Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / TOYOTA / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005016601 Incident Date: Apr, 14 2005
Consumer's City: FREMONT Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: TOYOTA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTDFR320320 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 20 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 29 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Toyota 2002 mr2 spyder: sequential manual transmission (smt) creeping while in forward or reverse gear. this happen to the car in dec of 2004 but went away by itself after a week. i reported to fremont toyota dealership in ca but they said it was normal. again on april 15th 2005, the smt creeping recurred. i brought the car back to the same dealership, they replaced the ecu but creep is still exist. again, the dealer persists that this is normal. according the manual book, it states that unlike automatic transmission, smt does not creep. please help. *nm