| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999065142 | Incident Date: Aug, 11 1999 |
| Consumer's City: RENO | Consumer's State: NV |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: PICKUP | Model Year: 1988 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JT4VN64N8J0 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 10 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1988 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Factory defective engine block. engine block cracked internaly causing the drivers side cylinder head gasket to blow . forced oil into the raidior and out onto the breaking system on drivers side only. this happened at 4:30pm while slowing on a turn to stop at a fairly nbusy intersection. causing the vehicle to spin out due to loss of breaking control. i have also been trying to get the head gasket issue taken care of since 3-30-99. i have never recived a recall or extended warrenty notice. my mechnic told me that i had a recalled engine. when i contacted carson city toyota "ed" told me that i missed the recall by 3 days. since "ed" has told me that in all the toyotas frought in for head gasket notices he had only seen 2, all the rest are factory defective blocks. a desing problem in casting. |
