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1998 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 Feb 1, 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.
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 Apr 13, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 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 1–6 of 6

Other / unspecified
Filed Feb 1, 2010
Crash reported1 injury reported

DEAR SIR OR MS, I FILED A WRITTEN COMPLAINT AND SENT MY COMPLAINT TO YOU ON OR ABOUT CONCERNING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE I WAS SITTING AND WAITING IN THE RIGHT LANE, THE FEEDER LANE, OFF OF BELTWAY 8, FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, IN PASADENA, TEXAS ON 12/24/08. I WAS IN MY 1998 SMALL TOYOTA TRUCK AND THERE WAS A 30 TON GARBAGE TRUCK 2 CAR LENGTHS IN FRONT OF ME AND THE GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER STARTED MOVING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO GET AN ANGLE TO GET PERPENDICULOR, USING THE SIZE OF THE 30 TON GARBAGE TRUCK AND FORCING OR, IN MY OPINION, BULLYING THE SMALLER CARS IN THE LEFT HAND LANE WITH THE SIZE OF THE 30 TON GARBAGE TRUCK BETWEEN THE CARS IN THE LEFT LANE AND MOVE INTO THE LEFT LANE. I TRIED TO MOVE INTO THE VACANT LOT TO MY RIGHT, GO OVER THE CURB INTO THE VACANT LOT TO MY RIGHT TO GET OUT OF THE 30 TON GARBAGE TRUCK'S WAS BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW I HONKED MY HORN AT THE ERRATIC DRIVER OF THE 30 TON GARBAGE TRUCK, HE KEPT GETTING CLOSER TO ME WHILE HE WAS MOVING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO CHANGE LANES. DUE TO THE TOYOTA'S FLOOR MAT ROLLING UP UNDER MY BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL I COULD NOT MOVE AND THE TOYOTA'S FLOOR MAT HAD ROLLED UP UNDER MY BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO MOVE MY TRUCK AND AVOID THE 30 TON GARBAGE TRUCK THAT BACKED UP ON ME AND CAUSED ME BRAIN AND SEVERE SPINAL INJURIES WHICH WILL REQUIRE 9 ENDOSCOPIC LASER SURGERIES AT THE BONITA SPRINGS INSTITUTE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. NO NUEROSURGEON IN HOUSTON, TEXAS I WENT TO WOULD ATTEMPT TO PERFORM MY SPINAL SURGERIES. WHAT HAPENED TO A REPLY FROM YOU? I AM WAITING ON MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO OKAY MY SURGERIES, ON A WALKER, BECOMING A PARAPELIC, MEDICATION I HATE WHICH DOESN'T STOP THE SPINAL PAIN. I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE TOYOTA CAR COMPANY. ANSWER MY QUESTION. I DON'T BELIEVE THE ANSWERS TOYOTA STATED AND MY DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TALK TO ME. *TR

NHTSA ID
10303501
Incident
Dec 24, 2008
Mileage
128,000 mi
Body & structure
Filed Apr 30, 2007

MY 1998 TOYOTA TACOMA IS EXPERIENCED EXTREME RUST/ROT ON THE FRAME THAT WOULD BE UNEXPECTED FOR THIS YEAR VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT HAD AN INCIDENT YET CAUSING INJURY, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE BUT AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IT IS INEVITABLE. SO FAR I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT I AM LOOKING INTO IT. *AK

NHTSA ID
10189313
Incident
Apr 28, 2007
Mileage
100,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Jun 21, 2003

MY TOYOTA 4 RUNNER HAS 100000 MILES AND I AM HAVING MY ROTORS TURNED FOR THE THIRD TIME. THEY WARP AFTER ABOUT 5000 MILES AND THEN I JUST PUT UP WITH IT FOR ANOTHER 25 OR 30 THOUSAND MILES UNTIL I CAN'T STAND THE BUMPING ANY LONGER AND HAVE THEM TURNED AGAIN. IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE NOT SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE OR THE ABS SYSTEM MAY BE CAUSING SOME SORT OF PULSED DRAG THAT CAUSES UNEVEN DRAG AND WARPAGE. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10023499
Incident
Jun 21, 2003
Mileage
61,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 22, 2002
Crash reported

GLACIER TIRE CHAINS FAILED--CAUSING MY TRUCK TO SLIDE INTO A TREE AND SUSTAIN $3063 IN DAMAGE--TIRE SIZE-31X10 5OR15LT

NHTSA ID
566326
Incident
Feb 23, 2001
Transmission
Filed May 15, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
722678
Incident
Feb 15, 2000
Other / unspecified
Filed Apr 13, 1998

WHEN PROPERLY APPLYING JACK AND RAISING WHEEL, JACK HAD TO BE RAISED TO ALMOST ITS MAXIMUM HEIGHT. TIRE WAS ONLY 1-2 INCHES OFF CONCRETE FLLOR, AND SCISSORS PORTION OF JACK WAS TEMPORARILY, BUT SLIGHTLY TWISTED, INDICATING A N IMPENDING FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
534217
Incident
Apr 12, 1998

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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