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1988 Toyota Toyota Truck 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 27, 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.
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 Nov 27, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Toyota Toyota Truck. 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 1–7 of 7

Body & structure
Filed Apr 27, 2009

I OWN A 1988 TOYOTA PICKUP. THE FRAME IS RUSTING AWAY ALONG WITH BODY PANELS. I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE 1991. THE BRAKES LINES ON BOTH SIDES FAILED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10266820
Incident
Mar 3, 2008
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 17, 2000

BOTH TREAD PEEL/FAILURES,(BETWEEN 1990-93) WERE ON THE FWY, UNLOADED. THE REMAINING BELTS HELD AIR LONG ENOUGH TO GET TO THE ROADSIDE, DAMAGE WAS TO THE WHEEL WELLS OF MY VEHICLE ONLY. I HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE DESERT AND COMMUTING 600-800 MI/WK.THEY WERE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 185 70R14 )

NHTSA ID
728238
Incident
Mar 16, 1990
Engine
Filed Aug 13, 1998

ENGINE OVERHEATS.

NHTSA ID
539820
Tires & wheels
Filed Dec 15, 1997

TOYO TIRE BLEW OUT RESULTING IN A VEHICLE ROLLOVER.

NHTSA ID
605811
Filed Feb 12, 1997
Crash reported

UNSPECIFIED.

NHTSA ID
546692
Incident
Jan 1, 1997
Body & structure
Filed May 30, 1996

SUSPENSION SPOT WELLS HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS. COULD FALL OFF. *AK

NHTSA ID
985050
Incident
May 28, 1996
EngineFuel system
Filed Nov 27, 1995
Fire reported

ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. SMELLED GAS BEFORE CATCHING ON FIRE. VECHICLE WAS TOTALLED. TT CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, GAS PEDAL PRESSURE DECREASED ABRUPTLY AND COULD SMELL GAS, VEHICLE STALLED AND FLAMES ERRUPTED FROM RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *SLC

NHTSA ID
975419
Incident
Jul 27, 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.

Data sources

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