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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2002 Toyota Echo Recalls

The 2002 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 2002 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
35

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
12

2 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2002 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 2002 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 2001 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 2001 Echo

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

2002 Toyota Echo complaints by year

NHTSA has received 35 owner complaints about the 2002 Toyota Echo, the newest on April 25, 2018. Of these, 12 describe a crash (34%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.

In complaints about the 2002 Toyota Echo, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (23%), followed by the air bags (20%) and the power train (14%).

None of the 2002 Toyota Echo's 2 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.

Where 2002 Toyota Echo owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Vehicle Speed Control8
  • Air Bags7
  • Power Train5
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
  • Electrical System3
  • Engine And Engine Cooling3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2002 Toyota Echo received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20025
20033
20046
20054
20071
20081
20091
20104
20111
20122
20142
20152
20161
20171
20181

Complaints about the 2002 Toyota Echo peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 6. 51% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

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

The 35 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Echo are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Echo by model year

Other 2002 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: April 25, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted