2001 Toyota Echo problems
NHTSA has received 63 complaints about the 2001 Toyota Echo, and 22% of them involve air bags. After that come brakes (11%) and cruise control (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 63 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 23 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 29 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 67,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 21 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 23 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Frontal collision involving 2001 toyota echo and a conversion van. Driver of van suffered heart failure. Air bags did not deploy and seat belt failed to secure passenger upon impact.
Consumercomplained having problems with fire on the engine. Also stated that while driving the vehicle was involved on a front collision and the vehicle got on fire which it lead into a total lost of the vehicle and the air bags did not deployed . Dealer was not contacted at the time of this call. Ts moment after impact the fire had ignited underneath the hood. The driver side air bag did not deploy but the passenger side air bag did deploy.
During a rear end collision on , the back seat belt did not lock throwing the passenger into the front seat, resulting in injuries to both passengers.
Floor mat slippage caused car to get stuck in neutral, once at a high speed on a major interstate highway and once at a downtown intersection. I removed the floor mat on the driver's side and the problem stopped.