2000 Unknown Unknown problems
Owners have filed 129 complaints about the 2000 Unknown Unknown with NHTSA. Tires account for 13.2% of them — the clear leader, ahead of fuel system, gasoline at 8.5%.
Complaints129
Crashes14
Fires4
Injuries11
Deaths4
What owners report breaking
Tires 13.2% · 17
Fuel system, gasoline 8.5% · 11
Power train 7.8% · 10
Exterior lighting 7.0% · 9
Engine and engine cooling 7.0% · 9
Structure 7.0% · 9
Service brakes, hydraulic 6.2% · 8
Unknown or other 5.4% · 7
Severity
Of those complaints, 14 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire, 11 report an injury and 4 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Filing volume has held steady, 9 in the last three years against 10 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 27,250 miles.
In owners' own words
Car has been in shop over 17 times in less than 9 months for defects. Also, car was in for new wheel covers within a week of purchase, car was sent toyota on nicholasville for "bouncing" four times before they told me I needed new tires and that I had to pay for them, and my fog lights blew out at like 16000 miles. *Ak( dot number: ) Tires
Tires--bubbles on the sides, one as big as a baseball---caused by being hit-not so---then one more split on the side where I can put my hand inside----bad tires were thin and not heavy duty pathfinder & trailfinder r44269 k10891 m + 6 e13-07385 8.00R16.5Lt ts Tires
Passenger front tire blew out damaging fender. *Mr this was the third blowout. All four tires had 368 "(3/8)" tread left. (Vehicle name/carri-lite cameo & tire brand/ltx ms load range e) *scc Tires · reported at 44,153 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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