Recall Register

1981 Toyota Land Cruiser: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1981 Toyota Land Cruiser. The newest campaign is 91V110000. NHTSA received the report on 26 Jun 1991. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 91V110000, in the NHTSA record

Replace the fuel tank with an improved tank.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 39,355 units in total.

  1. 91V110000Received . 38,500 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly

    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leakage can lead to fire when near an ignitionsource.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace the fuel tank with an improved tank.

    Report filed by TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 81V117000Received . 855 units.

    Steering / Linkages / Tie Rod Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    If vehicle is continuously driven at speeds over 50 MPH on extremely rough roads, a bending resonance of the steering tie rod may occur. This could eventually cause fracture and failure of the rod.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The steering tie rod assembly and relay rod will be replaced at no charge to owner.

    Report filed by TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1981 Toyota Land Cruiser
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA91002Engineering analysisFUEL TANK LEAKSVehicle Speed Control / Linkages12 Oct 199030 Aug 199191V110000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19681
  2. 19691
  3. 19770
  4. 19801
  5. 19812
  6. 19822
  7. 19832
  8. 19842
  9. 19852
  10. 19862
  11. 19872
  12. 19882
  13. 19891
  14. 19901
  15. 19910
  16. 19920
  17. 19930
  18. 19940
  19. 19950
  20. 19960
  21. 19970
  22. 19980
  23. 19990
  24. 20000
  25. 20010
  26. 20020
  27. 20031
  28. 20041
  29. 20053
  30. 20062
  31. 20071
  32. 20085
  33. 20097
  34. 20106
  35. 20115
  36. 20122
  37. 20132
  38. 20144
  39. 20154
  40. 20163
  41. 20171
  42. 20182
  43. 20193
  44. 20210

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1981 Toyota Land Cruiser: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/land-cruiser/1981/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1981 Toyota Land Cruiser?
39,355 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Toyota Land Cruiser have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 19 recall campaigns for the Toyota Land Cruiser, model years 1968 to 2021. 2 of them name the 1981 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1981 Toyota Land Cruiser open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.