2002 Toyota Echo: raw data

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vehicle2002 / toyota / echo
known issues5 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-03)
complaints61 on file (2002-06-12 → 2018-04-25)
recalls0
investigations0
fars73 occupant deaths, crash years 1990-2024 (legacy-code)
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Rear brake line recall 02V268000 and parts waitSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC3 complaints2002-11 → 2004-01echo-2002-rear-brake-line-recall
  • 8023964 NO PARTS AVAILABLE. RECALL#02V268000 REAR BRAKE LINE PLEASE PROVIDE THE ADDRESS OF THE DEALER
  • 8023425 CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH REAR TUBE BRAKE
  • 10050198 RECALL #02V268000 WAS ISSUED AFTER THE OCCURRENCE
Steering wheel oscillation left to rightSTEERING2 complaints2003-07 → 2004-01echo-2002-steering-wheel-oscillation
  • 10069354 THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED OSCILLATING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON ITS OWN OUT OF CONTROL OF THE DRIVER
  • 10027190 WHEN THE CONSUMER BECAME TO MOVE FROM A STOPPED POSITION THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO OSCILLATE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB
Unintended acceleration and stuck throttleVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL7 complaints2002-07 → 2016-01echo-2002-unintended-acceleration
  • 8013553 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE TO 60MPH WITHOUT HITTING THE GAS PEDAL. HAVE TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO STOP IT
  • 10449089 STUCK THROTTLE ON JAN 19TH, 2012 WHEN ACCELERATOR PRESSED TO FLOOR. RECOVERED BY PULLING UP WITH FOOT
  • 10285697 TOYOTA FLOOR MAT OVER ACCELERATOR- THIS HAPPENED TO ME! MORE THAN ONCE!
Air bags not deploying in frontal collisionsAIR BAGS5 complaints2002-10 → 2007-02echo-2002-airbag-non-deployment
  • 10000763 NEW 2002 TOYOTA ECHO WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION GOING 40-45MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED
  • 8020001 CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE CRASHED AT 40MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY
  • 10182367 MY AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY
Crankshaft sensor failure and engine stallENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2 complaints2008-01 → 2010-05echo-2002-crankshaft-sensor-engine
  • 10330760 MY 02 ECHO JUST HAD THE EXACT CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL
  • 10216136 WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
612002-06-122018-04-25152POWER TRAIN:9; SERVICE BRAKES:9; AIR BAGS:8; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:8; HYDRAULIC:8

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_yearsoccupant_deathsmatch_typevpic_recovered
1990-202473legacy-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). 2002 Toyota Echo vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2002/toyota/echo
@misc{wrenchpro_2002_toyota_echo_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2002 Toyota Echo},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2002/toyota/echo}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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