Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / PICKUP / 1991

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998053581 Incident Date: May, 31 1998
Consumer's City: ALEXANDER Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: PICKUP Model Year: 1991
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#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 22 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 15 1996
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Fifth gear started making a loud whirring sound at highway speed. stopped using the fifth gear in fear of failure at highway speed. after 6-7 months third gear started popping out while accelerating through gears. had the truck looked, and was told by the garage that specializes in toyota vehicles that toyota pickups from the years 1989 to 1991 were notorious for this problem. i went back to talk to the mechanic and was asked what it was doing. i had started telling him about the fifth gear noise when he interrupted me and asked if third gear was giving me problems too. i told him yes. he asked if it would even stay in gear anymore,, and i told him no, which indeed was the problem. the transmission had to be completely rebuilt at a cost of $1, *ak