1994 TOYOTA PICKUP — Complaint #789788
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:LINKAGES:ROD:RELAY:CONNECTING filed May 26, 2010
NHTSA complaint #789788 (ODI reference 10332359) concerns a 1994 TOYOTA PICKUP and was filed on May 26, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 12, 2010. The vehicle had 154,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Hampshire based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:linkages:rod:relay:connecting, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA PICKUP cohort independently describe similar steering:linkages:rod:relay:connecting failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1994 TOYOTA PICKUP shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 TOYOTA PICKUP. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE A-ROD THAT HELD THE TIRE IN PLACE WAS COVERED WITH RUST AND CAUSED THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL TO FALL OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING AN INSPECTION, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE RUST ON THE FRAME NEAR THE FUEL TANK HAD TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD PASS INSPECTION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 154,000. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED SHE LOST STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. A RECALL WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED REGARDING THE STEERING RELAY. UPDATED EVOQ 08/05/10*JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 789788 |
| ODI Number | 10332359 |
| Date Filed | May 26, 2010 |
| Failure Date | March 12, 2010 |
| VIN | 4TAVN13D8RZ |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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