1996 Toyota T100 problems
Owners have filed 130 complaints with NHTSA about the 1996 Toyota T100. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are drivetrain & axles (16%) and seat belts (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 130 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 103,000 miles 44 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 44 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 103,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 126,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1996 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Toyota T100 with enough data (53 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.
At 40 MPH, vehicle was forced to swerve off road. Vehicle struck a culvert and flipped over onto its roof. Both driver and passenger were wearing seatbelts. Passenger said she was thrown all over the vehicle in the rollover and ended up in the rear seat. Driver doesn't remember much of accident but ended up outside the vehicle. Driver has steel plate and screws in right knee and passenger also had knee injury only requiring stitches.
Hours after having parked vehicle ignited due to a short circuit of right front wiring harness which started under inside right wheel well, according to fire dept report, vehicle was totalled.
My drivers side airbag deployed without any warning on saturday, october 19,2019. I was not involved in any accident or collision. The vehicle was already in the park position and the motor shutoff. I was pulling into my driveway with my son and beforei could remove my keys from the ignition and exit my truck, the airbag deployed, smacking me directly in my face. Im sure this was due to a malfunction of some kind because ive been owning this vehicle since 1996 and this has never happened.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 25MPH up a hill, the driver's side seat fell backward. Upon inspection, the contact observed a broken screw from the lever which releases the back of the seat. The manufacturer has been informed.
The frame is rusted and had to be patched once. The rest of the frame is rusting. The a arm on the driver's side rusted and broke and has been replaced. The shock absorber on the passenger side has rusted from the upper a arm area and has failed. The camber adjustment bar between the upper a arm and is in front of the torsion bar is rusted almost through. The fender wells of the bed on both sides are rusted through. These all present potential serious problems and hazards to ones well being.