1998 TOYOTA T100 Complaints

CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET ON TOYOTA T 100 WENT THROUGH FIRE WALL WHILE DRIVING. COULD NOT GET TRUCK IN OUR OUT OF GEAR. LOOKED ON NET AND FOUND MANY HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER NO RECALL AND NO HELP WITH PRICING TO REPAIR TRUCK. SAFETY CONCERN ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR! *TR

WIRES TO FAN CONNECTOR MELTED THE INSULATION JUST SHORT OF THE CONNECTOR AND SHORTED OUT. PICTURES OF FAILED WIRING ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA T100. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT LOCKS, BUT BECOMES LOOSE WHEN DRIVING. THE SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS, BUT THE SEAT BELT WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 105,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TWICE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR AXEL SEALS DUE TO THEM LEAKING. WHEN I HAD THE REAR AXEL SEALS REPLACED I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES DUE TO THE OIL GETTING ON THE BRAKES. I DISCOVERED WHERE THE SEALS WERE ALL BUT GONE WHEN I HAD MY TIRES REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY REAR BRAKES DUE TO SO MUCH OIL LEAKING ON THE BRAKES. I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NC AND I WOULD HAVE LOST MY BRAKES IF I WAS HAULING ANYTHING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE DRAG LINK BROKE ON THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR STEERING REPAIRS. UPDATED 04/06/06.

I HAVE A 1998 TOYOTA T100 4X4 PICK UP TRUCK. THE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO THE BLOWER MOTOR SHORTED OUT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. I HAD TO GO TO THE JUNKYARD AND TAKE ONE OUT OF ANOTHER MODEL TOYOTA CAR TO FIX IT. SINCE THEN THE WIRE HAS SHORTED OUT TWICE MORE. BASICALLY I BELIEVE THAT THE BLOWER IS CREATING TOO MANY VOLTS THAT CAUSES THE WIRES TO OVERHEAT AND MELT TOGETHER. THERE WAS NO FIRE BUT IT DOES SMOKE WHEN IT SHORTS OUT. I NOTICED THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *NM

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LATCH WAS DEFECTIVE. THE BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS A STATE LAW THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE TO BE WORN WHILE DRIVING. *AK THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. *SC *JB

THE LEFT REAR AXLE WAS SPRAYING OIL ONTO THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO RESEALED THE AXLE. WITHIN 100 MILES THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

CALIPERS ON THE BRAKES OF TOYOTA T100 PICKUP TRUCKS LOCKUP CAUSING IRREPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THIS NECESSITATES REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND ROTOR-HUB PARTS AND SIGNIFICANT LABOR COST ($931). THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN LESS THAN 18 MONTHS ON MY 1998 T100. WHEN I PROMPTED THE DEALERSHIP TO PAY FOR MATERIALS THE SECOND TIME, THEY TOLD ME IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH T100, TUNDRA AND TACOMAS. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO PREVENT OR AVIOD THE SITUATION AND THEY WILL NOT ABSORB THE MATERIAL COSTS (APPROX $450) FOR THE SECOND REPAIR BECAUSE IT WAS A "MECHANICAL FAILURE" OF THE CALIPERS. WHEN I SUGGESTED TO THEM THE FACT ITS A KNOWN ISSUE AMONG TOYOTA DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOPS SHOULD MAKE IT A RECALL ISSUE. IT WAS THEIR EQUIPEMNT, INSTALLED BY THEM THAT WAS FAILING. MY REQUEST FOR DISCOUNT IN THE SECOND REPAIR WAS DISMISSED. I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUING, BASED ON AN INTERMITTEN NOISE AND HESITATION IN THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE TRUCK NOW AND AGAIN AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE PAD SOOT ON THE WHEEL RIMS. TOYOTA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION AND OWNERS SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO FORK OUT $931 EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN BRAKES. I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO A THIRD REPAIR OF THIS TYPE.*AK

ON JULY 28, 2004, MY 1998 TOYOTA T-100 4X4 SUFFERED A COMPLETE LACK OF STEERING CONTROL AS I STARTED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. THE CAUSE WAS A STEERING ROD RELAY THAT BROKE IN TWO. I HAVE THE FAILED PART. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN EITHER A TWO-PART FAILURE OR A FLAW IN THE ORIGINAL CASTING. ONE-HALF OF A CROSS-SECTION THROUGH THE BREAK IS BRIGHT GRAY STEEL WITH THE ROUGH SURFACE CHARACTERISTIC OF FATIGUE FAILURES, THE OTHER HALF IS COMPARATIVELY SMOOTH AND THE SAME RUST-COLOR AS THE OUTSIDE OF THE PART. MY TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN USED FOR ROCK-CLIMBING, NOR HAS IT BEEN RAMMED INTO A SOLID OBSTACLE SUCH AS A CURB OR LARGE POTHOLE. THE ONLY TRAUMA IT HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO IS LOW-SPEED MANEUVERING IN HEAVY SNOW AND ICE. ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE DID NOT CAUSE DEATH OR DAMAGE, IF IT HAD OCCURED A FEW MINUTES LATER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. WHILE I DON'T THINK TOYOTA OWES ME ANYTHING ON A SIX-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE, I AM WORRIED THAT THIS FLAW MIGHT REPRESENT A BAD BATCH OF STEERING ROD RELAYS. IF SO, THEN THERE ARE OTHER T-100S OUT THERE THAT COULD KILL THEIR OWNERS.*AK