OUR 1997 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER IS NOW INOPERABLE DUE TO MULTIPLE FAILURES IN REPAIRS BY FOLSOM LAKE TOYOTA. COOLANT PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN NOTED SINCE 1999 WITH THE ABOVE REPAIR FACILITY FAILING TO CORRECT DEFECT. CURRENT PROBLEMS INVOLVE FOLSOM LAKE TOYOTA REFUSING TO CORRECT FAILED REPAIRS, COOLANT MIXING WITH ENGINE OIL CAUSING AUTO TO BE UNUSABLE. *JB
1989
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER. THE CONTACT WAS DISPENSING FUEL INTO THE FUEL TANK WHEN HE NOTICED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE NEAR THE REAR AXLE. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE FAILED AND THE CONTACT MENTIONED AN OVERPOWERING GASOLINE FUEL ODOR FROM THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE IN 1991 UNDER NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 91V110000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY). THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 277,000.