MEMORY LOSS. SHE DID RECALL THAT MONTHS BEFORE THE CRASH WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO SPEEDS OF OVER 90 MPH WITHOUT INTENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATLEY 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *KMJ

NHTSA ID
10313794
Incident
Aug 15, 1983
Mileage
60,000 mi
Engine
Filed Jan 21, 1999

IN MAR 95 THE CAR HAD THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET REPLACED BECAUSE OF MINOR LEAK IN #6 CYLINDER. THE HEAD WAS RESURFACED AND PRESSURE TESTED AND FOUND OK. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, THE GASKET WAS REPLACED TWO MORE TIMES AND LEAK STILL REOCCURS.

NHTSA ID
832768
Incident
Mar 1, 1995

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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