Total Complaints
10 filings
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER · model year
10 NHTSA complaints, 3 crash reports for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1995TOYOTALAND CRUISER carries 10 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 3 crashes, 0 fires, 3 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1995 LAND CRUISER is service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components with 2 filings, followed by equipment:mechanical:carrier/rack (1) and service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 51 investigation files overlapping the 1995 LAND CRUISER, and 1 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
10 filings
Crashes Reported
3 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | 2 |
| EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 1 |
| AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 1 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | 1 |
| STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | 1 |
| STEERING | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 1 |
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 |
FUEL TANK FRACTURE AND LEAK. A CRACK IN THE STAMPED STEEL OF THE UPPER HALF OF THE FUEL TANK WHERE THREE FACES ARE BENT. CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED TANK, AND TWO SUBSEQUENT, DEALER-SUPPLIED FUEL TANKS OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS. THE LEAK IS SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW SIGNIFICANT DRIPPING/DRAINING OF FUEL WHEN THE TANK IS FULL, INCLUDING PUDDLING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE CRACK, THE FUEL SPILLS ONTO THE DRIVESHAFT (DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE MUFFLER), AS WELL AS WICKING FUEL DOWN THE PARKING BREAK CABLE TOWARDS THE BACK. INQUIRY ONLINE REVEALS SEVERAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH IDENTICAL TANK FRACTURES/CRACKS DEVELOPING.
Mileage: 200,000
STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ALONG THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME RAIL RUSTED THROUGH NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. LOST ALL BRAKING, NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION BY SWERVING AROUND A STOPPED VEHICLE AND DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED. THIS IS THE SECOND STEEL HYDRAULIC LINE THAT HAS RUSTED THOUGH ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS THE POWER STEERING COOLER LINE. *TR
Mileage: 119,556
STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ALONG THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME RAIL RUSTED THROUGH NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. LOST ALL BRAKING, NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION BY SWERVING AROUND A STOPPED VEHICLE AND DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED. THIS IS THE SECOND STEEL HYDRAULIC LINE THAT HAS RUSTED THOUGH ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS THE POWER STEERING COOLER LINE. *TR
Mileage: 119,556
STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ALONG THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME RAIL RUSTED THROUGH NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. LOST ALL BRAKING, NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION BY SWERVING AROUND A STOPPED VEHICLE AND DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED. THIS IS THE SECOND STEEL HYDRAULIC LINE THAT HAS RUSTED THOUGH ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS THE POWER STEERING COOLER LINE. *TR
Mileage: 119,556
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING RE TOYOTA ACCELERATION PROBLEM FM OWNER OF PREVIOUSLY OWNED 1995 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE FLOOR MAT SLID UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS PINNED IN THE VEHICLE AND SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES AS WELL.
CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT, AND DRIVER'S SIDE/ASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN COLLISION.
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH/LOW SPEEDS, THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO CATCH RIGHT AWAY. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. TOOK TO DEALER & COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. *AK
BICYCLE ATTACHMENT FOR ROOF LUGGAGE RACK FAILED, ALLOWING BIKE TO FALL OFF OF ROOF. *DH
THE ANTI LOCK FAILED CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TT
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.