# 1995 TOYOTA TACOMA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
> NHTSA complaint `253276` · 2000-10-28 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** TACOMA
- **Year:** 1995
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
## Narrative
TOOK IN TO HAVE SHOCKS CHECKED AND MECHANIC FOUND EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO BE CRACKED OVER 3/4 OF THE WAY AROUND BETWEE THE MIDDLE TWO EXHAUST PORTS.  MY BROTHER IN-LAW SUSPECTED A LEAK AS I WAS PUTTING BOAT AWAY OVER ONE YEAR AND 25000 MILES AGO.  I DO NOT EVER REMEMBER THE TRUCK SOUNDING ANY DIFFERENT AND THE MANIFOLD IS UNDER A HEAT SHIELD SO I NEVER SPOTTED THE CRACK.  I HAVE ALWAYS SMELLED EXHAUST BUT THOUGHT IT WAS COMMING FROM OTHER VEHICLES.  I FREQUENTLY MAKE LONG TRIPS IN THE TRUCK AND HAVE HAD TO FIGHT TO STAY AWAKE THAT I NOW KNOW MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.  I HAD THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD REPLACED BY MY DEALER WHO PROBABLY HAS SAVED ME FROM FURTHER HARM OR EVEN DEATH.  THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE MANIFOLD UNDER WARRANTY.  I HAVE TO WONDER WHY THEY HAD A REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD IN STOCK IF THIS IS NOT A COMMON OCCURANCE.  I KEPT THE MANIFOLD AND WILL SEND IT WHEREVER YOU WANT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE IT TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE CRACK.  I AM AN ENGINEER AND SUSPECT THAT AN APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH MANUFACTURED HOLE IN THE HEAT SHIELD ALLOWED WATER TO HIT THE MANIFOLD AND THERMAL SHOCK CAUSED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A CAST IRON MANIFOLD TO CRACK WHERE IT DID.  ONE MORE INCH OF CRACKING AND THE MANIFOLD WOULD HAVE BROKEN IN TWO.*AK
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