Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / TACOMA / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 999079154 Incident Date: Feb, 11 1999
Consumer's City: BRADENTON Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: TACOMA Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4TAWN74N9WZ Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 11 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: After driving the truck at highway speeds, slow into traffic or lights, release the brake peddle and start to press the gas peddle and the vehicle shuts down. this was reproduced many times after driving over 2 hours, then unable to reproduce, several days later after driving 20 minutes on highway and into traffic, pulled up to an intersection, attempted to cross and the truck stalled in the middle of the intersection with heavy traffic. the toyota dealer and toyota of usa, have stated that they do not have an answer for this problem that has been reported by other truck and 4runner owners. the vehicle is not safe nor reliable to drive at slow nor high speeds due to total system failures.