Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / LAND CRUISER / 1990

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998053782 Incident Date: Mar, 02 1998
Consumer's City: BLOCK ISLAND Consumer's State: RI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: LAND CRUISER Model Year: 1990
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly:mounting
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JT3FJ62G7L1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 28 1998 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 13 1990
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The gas line in the rear left side passenger compartment corroded through the pipe and leaked 2 1/2 gallons of gasoling into the wheel well where it remaind, sloshing around unknown to us. we could smell the gas but could not find where it was coming from inside the car. different mechanics looked for a leak but it was not found until the interior panel was removed the wheel well. one spark and we could haven blow up. there could be other families driving around and smoking in the car a very serious situation i think.