1994 Toyota Previa problems

Filed Aug 6, 2019 · Airbags · 130,000 miles · CA

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.

Filed Oct 19, 2010 · Engine, Transmission · 194,000 miles · CO · fire

Vehicle catches on fire due to oil leak. Manufacturer designed inherent flaws.

Filed Oct 20, 2005 · Body · 110,000 miles · GA · 1 injury

Dt: the consumer ha a problem with right side sliding van door handle. Upon pulling open the door handle it broke off. The vehicle was taken to an auto shop for repair but due to the cost the handle was never repaired. The handle was made of poor quality plastic that was very fragile. This was the first and only incident with the door handle. No repairs or corrections have been made. The plastic did injured the consumer's hand when the incident occurred.

Filed Jun 10, 2005 · Seat belts · 143,000 miles · OR · 1 injury

(1) events leading up to the failure: while driving vehicle and approaching intersection. Light turns yellow and driver decided to stop for the red light. Stop was from somewhere around 30 MPH over maybe 100 feet. (figures are just for reference) (2)failure and its consequences: female, receptacle for seat belt somehow broke and split its casing to release the strap. Resulting in the 6 year old in booster seat flying from back seat into front passenger seat and starts crying, scared but receiving only a bump on his head. (3) what was done to correct the failure: had the seat belt looked at by royal moore toyota in hillsborro, or. They said they had never seen that happen before and that would be $180 to replace. I did not replace the seatbelt->receptacle yet and still have the broken part.

Filed Jul 18, 2002 · Acceleration · MI

While driving cruise control went out, and could have lost steering control which could have caused an accident. Cause unknown. Dealer notified.

Filed Sep 20, 2000 · Body · FL · 1 injury

Driver's side door had a catastrophic failure to open door with no warning signs. Consumer states that in an accident it could be deadly. Toyota failed to respond to the urgency of the situation, failed to take responsibility.

Filed Aug 23, 2000 · Tires · LA

I noticed a bump-bump-bump like running over rough road when I decided to slow down from 70 to about 55 and then it blew. I still have the last tire. Two months ago, a sister tire blew under similar circumstances and we returned it to the local goodyear service center and the credited us some part of the cost of a new one (they said it still had 15-20,000 miles still left in tread).( dot number: mkvf5bhr03 tire size: p215/65r15 )

Filed Aug 19, 2000 · GA · 1 injury

This failure resulted in serious injury - portion of the right thumb severed

Filed Sep 28, 1999 · Seat belts · AR

Rear lap belt isn't working due to the casing within the seat belt cracking, and the seat belt is catching in the crack, and won't come out.

Filed Jun 5, 1999 · Acceleration · VA

Accelerator sticks, making it very difficult to accelerate gradually. When this occurs you must push down on the accelerator very hard. This leads to the car abruptly lunging forward, making it very difficult to drive in bumper to bumper traffic or tight spaces. This problem was identified within the first 8 months. The problem was corrected, however its occurring again. I think this should be a recall item on this vehicle.