Toyota Echo Complaints

196 consumer complaints on file.

#898234October 25, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 30-35 MPH IT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, FRONT WAS CRUSHED IN, BUT NONE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753216October 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
MI 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER GABRIELA WAS DRIWING AND THE BRAKES DO NOT RESPOND CRASHING AT 30MPH.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9004798October 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
BRAKE PEDAL IS TO CLOSE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IF DRIVER LET UP HIS FOOT PRESSURE TO REPOSITION IT FURTHER LEFT ON THE BRAKES PEDAL, THE CAR NATURALLY SURGES FROM GAS IN THE SYSTEM. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED ALSO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896131September 10, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562896September 4, 2001
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FULL FRONTAL COLLISION, HOWEVER THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY TOYOTA THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO DEPLOY, DUE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE BEING LARGER THAN CONSUMERS VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#748984July 23, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892935July 16, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE AND CAUSE ERRATIC OPERATION WHEN APPLYING EITHER PEDAL. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748026July 7, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AFTER APPROX 2 HOURS OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AIRCONDITION AIRFLOW DECREASES AND NO LONGER PRODUCES COOL AIR NO MATTER WHERE FAN SELECTION IS SET. COMPRESSOR HOUSING IS SWEATING. NO WATER COMING FROM DRAIN TUBE. REFRIGERANT LEVEL CHECKS NORMAL. AFTER AC IS TURNED OFF FOR APPROX 15 MIN OPERATION RETURNS TO NORMAL - DRAIN TUBE WATER FLOWS NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891512June 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
THE CONSUMER BEGAN PUMPING THE BRAKES BECAUSE THE PRESSURE DECREASED AND WASNT SLOWING THE CAR DOWN FAST ENOUGH, THE VEHICLE NEVER STOPPED AND AS A RESULT REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, PLOICE REPORT COMPLETED, NO INJURIES. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890128June 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE MAKES A HYDRAULIC DRILL SOUND WHEN ENGINE GOT HOTTER, IT WASN'T ONLY ON OPEN ROAD WHEN GIVEN GAS. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION, AND IT WAS NO BETTER. PERFORMANCE WAS BETTER, BUT IT DIDN'T RECTIFY PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WEREN'T RESPONDING TO CONSUMER'S NEED OF VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889576June 1, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V256000 7 MONTHS AGO. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT PCV PORT WAS ALREADY REPAIRED. AFTERWARDS, RECEIVED LETTER FROM MANUFACTURER THAT BRAKES WERE NOT REPAIRED. CONTACTED DEALER AGAIN, AND WAS INFORMED HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE, BUT WILL ORDER PARTS OR LOCATE PARTS TO DO REPAIRS OF PCV PORT. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561415May 31, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
THE HORN IS INOPERATIVE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561354May 29, 2001
STRUCTURE
WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND, CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AND ALL THE SUDDEN HE FOUND HIMSELF DOING CIRCLES AND CRASHING INTO A GUARD RAIL ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, CONSUMER HAS 2 OF THESE VEHICLES AND STATES THAT THEY PULL FROM THE REAR WHEN THERE IS WIND OR A LARGER VEHICLE THAT IS PASSING, TOYOTA FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886484April 23, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HIT A STOPPED VEHICLE HEAD-ON, DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, CAUSING BRUISES AND INJURIES FROM HITTING STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS.FRONT END WAS TOTALED.*AK.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#884583March 29, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE COMING TO A STANDSTILL IN RAIN, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT ABOUT 45 MPH, AND BOTH FROTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884447March 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AT STOP LIGHT, BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN, BUT STILL HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#884455March 28, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE IN A FRONT CRASH AT 35 MPH, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#884457March 28, 2001
SEAT BELTS
CONSUMER INVOLVED IN A FRONT CRASH, AND DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEATBELT DID NOT HOLD HER. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#880904February 20, 2001
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE WOULD JERK FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN EVER LANES WERE WELL WORN AND HAD GROVES IN THEM. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, AND WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880343February 12, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 25 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER/ PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK SENSOR UNIT BROKEN DURING THE COLLISION. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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