2002 Toyota Echo problems
NHTSA has received 45 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Echo, and 18% of them involve cruise control. After that come air bags (16%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 45 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 66,000 miles 27 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 | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 27 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 66,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries 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.
Another vehicle traveling north, crossed center line and hit daughter in 2002 toyota echo head on. As a result of impact toyota echo caught on fire resulting in daughter receiving 3rd degree burns on right arm, head and leg. The air bag deployed as noted by -stander that removed daughter from vehicle and helped extinguish flames on daughter. Daughter was unconscious after impact. Vehicle was completely consumed by fire and daughter airlifted to burn center for treatment.
My boy friend was driving my 2002 toyota echo 2-door coupe. We were driving in the middle lane on the outerloop of 495 (maryland), right past the connecticut/kensington exit when traffic began to slow down (50MPH). The mazda 626 in front of us suddenly slammed on his breaks so my boyfriend slammed on his breaks when he noticed a chevy malibu coming full speed behind us with the driver unconscious at the steering wheel.
Consumer states that when the vehicle crashed at 40MPH in the front center of the vehicle, the air bag did not deploy. Dealer notified. Nlm the consumers vehicle was totaled. There was extensive damage in the front end-due to a defective air bag system. Scc
I shifted into reverse to back out of a driveway when the car suddenly accelerated on its own. It crossed the street and ran over a brick planter box, knocked down a crape myrtle tree and finally hit the neighbor's SUV. I applied the brakes to no avail and had no time to shift into neutral or turn off the ignition. After the accident, I checked the gas pedal to see if it was against the floor or if the floor mat was interfering with it, but found nothing wrong. The car was totaled and my back was injured.
Low beam headlights were engaged using the dimmer switch located on the steering column per normal operations. The low beams switched to high beams display. Unable to disengage without totally switching off the lights. The high beam indicator appeared on the dashboard display as well. This event occurred when the temperatures were at or below 20 degrees fahrenheit and the car had been parked for about 8 hours (in a park and ride lot).