2000 Toyota Land Cruiser: Reliability Data

41
Total Complaints
120,000mi
Median Mileage
Vehicle Speed Control
Top Issue
9
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

90,250 25th Percentile
120,000 Median Mileage
141,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

Vehicle Speed Control
3
Body
3
Service Brakes
3
Electronic Stability Control (Esc)
2
Traction Control System
2
Power Train
2
Suspension
2
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
1
Bumpers
1
Anchorage
1

Severity Assessment

9
Crashes
1
Fires
9
Injuries
1
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON FREEWAY. WE WERE CLIPPED BY ANOTHER CAR ON OUR RIGHT FRONT BUMPER. OUR SUV SLID TO THE LEFT CROSSING 3 FREEWAY LANES AND WE HIT HEAD ON INTO THE CONCRETE FREEWAY DIVIDER. OUR SUV SLIDE DOWN THE FREEWAY ALONG THE DIVIDER AND MADE ONE COMPLETE ROLL, LANDING AGAIN ON OUT TIRES...."
"TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON FREEWAY. WE WERE CLIPPED BY ANOTHER CAR ON OUR RIGHT FRONT BUMPER. OUR SUV SLID TO THE LEFT CROSSING 3 FREEWAY LANES AND WE HIT HEAD ON INTO THE CONCRETE FREEWAY DIVIDER. OUR SUV SLIDE DOWN THE FREEWAY ALONG THE DIVIDER AND MADE ONE COMPLETE ROLL, LANDING AGAIN ON OUT TIRES...."
"TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON FREEWAY. WE WERE CLIPPED BY ANOTHER CAR ON OUR RIGHT FRONT BUMPER. OUR SUV SLID TO THE LEFT CROSSING 3 FREEWAY LANES AND WE HIT HEAD ON INTO THE CONCRETE FREEWAY DIVIDER. OUR SUV SLIDE DOWN THE FREEWAY ALONG THE DIVIDER AND MADE ONE COMPLETE ROLL, LANDING AGAIN ON OUT TIRES...."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

When Does Each Component Fail?

Median mileage at complaint for top components.

Vehicle Speed Control 3 complaints
Median: 120,000 mi
Service Brakes 3 complaints
Median: 140,466 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

NY: 9 NJ: 6 CA: 6 GA: 4 MI: 3 TN: 3 FL: 3 TX: 2 MN: 1 MD: 1

Who Files Complaints?

19.5%
Original Owners
80.5%
Second+ Owners

Toyota Land Cruiser — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
1994255
1997202
1998213
1999275

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28