1998 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

FIRST BLOWOUT, AUGUST 1998, TIRE BLEW OUT WHEN TRAVELING DOWN ROAD. TIRE TAKEN TO FIRESTONE AND RECEIVED NEW TIRE AT A COST OF $20. SECOND BLOWOUT OCCURRED ONJANUARY 27, 2002, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE AS IF IT WERE A RECAPPED TIRE!! WILL KEEP TIRE. DO NOT WISH TO HAVE IT REPLACED WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE. (DOT NUMBER: W2HHAWA157 TIRESIZE: P225/75R15)

REAR LEFT TIRE SEPARATED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SIDE OF THE TIRE CAME OFF.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/75R15)

THE TIRE DEVELOPED A BLISTER ON THE SIDEWALL. I CHANGED THE TIRE, I WAS DRIVING TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER WHEN THE TIRE EXPLODED IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK. I HAVE DIGITAL PHOTOS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DAMAGE. HMV. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W29VAWI497 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

BUMPER FRACTURED AND BRACKETS BROKE AWAY, DEALER SAID BUMPERS ARE NOT FOR BICK RACKS, THE MANUAL DOES NOT SAY THIS. IT DOES SAY A BALL HITCH CAN BE CONNECTED TO TOW A LOAD 350LBS, TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE BIKE RACK WITH BIKE IS 200LBS.

DEALER WENT FOR A TEST RIDE, AND SAID THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM TIRE WEAR. I REFUSED NEW TIRES THERE, AND WENT HOME TO TELL MY HUSBAND, WHO SPENT HIS LUNCH HOUR POINTING OUT THE FAULTY RACK AND PINION. THEY THEN PUT IT ON THE LIFT A SECOND TIME TO AGREE WITH US THAT THE TIE RODS AND RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. WE OPTED TO SEE ANOTHER REPAIRMAN LOCALLY WHO WAS AMAZED TO SEE THE RACK AND PINION SO RUSTED, IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS LOOKING WORSE THAN THE BILGE ON A LOBSTER BOAT. THE BOOT HAS BEEN RETAINING WATER AND THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY WAS SAID TO BE HIGHLY CORROSIVE. PEOPLE NEED TO BE ALERTED. THIS TRUCK DRIVES IN SNOW AND DIRT ROADS NOT ACROSS THE OCEAN. WE WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALER AGAIN TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK OF THE SITUATION.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIRBAG MALFUNTION LIGHT CAME ON, SWITCH REPLACED, ABOUT 14 MONTHS LATER, SAME ISSUE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH CONSUMER WAS BLINDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE'S FOG LIGHT,AND VEHICLE RAN INTO A TELPHONE HEAD-ON , AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND TIRE WAS MAKING A BUMPING NOISE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. SHE DROVE VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED IT AND AIR CAME OUT OF TIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

DASHBOARD WAS RATTLING AND ENGINE HAD BLOWNOUT AT 25 THOUSAND MILES. DEALER HAD REPLACED PARTS .PROBLEM RETURNED. DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE IT WITHOUT CHARGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK