1992 Toyota Tercel problems
The 1992 Toyota Tercel has 27 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (41%) concerns seat belts. After that come engine (15%) and cruise control (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 41% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 2
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: 4 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 3 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% 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 1992 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Tercel with enough data (13 complaints in that window).
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.
On 12/29/2015 at approximately 10am, my 84 year mother was leaving a walgreen's parking lot located in sunrise, florida. After backing up, she put the car into drive where sudden acceleration occurred. As a result the car struck a retaining wall causing extensive damage. The police and ems were called and provided transportation to the hospital. My mother passed away as a result of her injuries at approximately 12pm on 12/29/2015.
Consumer was traveling about 15-20MPH & another vehicle stopped in front of consumer & there was a rear end collision. Seat belt didn't tighten to secure the consumer which caused alot of knocking around. Manfacturer was sending adjuster out to inspect vehicle & wouldn't schedule appointment so that consumer could be present. The seat belt didn't tighten at the time of impact.
I was driving a 92 toyota tercel. I was going up a steep hill on I-5 in oregon. All of a sudden the gas pedal lost pressure and fell to the floor with the engine at full acceleration. Luckily I was going up a hill. I reached down and wiggled the gas pedal and it was totally loose and just dropped to the floor. As I came to the next exit I pulled off, put the car in neutral and turned off the key. I started it back up and the pressure came back to the gas pedal.