| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004315021 | Incident Date: Dec, 05 2004 |
| Consumer's City: LAYTON | Consumer's State: UT |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: PRIUS | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JT2BK18U930 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 29 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 16 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2003 toyota prius with excessive tire wear. first tire failure (sep 03) at approximately 14k miles; total failure of tire, we lucked out. remainder of tires replaced at about 18k miles. that good-quality set has now worn to the point of needing to be replaced at 38000 miles. toyota admits there is a problem, but will do nothing to help the customer with it. a web search shows other owners have had this problem (tire wall failures, like our first failure) -- with some compensated, some not. there are also other defects which the manufacturer will not/cannot repair after several reports....until they blame the customer for "hurting" the car after they can't fix it.*ak |
