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1988 Toyota Tercel 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.
8
Latest Aug 16, 1998
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.
2
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 17, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 8 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Toyota Tercel. 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 1–8 of 8

Engine
Filed Aug 16, 1998

LACK OF POWER, RUN-ON, FLAT SPOTS, WILL NOT GO WHEN ENGINE IS COLD.

NHTSA ID
539942
Fuel system
Filed Mar 16, 1998

KNOWN CARBURETOR PROBLEMS WITH THE VARIABLE VENTURI CARBURETOR IN THIS MODEL. VEHICLE CUTS OFF AT SPEEDS 58-62 MPH. AUTOMATICALLY RESTARTS WHEN SPEED DROPS TO APPROX. 56 MPH.

NHTSA ID
532847
Electrical
Filed Sep 14, 1997
Fire reported

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHORT.

NHTSA ID
522083
Incident
Oct 25, 1995
Electrical
Filed Sep 10, 1997
Fire reported

ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED VEHICLE FIRE.

NHTSA ID
522224
Incident
Oct 25, 1995
Electrical
Filed Sep 2, 1997

ELECTRICAL FIRE.

NHTSA ID
521581
Engine
Filed Nov 22, 1996

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

NHTSA ID
601953
Incident
Aug 1, 1988
Body & structure
Filed Nov 5, 1996

REAR HATCH LEAKS IN RAIN/REAR HATCH GASKET REPLACED FOUR TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
510967
Engine
Filed Oct 17, 1996

CARBON BUILDS UP IN THE VACCUUM LINES OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY, VEHICLE FAILED EMISSION TEST 3 TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
509789

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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