1990 Toyota Pickup problems
Owners have filed 29 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Toyota Pickup. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 31% of complaints. After that come seat belts (17%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 29 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 87% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Pickup with enough data (5 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 1990 toyota pickup truck 4x4. After turning on the heater, leaves caught fire inside of his truck. The fire department extinguished the fire. A report was available. The toyota manufacturer was notified, and a letter was sent advising him that no assistance would be provided.. The failure mileage was 147,000. Updated 01/27/10. Shortly after purchasing the truck, the consumer noticed tree leaves entering the mechanical fan cage.
Middle lap belt will release the driver side lap/shoulder belt. Middle strap connector will hit driver release button when any lateral movement is applied to vehicle. *slc
My 1990 toyota pick-up was recalled ssc 50n to replace steering relay rod. The nearest dealer is two hundred miles from the vehicle. The recall center stated that this recall must be performed by a toyota dealer. There must be another way to fix the vehicle. Toyota could provide the parts and I assume the price to install them.
Me and my daughter where driving to federal express to drop of some packages. As I approached the stop light I pressed in the clutch and it popped really loud and I almost rearended a cadillac escalade. I swerved right to avoid hitting him and continued down the road and took the truck out of gear and coasted into the fed ex parking lot. My father-in-law is a toyota mechanic and he said the support plate for the clutch and brake had broke in 2 different places.