2000 Toyota Echo
No clear pattern 22.7% of complaints about the 2000 Toyota Echo arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2000 vehicle, but with only 97 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is service brakes, hydraulic (23 complaints), typically at 2.1 yr or about 60,000 miles.
- Complaints
- 97
- Median age at failure
- 2.3 yr
- Median mileage
- 84,631 n=38
- Crash / fire / tow
- 33% of reports
- Safety recalls
- 3
04V455000 2004-09-17
Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder
CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE RECESS RETAINS A RUBBER SEAL RING, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE END OF THE CYLINDER BODY, AND MAY BE CORRODED DUE TO AN IMPROPER WASHING PROCESS.
IN THIS CONDITION, BRAKE FLUID MAY LEAK FROM THE SEAL, OR A SMALL AMOUNT OF AIR MAY ENTER THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE OF VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE.
01V326000 2001-10-10
Service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:vacuum
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DUE TO A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF CONDITIONS WHICH CONSIST OF COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, LOAD APPLIED FROM AIR CONDITIONER AND OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES, AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE VACUUM IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD COULD BE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE BRAKE BOOSTER.
WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED UNDER THIS COMBINATION OF CONDITIONS, VACUUM ASSIST TO THE BRAKES WOULD DECREASE, AND THE INCREASED PEDAL PRESSURE REQUIRED COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE.
00V256000 2000-09-07
Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF ALASKA, COLORADO, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, WISCONSIN, AND WYOMING. CONDENSED MOISTURE FROM THE POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION (PCV) PORT COULD SEEP TOWARD THE BRAKE VACUUM PORT INSIDE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND START TO FREEZE.
VACUUM ASSIST TO THE BRAKES WOULD BE DECREASED AND INCREASED PEDAL PRESSURE WOULD BE REQUIRED, INCREASING THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE.
Air bags mileage not reported 1.1 yr in service
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10MPH SHE WAS TURNING OUT OF PARKING ALLEY WHEN PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Air bags mileage not reported 1.3 yr in service crash / fire / tow
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON HIGHWAY, VEERED OFF TO ROAD AND WAS TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF T VEHICLE. BUT, LOST CONTOL AND RAN INTO MERIDIAN STRIP AND CRASHED. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE DEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Air bags mileage not reported 1.3 yr in service crash / fire / tow
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 25 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER/ PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK SENSOR UNIT BROKEN DURING THE COLLISION. *YH
Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 1.3 yr in service crash / fire / tow
CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED BECAUSE DEALER DID NOT REPAIR RECALLED ITEM IN TIMELY MANNER. OVER THREE MONTHS AGO, DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOTIFY CONSUMER WHEN PARTS ARRIVED, STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED CALL. *AK