1978 TOYOTA CORONA STATION WAGON

1 recalls — 1 complaints

78V200000 Sep 13, 1978
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
UNDER EXTREME TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS, THE FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE WILL CAUSE THE VALVE SPRING SEAT TO DISLODGE AND THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE CARBURETOR WILL DECREASE. ENGINE HESITATION ON CONTINUOUS HIGH ROADS AND ENGINE STALLING ON INCLINED ROADS COULD OCCUR. DRIVER MAY BE UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE.
Remedy: DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE FUEL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE WITHOUT CHARGE.
5,700 vehicles affected
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Mar 23, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1978 TOYOTA CORONA STATION WAGON. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2008, THE CONTACT HAD THE STARTER REPLACED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND PERFORM AS IF IT WERE NOT GETTING FUEL. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD HESITATE AND OFTEN FAIL TO START. OTHER TIMES, THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN FINE FOR A MILE OR TWO BEFORE JERKING VIOLENTLY ON VARIOUS ROAD CONDITIONS (UPHILL, DOWNHILL, FLAT SURFACE). SEVERAL MECHANICS STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE SIMILAR TO A FAULTY FUEL PUMP OR FUEL REGULATOR. BOTH THE FUEL PUMP AND REGULATOR WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 150,000.