Vehicle profile
1998 Toyota Tercel
Sedan · Subcompact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 225 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.5L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 3-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Subcompact Cars
- Doors
- 2
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 1998 Subcompact Cars
- 0.27× the 3.77 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1998 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
08E050000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTSK2 MOTOR IS RECALLING 1,921 AFTERMARKET HEADLAMPS OF VARIOUS MODELS SOLD FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS ARE MISSING THE AMBER SIDE REFLEX REFLECTOR WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."
Consequence: WITHOUT THE AMBER SIDE REFLEX REFLECTORS, THE LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY BE AFFECTED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Remedy: K2 MOTOR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMEBER 17, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT K2 MOTOR AT 1-909-839-2992.
11/08/2008
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"id": "el09cfsr0cyk2d0",
"year": 1998,
"make": "Toyota",
"model": "Tercel",
"trim": "Tercel",
"submodel": "Sedan",
"horsepower": 225,
"cylinders": 4,
"displacement_l": 1.5,
"transmission": "Automatic 3-spd",
"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Subcompact Cars",
"image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/1998/Toyota/Tercel/1998_Toyota_Tercel_a48bdc18_00001_.png",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 1
}Compare
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