Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Toyota VAN

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
6
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
17
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    2
  • STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    1
  • Tires
    1
  • STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND Attachment
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
86V060000·STEERING:LINKAGES:ROD:RELAY:CONNECTING1986-05-12

THE CENTER CONTROL ARM OF THE STEERING LINKAGE SYSTEM MAY DEVELOP A CRACK IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS REPEATEDLY OPERATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARKED POSITION. THE STEERING CENTER ARM MAY EVENTUALLY BREAK. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: A CRACKED STEERING CENTER ARM WILL ALLOW STEERING CONTROL, HOWEVER, IF THE STEERING ARM BREAKS, IT WOULD RESULT IN COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND POSSIBLE ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE CENTER CONTROL ARM WITH A REDESIGNED CONTROL ARM.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA89038·STEERING1989-09-27 → 1990-09-20

STEERING GEAR FAILURE

PE89127·STEERING1989-06-07 → 1989-09-27

STEERING GEAR FAILURE

PE87057·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1987-09-10 → 1988-03-30

IGNITER ASSEMBLY FAILURE

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