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Year · Make · Model

1981 Toyota Cressida

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
15
Service bulletins

Recalls

1 campaign
81V031000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES1981-03-16

ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE RETRACTOR SPOOL RELEASE WARNING LIGHT AND BUZZER OF THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY ROUTED AT THE TIME OF ASSEMBLY. THIS CAN CAUSE MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE WITH THE DRIVER"S SIDE G-SENSOR LOCKING FUNCTION. CONSEQUENTLY, THE EMERGENCY LOCKING RETRACTOR OF THE DRIVER"S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH THE G-SENSOR IS OPERATIONAL. (THE PASSENGER SIDE IS NOT AFFECTED).

FixTHE WIRING HARNESS WILL BE REROUTED, IF NECESSARY, AND A CLAMP WILL BE ADDED TO ELIMINATE POSSIBLE FUTURE INTERFERENCE.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
DP86007·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-04-02 → 1986-06-09

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

EA85045·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1985-08-30 → 1988-02-18

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

Led to recall86V132000

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