1994 Toyota Tercel problems
The 1994 Toyota Tercel has 45 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (42%) concerns air bags. After that come engine (16%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 45 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 42% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 22 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: 18 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 22 injuries reported; 2 deaths 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 1994 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Toyota Tercel with enough data (22 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 8/29/1999 my daughters boyfriend and her brother were on their way to datona, fl for the week. Nearing datona her left rear tire started to break ts tread and her boyfriend lost controll of the car and crossed into the median and cut acrros an approaching car which hit her car on the right side broadside. She was killed and her boyfriend was killed. Her brother was badley injured and still cannot walk without a walker .
I backed out of a parking space. After I stopped and put the gear from reverse into "drive" the car took off immediately at high speed returning to my parking space and beyond accelerating into the building a few feet past my original parking space. Took off at such a high speed and went forward at a high speed that the front end got damaged, the radiator burst, the windshield was shattered, and the airbag deployed. My passenger was hurt. The car was totalled by the insurance company.
The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision while driving at 70 MPH. The vehicle had front end damage. The driver side air bag failed to deploy upon impact. The driver sustained injuries to his back , the passenger sustained injuries to his/her neck and back.
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 toyota tercel. The vehicle has aerolite wheel tires. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the front passenger side rubber in the center of the tire shredded and detached. There was no crash. The tires are 50,000 mile tires, which shredded at approximately 18,000 miles. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage was 123,865 and failure mileage was 123,625.
The rubber pin/peg/piece (looks like thumbtack but bigger and made of rubber) that is attached to the brake pedal at the point were the brake light switch/button is, fell apart into five individual pieces resulting in the brake lights to remain on. The brake lights were fully on as if the brakes were applied. This was even with the vehicle in park and the engine off. Vehicle battery had to be disconnected in order to turn off the brake lights and start the repair.