1999 Toyota Land Cruiser

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Service brakes7
• Vehicle speed control4
• Power train3
• Service brakes, hydraulic2
• Unknown or other2
• Engine and engine cooling2
• Suspension1
• Structure1
• Fuel/propulsion system1
• Air bags1

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 4 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 5 1999 Land Cruiser vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 5 people died inside them, and 4 of the vehicles rolled over. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser failed the safety check 2.53% of the time — 44% more often than the average 1999 passenger car (1.76%). Median odometer at inspection: 195,315 miles.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

In the Netherlands

91 first registered in 1999 are on Dutch roads; 55% arrived later as imports. Median list price when new: €81,646.

Most common APK defects

• Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde26
• Stuur- of fuseekogel met slijtage kleiner of gelijk 1,0 mm25
• Stadslicht werkt niet (goed)18
• Parkeerrem werkt niet op 2 wielen18
• Kentekenplaatverlichting werkt niet (goed) / ontbreekt18
• Dimlicht onjuist afgesteld17
• Overmatige vloeistoflekkage overige vloeistoffen15
• Band(en) aanwezig met een profieldiepte van 1,6 t/m 2,5 mm14

Colours

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

612 cars built in 1999 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 548 more were declared off the road (SORN).

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

In 2023, 964 of these cars first registered in 1999 took their annual MOT test. 64% passed first time; among all cars first registered in 1999 the figure was 63%.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

In Finland

6 of these cars first registered in 1999 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 421,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

1,484 1999 cars are on the New Zealand register; 51% arrived as used imports, 45% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Recalls

No recall campaigns cover the 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser.

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Toyota told its dealers about the 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)