Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1982 Toyota Tercel

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
2
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
15
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

2 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
86V038000·SUSPENSION:REAR1986-03-10

THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS, WHICH SUPPORT THE REAR WHEELS, ARE SUBJECT TO CORROSION IF OPERATED IN AREAS WHERE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ROAD SALT IS USED TO AID IN SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO ROAD SALT MAY CAUSE CORROSION FAILURE OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM AFFECTING VEHICLE OPERATION; THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

FixRUST PROOF OR REPLACE LOWER CONTROL ARMS. (OWNER NOTIFICATION WILL BEGIN IN MAY 1986).

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE89134·SUSPENSION1989-07-03 → 1989-09-22

BROKEN STABILIZER BAR

DP85019·SUSPENSION1985-04-10 → 1985-05-14

WHEEL BEARING FAILURE AND AXLE

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