1991 TOYOTA CRESSIDA Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems
2 NHTSA complaints on file
Engine And Engine Coolingengine Issues in the 1991 TOYOTA CRESSIDA
2 engine and engine coolingengine complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1991 TOYOTA CRESSIDA. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Engine And Engine Coolingengine Complaints
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 SHOULDER. AS SOON AS I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, A PLUME OF BLACK SMOKE STARTED TO BILLOW OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE HOOD. I OPENED THE HOOD, PROPED IT OPEN - THE FIRE WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE RIGHT (PASSENGER) SIDE OF THE ENGINE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT...
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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.