Total Complaints
3 filings
TOYOTA MOTORHOME · model year
3 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1986TOYOTAMOTORHOME carries 3 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 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 1986 MOTORHOME is engine and engine cooling:engine with 1 filings, followed by power train:axle assembly (1) and suspension:rear (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 1986 MOTORHOME, 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
3 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | 1 |
| SUSPENSION:REAR | 1 |
THE LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ON A 1979 TOYOTA MOTORHOME. DEALER /MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
VEHICLE INCLUDED UNDER RECALL, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER MANUFACTURER STATED THAT VEHCLE WAS TOO OLD TO BE REPAIRED UNDER REAR AXLE RECALL.*AK
WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE PISTON CAME THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SMOKE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
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.