Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 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
22
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
20
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

22 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR System
    7
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
    3
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL Injection System
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN Shift
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
92V111000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS1992-07-13

THERE CAN BE INTERFERENCE WITH THE HEADLAMP HOUSING IF HEADLAMP BULBS ARE REPLACED WITH ANY BRAND OTHER THAN KOITO BRAND BULBS.

RiskTHE INTERFERENCE WITH THE HEADLAMP HOUSING CAUSED BYOTHER THAN KOITO BRAND LAMP BULBS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 108, "LAMPS,REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."

FixTOYOTA DEALERS WILL PROVIDE A NEW KOITO BRAND BULB WITH NO CHARGE IF A NON-KOITO BRAND BULB IS NOW INSTALLED, OR SHOULD A HEADLAMP BULB BURN OUT IN THE FUTURE. "CAUTION LABELS" WILL ALSO BE PLACED ON EACH HEADLAMP HOUSING.

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