1987-2001 · 10 model years
Owners have filed 244 complaints about the Toyota Previa across 10 model years, and it has 3 recalls. The 1991 has the most complaints once its age is allowed for (75), while 1987, 1998, 2001 have far fewer than a typical year. The most reported problem area is the seats & seat belts, followed by the brakes.
Highlighted: the year with the most complaints for its age. Older vehicles have had more time to collect complaints - the Safety Index grade allows for that.
Due to a clearance between the oil separator plate and the differential housing of the front differential unit, oil leakage at the air breather plug can occur, when the vehicle is operated continuously above 75 miles per hour.
Failure of a specific electronic component in the radios causes an electrical short circuit.
Certain windshield wiper components are subject to premature failure due to insufficient strength to function under high load levels.
I started the car and noticed that it smelled strange. I put it into reverse and started to back up when the passenger side airbag deployed, spiderwebbing the windshield and filling the cabin with a smoke that smelled intensely of the bad smell from before. There was no collision nor even contact with any thing else by the vehicle.
Vehicle has driver-side airbag only. Airbag deployed on tuesday, july 2 at about 5pm while driving on a san diego freeway at 60mph. There was no collision or warning to driver. Minor injury to driver. Vehicle was ultimately towed from road to service center.
I went to ventura toyota to seek repairs on my seatbelt for my recently purchased 1995 previa based upon the 1997 iihsa crash tests which determined that the energy management loop in the belt was a dangerous defect. I was told that there was an updated part for the vehicle, so I ordered it and had it installed on 8/4/16. After getting the vehicle back I realized that the "updated" part was not an updated part but was instead an older 1993 part which also had the same defect. I returned to ventura toyota and...
they acknowledged that it was not an updated part as they had represented. However, they are unable to make further repairs because there is no updated part. They have also refused my request to remove the part which is not as was represented or to refund my money. Toyota has misrepresented the nature and type of part they were installing on my car and has knowingly installed a defective part on my vehicle which contains the same defect and is older the one I specifically requested be removed.
Letter from congressman defazio on behalf of constituent re 1993 toyota previa airbag warning light. *Smd the consumer was informed her vehicle was not on the recall list. *Jb
Hankook optimo h724 tire p205/75r-14 dot t7xc hbh. Inside tire wall (back driver side) separated on 04-16-14 traveling i10 west at arizona high way speed limit of 75 mph causing accident. Nothing was run over on highway. Severe, roll-over accident. Mini-van totaled. Purchased at america's tire, san ramon, ca 07-20-13. Tire had ~ 10,000 miles wear on 70,000 mile tire. Tires and pressure checked 8 days prior. Inside wall separations are extremely rare. Suspected manufacturing defect. Manufacturing quality control...
is not hard. Any manufacturing defect that puts human life in danger is not acceptable. Will not purchase hankook tires again. There are reported problems with inside wall cracking on the hankook optimo h725 to the national highway safety transportation administration. I had reported the problem directly to hankook. [[redacted]], hankook tire, contacted me 04/21/14. He is clearly not interested in the serious nature of a potential manufacturing defect in 2 phone conversations on 04/22/14. I clearly stated several times that my intent in contacting them was from a safety perspective. [[redacted]], from hankook tire, did not know which manufacturing plant had manufactured the tire even though I had provided the dot number or if there were other known problems with the same model number. If there had been a car next to me or a car behind me or a tree on the side of the highway, there might have been serious injuries or death with that type of inside wall tire separation. Again, let me reiterate how rare and dangerous inside tire wall separations are. There is no ability to control the vehicle in this type of situation. The vehicle jerked to the left, then jerked to the right, and then jerked to the left again before it started to spin 180 degrees and roll. There were no tell-tale warnings (rough ride) of the potential inside tire wall separation like an outside tire wall separation. A tire manufacturer who is lackadaisical about safety is deeply troubling. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6). *Tr
Hankook optimo h724 tire p205/75r-14 dot t7xc hbh. Inside tire wall (back driver side) separated on 04-16-14 traveling i10 west at arizona high way speed limit causing accident. Nothing was run over on highway. Severe, roll over accident. Mini-van totaled. Purchased at america's tire 07-20-13. Tire had ~ 10,000 miles wear. Tires and pressure checked 8 days prior. Inside wall separations are extremely rare. Suspected manufacturing defect. Manufacturing quality control is not hard. Any manufacturing defect...
that puts human life in danger is not acceptable. Will not purchase hankook tires again. Have reported it to hankook tires. *Tr the consumer was informed the inside tire was missing a cord in three places. Updated 07/15/15. *Jb
Across every model year, owners report problems with the seats & seat belts (28), brakes (27), engine & cooling (24) most often.
NHTSA lists 3 recalls across all Toyota Previa model years. Each year's page lists the recalls for that year; check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see whether the repair has been done.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data
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