Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / MR2 / 1991

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004013821 Incident Date: Jun, 27 2004
Consumer's City: ASHEVILLE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: MR2 Model Year: 1991
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:hood:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 28 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 25 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Driving on interstate at 65 mph hood flew up and shattered windshield and t-top glass. secondary latch failed to catch hood from flight and resulted in hood, hood latch, wiper cowl, windshield, and t-top damage. no action taken to correct failure. some repairs have been made to glass. this has happened 3 times in the same model of vehicle, 3 different cars.