Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / TACOMA / 2000

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 000058611 Incident Date: Oct, 28 2000
Consumer's City: SUN CITY Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: TACOMA Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:sun/moon roof assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5TESN92N5YZ Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 08 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving my new truck on the 5 fwy sun. 10/29/00 app. 4:30 pm. with my sun roof in the open position, without warning, the sun roof blew of the top with considerable pressure. shattering on the front hood & windshield of the vehicle behind me. this took chips out of the paint & windshield of the vehicle of the 2nd party. upon presenting this to the toyota dealership whom i purchased from, thier reply was disbelief & that they would not honor the warranty. this is one issue. more serious (which is scary) is this could have been a fatal accident & toyota is denying this accident occured. the lady that was behind will. *ak