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1996 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 Mar 11, 2004
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since May 19, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 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 1–5 of 5

Steering
Filed Mar 11, 2004

FAILURE OF STEERING RELAY ROD. SECOND VERIFIED OCCURRENCE OF THIS EXTREME SAFETY RELATED FAILURE. BOTH FAILURES AT SLOW SPEED IN PARKING LOT. TOYOTA 1996 T100 PICK UP TRUCK. VIN #[XXX] AND ALSO VIN [XXX]. INQUIRY FROM LOCAL DEALER WAS IGNORED. FAILURE OF THIS CONTROL ROD CAUSES COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING. WE ARE ALL CMATL1 TECHS AT THIS INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY AND I HAVE NEVER SOUNDED AN ALARM BEFORE. I FEEL THIS IS VERY WORTHY OF AN INQUIRY ON YOUR PART! REGARDS, [XXX],*AK JAPANESE MOTOR WORKS, INC.*AK [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID
10061896
Incident
Mar 10, 2004
Suspension
Filed Jun 16, 1998

BOTH REAR LEAF SPRINGS BROKE, RESULTING IN CONTROL LOST.

NHTSA ID
536916
Steering
Filed Nov 4, 1997

POWER STEERING UNIT/PUMP SHAFT FAILED.

NHTSA ID
604930
Incident
Jan 2, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Sep 8, 1997

SEAT BELT FAILED.

NHTSA ID
603853
Incident
Oct 15, 1996
Engine
Filed May 19, 1997

HEAD GASKET LEAKS.

NHTSA ID
602569
Incident
Dec 5, 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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