{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=TAOTAO","name":"TAOTAO","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-30T14:38:32.220Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":5,"deaths":0,"injured":5,"fires":0},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":1},{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","n":1},{"component_desc":"STEERING","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1470628","date_received":"2018-05-23","make":"TAOTAO","model":"RACER50","model_year":2017,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","description":"I BOUGHT THIS BIKE ONLINE AND HAD IT SHIPPED TO ME IN HAWAII. IT HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS THAT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN REGISTER.  THE MANUFACTURER LABEL IS INVALID AND INCOMPLETE. BUT I WANTED TO REPORT THE SAFETY OF IT AS WELL. THE EXHAUST TUBING IS ABOUT 3-4 INCHES AWAY FROM THE FOOT PEDAL. I BURNED MY ACHILLES AREA WHEN I WAS MOUNTING THE UNIT AFTER STOPING AT A GAS STATION. I HAVE HAD OTHER MOPEDS, AND THE OTHERS HAVE THE EXHAUST PIPE MORE UNDER THE UNIT AND ON THE TAOTAO RACER 50 THE EXHAUST PIPE STICKS OUT. I FEEL IT STICKS OUT TOO MUCH, YET I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE RULE FOR THAT. THE INSPECTOR WHO I SAW,WHEN I WENT TO TRY AND REGISTER THE RACER 50 SAYS THE MANUFACTURER HAD CUT MANY CORNERS AND TOLD ME IT COULD NOT BE REGISTERED AT ALL.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1470628"},{"cmplid":"1470629","date_received":"2018-05-23","make":"TAOTAO","model":"RACER50","model_year":2017,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"I BOUGHT THIS BIKE ONLINE AND HAD IT SHIPPED TO ME IN HAWAII. IT HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS THAT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN REGISTER.  THE MANUFACTURER LABEL IS INVALID AND INCOMPLETE. BUT I WANTED TO REPORT THE SAFETY OF IT AS WELL. THE EXHAUST TUBING IS ABOUT 3-4 INCHES AWAY FROM THE FOOT PEDAL. I BURNED MY ACHILLES AREA WHEN I WAS MOUNTING THE UNIT AFTER STOPING AT A GAS STATION. I HAVE HAD OTHER MOPEDS, AND THE OTHERS HAVE THE EXHAUST PIPE MORE UNDER THE UNIT AND ON THE TAOTAO RACER 50 THE EXHAUST PIPE STICKS OUT. I FEEL IT STICKS OUT TOO MUCH, YET I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE RULE FOR THAT. THE INSPECTOR WHO I SAW,WHEN I WENT TO TRY AND REGISTER THE RACER 50 SAYS THE MANUFACTURER HAD CUT MANY CORNERS AND TOLD ME IT COULD NOT BE REGISTERED AT ALL.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1470629"},{"cmplid":"1470630","date_received":"2018-05-23","make":"TAOTAO","model":"RACER50","model_year":2017,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"I BOUGHT THIS BIKE ONLINE AND HAD IT SHIPPED TO ME IN HAWAII. IT HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS THAT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN REGISTER.  THE MANUFACTURER LABEL IS INVALID AND INCOMPLETE. BUT I WANTED TO REPORT THE SAFETY OF IT AS WELL. THE EXHAUST TUBING IS ABOUT 3-4 INCHES AWAY FROM THE FOOT PEDAL. I BURNED MY ACHILLES AREA WHEN I WAS MOUNTING THE UNIT AFTER STOPING AT A GAS STATION. I HAVE HAD OTHER MOPEDS, AND THE OTHERS HAVE THE EXHAUST PIPE MORE UNDER THE UNIT AND ON THE TAOTAO RACER 50 THE EXHAUST PIPE STICKS OUT. I FEEL IT STICKS OUT TOO MUCH, YET I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE RULE FOR THAT. THE INSPECTOR WHO I SAW,WHEN I WENT TO TRY AND REGISTER THE RACER 50 SAYS THE MANUFACTURER HAD CUT MANY CORNERS AND TOLD ME IT COULD NOT BE REGISTERED AT ALL.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1470630"},{"cmplid":"1416459","date_received":"2017-10-23","make":"TAOTAO","model":"ATM50-A","model_year":2015,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STEERING","description":"THE SCOOTER WAS BEING DRIVEN STRAIGHT AHEAD ON A LEVEL, SMOOTH CITY STREET. THE DRIVER APPROXIMATED HIS SPEED AT 5 - 10 MPH. THE STEERING COLUMN SNAPPED CLEANLY WITHOUT WARNING, THUS COMPLETELY RELEASING THE ENTIRE FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY FROM THE SCOOTER. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF WEAKNESS OR DEFECT, AND NO RUST OR OTHER INDICATION OF WEAR IS VISIBLE AT THE BREAK. DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, THE POLICE HAVE NOT POSTED THEIR REPORT TO BUYCRASH.COM AS YET. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BY AMBULANCE. THE SCOOTER PARTS WERE REMOVED TO OUR TRUCK AND TRANSPORTED BACK TO HEADQUARTERS.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1416459"},{"cmplid":"1116429","date_received":"2014-10-03","make":"TAOTAO","model":"ATM50-A1","model_year":2014,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING AROUND AN S CURVE AND SLOWED DOWN AND THE BRAKES SEIZED. AND THE BIKE FLIPPED WITH ME ON IT. HAD TO HAVE 9 STAPLES IN LEFT ARM. ALONG WITH VARIOUS CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES ON ARMS, LEGS AND ABDOMEN CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO CONTACT THE STORE WHERE PURCHASED. CONTACTED THEM THE DAY AFTER ACCIDENT AND THEY STATED TO BRING SCOOTER IN SO THEY CAN ACCESS AND THAT EXPLAINED WHY WHEN THEY ORDERED TWO MORE OF THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR, THEY CAME WITH DRUM BRAKES INSTEAD OF THE DISK BRAKES. BROUGHT BIKE IN AND THEY VERIFIED BRAKES LOCKED BUT ARE REFUSING TO REPLACE BIKE OR COMPENSATE FOR INJURIES .  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1116429"}]}