2000 Toyota Echo: raw data

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vehicle2000 / toyota / echo
known issues5 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-06)
complaints98 on file (2000-04-25 → 2021-09-10)
recalls0
investigations0
fars141 occupant deaths, crash years 1990-2024 (legacy-code)
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Brake recall repairs delayed or unavailableSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC7 complaints2001-01 → 2008-06echo-2000-brake-recall-parts-delay
  • 10050115 THE CONSUMER RECEIVED 2 RECALL 02V268000 LETTERS FOR BRAKE LINE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE SINCE JAN 03, 2003
  • 878319 CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED BECAUSE DEALER DID NOT REPAIR RECALLED ITEM IN TIMELY MANNER
  • 10232292 SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE
Instability and swerving at highway speedSUSPENSION6 complaints2000-04 → 2004-05echo-2000-high-speed-instability
  • 868957 VEHICLE FEELS UNSTABLIZED. WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING MORE THAN 50 MPH IT WILL START TO SLIGHTLY SWERVE AND CAUSE CONSUMER TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
  • 860926 WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE AND DRIFTED OFF THE ROAD, CROSSING THREE LANES
  • 10073053 SUSPENSION IS VERY SOFT, VEHICLE IS HARD TO CONTROL AT SPEED OVER 60 MPH, EASILY MOVED BY GUSTS OF WIND
Brakes failing to stop vehicleSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC15 complaints2001-03 → 2011-02echo-2000-brake-failure-to-stop
  • 8015168 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLSION WHEN BRAKES FAILED
  • 884447 CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AT STOP LIGHT, BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN, BUT STILL HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER
  • 10105366 BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED, AND IT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE
Air bags not deploying in collisionsAIR BAGS14 complaints2001-01 → 2014-09echo-2000-airbag-non-deployment
  • 10001979 CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
  • 898234 WHILE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 30-35 MPH IT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, FRONT WAS CRUSHED IN, BUT NONE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED
  • 884583 WHILE COMING TO A STANDSTILL IN RAIN, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT ABOUT 45 MPH, AND BOTH FROTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
Unintended accelerationVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL10 complaints2000-10 → 2018-11echo-2000-unintended-acceleration
  • 874012 WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DRIVER PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK TO STOP IT
  • 10234312 TRIED TO EASE INTO LANE BY GRADUALLY BRAKING BUT CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN FASTER. FLOORED THE BRAKES BUT THIS DID NOT WORK
  • 10265000 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE USING FULL BRAKE PEDAL FORCE AND HAND BRAKE THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
982000-04-252021-09-10291SERVICE BRAKES:28; HYDRAULIC:27; AIR BAGS:20; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:13; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:9

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_yearsoccupant_deathsmatch_typevpic_recovered
1990-2024141legacy-code0

FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2000 Toyota Echo vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/toyota/echo
@misc{wrenchpro_2000_toyota_echo_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2000 Toyota Echo},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/toyota/echo}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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