1993 Toyota Tercel problems
The 1993 Toyota Tercel has 50 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (50%) concerns air bags. After that come engine (10%) and seat belts (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 50 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 50% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 20 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: 23 complaints mention a crash; 20 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 1993 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Tercel with enough data (24 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.
While going 35 MPH vehicle was involved in a collision . The driver's side airbag deployed, causing sevre head and neck injuries. Owner was wearing sea tbelt. Owner recieved upper and lower back pain due to the deployment of the air bag. Manufacturer was not contacted.
Vehicle impact accident at 11:00 position, speed 45 MPH, driver's side lap/shoulder belt did not retract, resulting in an injury.
When applying brakes while driving over a puddle, brakes failed to stop the vehicle, causing an accident. Air bags deployed, causing consumer to sustain burns to the skin. Cause unknown.