When you are in the car and the manual locks are locked you can not open the door. You have to unlock it first to open door. Normally a locked door will open when you open the door. This continues to happen. Then when you are locked in you can't even unlock the door by rolling the window down and inserting the key to unlock it. It will not work. Therefore I have to crawl through the passenger door and mess with the lock and key to get it unlocked. I feel this is very dangerous. I see no recalls on this matter. I talked to an auto body shop that says this is not fixable. *Tr
Body, doors & structure
Toyota Echo Body problems by year
11 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Toyota Echo's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.
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2002 Toyota sienna minivan. When I try to open the driver side sliding door, I can hear it unlatch but remains shut. You have to push the rear part of the door back in until you hear a click, then you have to violently pull the handle and the door will open. *Tr
Back hatch unlocked and flew open on highway while I had customers in my 4 runner. Pulled over and tried to shut...Would not shut. Having to drive now with back tailgate tied shut. Exhaust comes in through back of vehicle. Having repaired on 10/24 for a cost of over $400! *Tr
Power locks - beginning in 2006, the driver side/rear power lock in my 2003 toyota camry se began to fail. The failure begins with intermittent functioning of the locks - the doors will lock/unlock unpredictably. I consider this to be a safety issue for a couple of reasons - children in the car and the risk of theft from a car that failed to lock. I took my car to the dealership and the part was covered under my extended warranty. (I also have a problem with the intake manifold). *Nm
Dt: the contact owns a 2005 toyota echo. The vehicle was purchased on july 14, 2004. The consumer felt vibration in the front end, the shock absorbers leaked and the door latches were broken. The vehicle was taken back to the dealership where they fixed the leaking shock absorbers and broken door latches . The window sticker stated that it would get 39 miles per gallon of gas when it only got 24 to 27 miles per gallon of gas. The vehicle would not stay in overdrive. A week ago the vehicle was in a front end...
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collision and upon impact the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was totaled. The consumer sustained back, neck, left shoulder and a right knee injuries. A police report was taken. There were no fires. *Ak (11/30/05) other problems: transmission shifted hard, engine noise (ticking/rattleing), the brakes squeaked, there were loud interior squeaks, pulling to the right and rough idle. *Sc
I purachase my toyota sequoia in august 2003 for the first several month the vehicle was not drive that much, because of my wife's illness. Within eight months the front door handle broke, it was underwarranty and I did not think much of it, in april of this year 2005, the rear passenger side door handle broke and again I did not think much of it. Three weeks ago on sunday one of the member from the church was attempting to retreive his bag and the handle broke. When I went to the dealer ship to ask about...
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repair they informed me that it would be $300.00, And 200.00 To fix the passanger side. My comment to them was concerning the rear door, which I had not used that much and over the last 6 month maybe 3 time at the most per week, certainly not alot. What was amazing to me was that the door handle mechanism is made of plastic and so is the passenger door handle. My concern as a consumer that toyota did not do due diligence to use a plastic door handle and mechanism and given that things break should not have a price tag of 300.00 To replace. I contend that metal parts should have been used with the understanding and consideration of the use of the handles. Consumers should not be at the mercy of car manufactures to put anything into a car that would utimately would prove not in the consumers best interest. I am suggesting that there should be a recall on all toyota' door handles. Particularly the truck which by design are suppose to endure tough usesage.
Plastic door handles on toyota sequoias easily break off, very flimsy. This could lead to someone getting trapped in their car, especially if you are involved in an accident and need to open the door quickly or aggressively. My neighbor happens to have the same vehicle even the same color and I asked him how he likes it and he said fantastic, except we have broken off 2 door handles. When I took it to the dealer the service writer casually mentioned, "oh, we get these in all the time". I contacted the dealer and the toyota zone office and they will not pay for the $175 repair. This is a serious saftey hazard and a defective product.*Ak
1. No problems whatsoever until event. We are original owners and the car only had 17,000+ miles on it. 2. Driving along at normal rate of speed, suddenly metallic, grinding sounds from under hood (not like a blow out or tire tread coming off), slowed down to pull over when car pulled hard to the right and locked. Husband pulled hard on the steering wheel to the left. The steering wheel turned but the wheels didn't. No control of car whatsoever. Car hit guardrail. Airbags deployed. Husband was taken by ambulance with head, chest, and back injuries. 3. Still haven't heard from insurance company but everyone has told us the car is totaled. *Jb
Door handle on inside of driver's side broke. Impossible to open door. Unfortunately it happened when mileage is at 38,000 and past warranty by 2000 miles. Cost to repair was $117. Technician stated problems with camry and corola with that respect. The handle was never treated roughly, just broke one day.*Ak
While driving in the wind, consumer stated the vehicle was shaking and all the sudden he found himself doing circles and crashing into a guard rail on the front passenger side, consumer has 2 of these vehicles and states that they pull from the rear when there is wind or a larger vehicle that is passing, toyota found no problems with vehicle. *Slc
Driver's side, behind the door, structure was coming apart about 2 inches, which seemed that this vehicle was not properly manufacturered. Please provide further information. *Ak
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