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vehicle
2001 / toyota / echo
known issues
7 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-06)
complaints
59 on file (2000-11-30 → 2023-02-09)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
133 occupant deaths, crash years 1990-2024 (legacy-code)
10003826 CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02-V-268-000, CONSUMER THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK, CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER STATING NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE
10011316 CONSUMER HAD ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIR WORK DONE, 02V268000 ONLY TO BE TOLD THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PERFORM THE WORK, AND ON ONE OCCASION, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS
Tire tread separation and blowoutTIRES4 complaints2000-11 → 2020-10echo-2001-tire-failure
10119833 TWO WEEKS LATER, HUSBAND HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE RUBBER DISINTEGRATED FROM THE INSIDE AND IT PEELED OFF
737091 UPON TURNING ON HIGHWAY 11 THE SOUND HEIGHTENED, SO WE PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD TO FIND A FLAT ON THE RIGHT REAR
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionsAIR BAGS14 complaints2001-06 → 2015-08echo-2001-airbag-non-deployment
10103130 CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 5 MPH. IN TURN, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10073536 WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10001207 WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10285824 WHILE ENTERING A RAMP AT 50 MPH, THE FLOOR MAT CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GET STUCK IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION
10315128 ACCELERATOR STICKS WHEN DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR IN TOYOTA ECHO 2001
10002413 WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATED AND IT BECAMES DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE RESULTING IN VEHICLE DAMAGE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
Engine compartment fireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING5 complaints2002-12 → 2005-03echo-2001-engine-compartment-fire
10116993 THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE ANOTHER CO-WORKER NOTICED THAT FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD
10004039 CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, AND EXITED THE CAR. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND COMPLETELY BURNED
10012211 THE IMPACT IGNITED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY
Engine stalling and failure to startENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING4 complaints2009-01 → 2016-10echo-2001-stall-no-start
10254773 THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, EVEN AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS
10439785 THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ABOVE 5 MPH AND OPERATING THE HEADLIGHTS, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING
10274890 THE CAR SUDDENLY QUIT AFTER I STOPPED AT STOP SIGN AND DID NOT START
Seat belts not locking or securing occupants in collisionsSEAT BELTS3 complaints2002-03 → 2006-11echo-2001-seat-belt-no-lock
10173636 DURING A REAR END COLLISION ON , THE BACK SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK THROWING THE PASSENGER INTO THE FRONT SEAT, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO BOTH PASSENGERS
8006145 CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH , AND WITHOUT WARNING, SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, CAUSING DRIVER TO CRACK WINDSHIELD
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.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2001 Toyota Echo vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2001/toyota/echo
@misc{wrenchpro_2001_toyota_echo_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2001 Toyota Echo},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2001/toyota/echo}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
