Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / RAV4 / 2006

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071837 Incident Date: Jul, 16 2006
Consumer's City: FITCHBURG Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: RAV4 Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 17 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 29 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When using the dryer in a car wash the hard spare tire cover was blown off the spare tire and bashed against the vehicle and then the ground severely scratching it and cracking it. had it no completely come off at that point it is probable that it would have flown off into the from of any following vehicle had i been traveling down a busy road potentially causing an accident. these items should "never" come of under normal use conditions. this is a serious potential accident source as well as a potential source of a law suit against the owner operator of the vehicle. in addition it is hard and can cause windshield damage to any following vehicles and should never come off when properly attached. *nm