Ownership Cost for 1981 Toyota Pickup (Deluxe Long Bed 4WD)
Estimated: $27623 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$984
$472
$413
$374
$335
$2578
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$2229
$2295
$2376
$2471
$2582
$11953
Maintenance
$1214
$253
$137
$225
$1579
$3408
Repairs
$91
$323
$353
$487
$612
$1866
Taxes & Fees
$24
$24
$24
$24
$24
$36
Total Ownership Costs
$5993
$4849
$4837
$5168
$6776
$27623
Make: TOYOTA
Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1057
Model Year: 1981
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1992
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I HAVE A 1992 TOYOTA TRUCK [XXX] WITH 265000 MILES. ON OCT.27 WHILE DRIVING MY CENTER LINK BROKE AT THE PITMAN THIS CAUSED ME TO NOT HAVE ANY STEERING CONTROL. SINCE I WAS NOT GOING AT A EXCESSIVE SPEED I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY BUT JUST BARELY I WAS TRYING TO TURN RIGHT AT A INTERSECTION MY TRUCK WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE RED LIGHT ALMOST BROADSIDING A TRUCK. DUE TO THIS I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO REPORT THERE IS TO NO TELLING HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED AND THE CAUSE WAS DESTROYED IN THE RUBBLE OR THE PERSONS INVOLVED WERE KILLED. THE CENTER LINK HAD A CRACK IN IT I DON'T KNOW WHEN OR HOW IT OCCURRED. I BROUGHT THE PART TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN ASHEVILLE NC BUT THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT IT. BASICALLY IT IS OLD AND OUT OF WARRANTY IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE HAVE THE OLD PART FOR YOUR INSPECTION AND WOULD LIKE SOME FOLLOW UP AS TO WHO REALLY KNOWS HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE FAILED AND NO ONE IS ALIVE TO TELL WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. *JB UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
1981
TIRES
TRUCK VIBRATED AFTER INSTALLATION OF NEW TIRES. HAD BALANCE RE-DONE, BUT STILL VIBRATED. I NOTICED BUBBLING ON THE SIDEWALL AND KNEW THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. TOOK BACK TO SEARS AUTOMOTIVE IN HAYWARD,CA (SOUTHLAND MALL) AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO DEFECT AND WOULD NOT REPLACE TIRES. *TR