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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2001 Toyota Echo Recalls

The 2001 Toyota Echo has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 19, 2006.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Toyota Echo. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
2

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
50

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
16

6 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2001 Toyota Echo, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

2 recalls on the 2001 Toyota Echo

Engine and engine cooling

Campaign
06V266000
Reported
July 19, 2006
Vehicles affected
up to 34,771
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2002 Echo, 1 other model

06V266000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings

Campaign
02V268000
Reported
October 1, 2002
Vehicles affected
up to 59,394
Same campaign
also 2002 Echo

02V268000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2001 Toyota Echo complaints by year

NHTSA has received 50 owner complaints about the 2001 Toyota Echo, the newest on February 9, 2023. Of these, 16 describe a crash (32%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries and 1 death.

In complaints about the 2001 Toyota Echo, the component group named most often is the air bags (26%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (14%).

1 of the 2001 Toyota Echo's 2 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.

Where 2001 Toyota Echo owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags13
  • Engine And Engine Cooling8
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
  • Vehicle Speed Control7
  • Electrical System3
  • Power Train3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2001 Toyota Echo received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20002
20015
20029
20038
20045
20053
20062
20081
20095
20102
20111
20141
20152
20161
20181
20201
20231

Complaints about the 2001 Toyota Echo peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 9. 58% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 3/5

The 50 complaints about the 2001 Toyota Echo are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Echo by model year

Other 2001 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: February 9, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted