| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999130610 | Incident Date: Nov, 27 1999 |
| Consumer's City: MONROE | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: TACOMA | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:rear:springs:leaf spring assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4TAWM72N9TZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 16 2000 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 27 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Rear leaf springs failed at 80,000 miles, causing a gash into tire. mechanic stated that toyota was sending a spring with 4 leafs instead of three. apparently installed with wrong leafs. *ak consumer states that prior to new springs, vehicle rocked and rolled and was very unstable, mechanic installed a clamp on the broken spring, however the spring gradually worked its way under the clamp cuasing the broken leaf to swing out into the tire. *slc |
