Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / FJ CRUISER / 2007

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007107818 Incident Date: Apr, 24 2007
Consumer's City: OAK RIDGE Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: FJ CRUISER Model Year: 2007
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:windshield
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTEBU11F270 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 03 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 06 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2007 fj cruiser. during normal driving i got a pea sized ding on the windshield approximately 4 months ago. april 25th got a crack which is still traveling toward the passenger a pillar. may 15th got a quarter sized star. all resulting from small (i mean small, really small) projectiles. glad i did not replace the windshield 4 months ago, otherwise i would have had to replace it two more times. this windshield is a disaster. i owned 6 cars over 27 years and had one busted windshield from a 3" piece of concrete. i own my fj for 11 months and have three places where the windshield is damaged from incidents that should not have damaged it as much as they did. toyota designed an upright windshield (a design i love), presumably understands the laws of physics (which i don't), and did nothing to mitigate the design in order to make the fj windshield last the way a more steeply windshield made from the same material would last. this is an off road vehicle for crying out loud! what were they thinking - that pebbles will magically avoid the fj windshield because the fj is so good looking? i plan on replacing the windshield with a ppg product. toyota does not deserve the business in my judgment. *tr