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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005030594 | Incident Date: Jul, 09 2005 |
| Consumer's City: COLLEGE PARK | Consumer's State: GA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: TOYOTA | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5TDZT34AX2S | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 25 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 21 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I purachase my toyota sequoia in august 2003 for the first several month the vehicle was not drive that much, because of my wife's illness. within eight months the front door handle broke, it was underwarranty and i did not think much of it, in april of this year 2005, the rear passenger side door handle broke and again i did not think much of it. three weeks ago on sunday one of the member from the church was attempting to retreive his bag and the handle broke. when i went to the dealer ship to ask about repair they informed me that it would be $300.00, and 200.00 to fix the passanger side. my comment to them was concerning the rear door, which i had not used that much and over the last 6 month maybe 3 time at the most per week, certainly not alot. what was amazing to me was that the door handle mechanism is made of plastic and so is the passenger door handle. my concern as a consumer that toyota did not do due diligence to use a plastic door handle and mechanism and given that things break should not have a price tag of 300.00 to replace. i contend that metal parts should have been used with the understanding and consideration of the use of the handles. consumers should not be at the mercy of car manufactures to put anything into a car that would utimately would prove not in the consumers best interest. i am suggesting that there should be a recall on all toyota' door handles. particularly the truck which by design are suppose to endure tough usesage. |
