Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1999 Toyota Towing Hitch KIT

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
21
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

21 filed
4
Crashes
0
Fires
6
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Equipment
    8
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
    5
  • EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
    4
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT Devices
    2
  • EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
    1
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR Module
    1
  • Equipment ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
    1
  • EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
99E012000·TRAILER HITCHES1999-04-19

TOWING HITCH KITS AND AFTERMARKET TRAILER TOWING WIRE HARNESS CONVERTERS FOR USE ON 1998-1999 LEXUS LX470, AND TOYOTA LAND CRUISERS. DUE TO INADEQUATE WATERPROOFING PERFORMANCE AND IMPROPER INSTALLATION LOCATION OF THE CONVERTER, WHICH IS MOUNTED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT COULD OCCUR IF WATER ENTERS THE CONVERTER HOUSING.

RiskTHE SHORT CIRCUIT CAN CAUSE A FAILURE OF THE CONVERTER, AND IF A TRAILER IS BEING TOWED AT THE TIME, CAN ALSO CAUSE FAILURE OF THE TRAILER LIGHTS.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CONVERTER.

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