Toyota Cressida

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 TOYOTA CAB CHASSIS MOTOR HOME. THE VEHICLE HAS FTS WESTLAKE TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PURCHASED SIX TIRES FOR HIS VEHICLE IN JANUARY OF 2007. HE NOTIFIED FOREIGN TIRE SALES AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT MANUFACTURER THE TIRES WITH THE DOT NUMBER HE PROVIDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE OF THE REAR TIRES WAS OUT OF BALANCE. THE TIRE COULD NOT BE BALANCED, THEREFORE, ALL SIX TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAS THE SIX OLD TIRES AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT…

2 P195/65R-15 89H B YOKOHAMA YK420 (31210) TIRES BOUGHT AT DISCOUNT TIRE ON 08-14-2002 RECEIPT#1405700 MILEAGE 45,179 AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT WAS 08-10-06 AND MILEAGE WAS 71,000 MILES....STEEL BELT ON TWO TIRES SEPARATING FROM TIRE AND POTENTIAL FOR UNSAFE HIGHWAY OPERATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING...I HAVE A LETTER... IF YOU WOULD LIKE DETAILS AND COPIES OF RECEIPTS. *JB

DT: CONSUMER OWNED A 1991 TOYOTA CRESSIDA. THERE WAS A HUMMER PM525 MUFFLER, MANUFACTURED BY PILOT MOTOR SPORTS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE AFTER PURCHASE. THE HEAT FROM THE MUFFLER CAUSED THE REAR BUMPER TO CATCH ON FIRE. IT BURNT THE WHOLE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THIS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 1, 2005 CONSUMER THOUGHT THE MUFFLER WAS INSTALLED A YEAR EARLIER. THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN INOPERABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR; CONSUMER WAS REBUILDING THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER…

ON 3/29/03 I HAD MY CAR SERVICED AT WORLDTOYOTA ON PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. I HAD AN OIL & FILTER CHANGE, 19 PT. INSPECTION, SPRING SERVICE AND BRAKES FOR A WHOPPING $488. I HAVE HAD A DIAGNOSTICS TEST DONE ON MY VEHICLE WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS AT WORLDTOYOTA. IN THE PAST YEAR I HAVE ALSO REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION, MAIN SEAL, TRANSMISSION SEAL AND CV AXLE, TIMING BELT, TUNE-UP AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES. ON 4-28-03 I THREW A ROD IN MY ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY CHECKED THE OIL AND THERE WAS NO OIL IN…

DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON A FL TURNPIKE. THE TEMP. WAS 85 DEG. F. TRAVELING AT ABOUT 80 MPH (GENERAL TRAFFIC WAS TRAVELING AT THAT SPEED). A COUPLE ON IN A TRUCK WAS INDICATING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH OUR CAR (THEY ACUALLY STATED THAT OUR CAR WAS ON FIRE). THE CAR WAS HANDLING OK AT THE TIME AND THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL SMELLS. I PULLED OVER INTO AN EXIT AS SOON AS THE WAY WAS CLEAR, AND WHEN I WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, THE BREAK PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR - THE CAR GRADUALLY CAME TO A STOP ON THE…

FIRESTONE , FIREHAWK TIRES ARE NOT ORIGINAL TIRES ON A TOYOTA, CRESSIDA, 1991, P205/60R15, DOTVDUNJBBO. WHILE TRAVELING AT 75 TO 80 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VERY BADLY. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD COME COMPLETELY OFF. HOWEVER, TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED.*AK MILEAGE AT PURCHASE OF THE TIRES WAS 63000 MILES, TIRE HAD 18425 MILES AT TIME OF FAILURE. *SLC

I AM TOLD THAT THE CAM SEALS ARE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE DUE TO BACK PRESSURE. ISN'T THE MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBLE TO CORRECT DEFECTS? THE CRESSIDA WAS THE TOP OF THE LINE FOR TOYOTA IN 1992 AND THE CAR COST $25,000. WE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER PREVIOUSLY ON OTHER PROBLEMS AND WERE TOLD IN OTHER WORDS - TOO BAD - IT'S YOUR PROBLEM. ISN'T THE MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBLE TO CORRECT DEFECTS, EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT? THIS CAR IS MECHANICALLY A PIECE OF JUNK AND THE…

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPONENTS WHEN ENGINE OVERHEATED, CONSUMER HAS OWNER TWO OTHER TOYOTA CRESSIDAS (1982 AND 1990) WHICH EXPERIENCED THE SAME HEAD GASKET FAILURES.

ANYTIME AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING FREON IS LEAKING FROM THE DASH. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. *AK

AIR FLOW (VENTILLATION) FAN FAILED.