TOYOTA 20" ALLOY WHEEL Complaints

CLUNKY CLUTCH ON A BRAND-NEW 2000 ECHO THAT TOYOTA NEVER BELIEVED SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA COROLLA AND EVERYTHING WORKED. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE, BRAKE, LISTEN TO THE RADIO, AC ON HIGH AND GET 30MPG IN THE CITY. SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH MY CAR. NHTSA AND THE MEDIA HAS CONVINCED ME THAT I MIGHT DIE WHILE DRIVING MY TOYOTA AND YET I FEEL JUST AS SAFE AS EVER. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU. *TR

I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS TO TOYOTA ABOUT MY 2002 SIENNA REGARDING STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THEY HAVE CHECKED THE CAR AND TOLD ME THEY FOUND NOTHING. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

2005 TOYOTA COROLLA STALLED IN A BAD LOCATION, I COULD OF GOT HIT! SOME MILES LATER CAR SHIFTED RUFF, SOME MILES LATER ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO THE NEAREST PLACE " AUTOZONE" TO HAVE TEST RAN, TEST RESULTS WAS CODE P2716 I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR ANY WHERE!!!! *TR

THIS COMPLAINT CONCERNS THE NEW 2010 TOYOTA 4RUNNER. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND HANDLING FOR THIS VEHICLE. UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL TRAVELS A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE SOUNDS SQUEAKY AND NOTCHY AND DELAYS IN STOPPING. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DO NOT INTERACT QUICKLY AND OFTEN TIMES ENGAGED AT THE VERY END OF THE BRAKE DISTANCE AND CREATES A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNSETTLING FEELING. THE HEIGHT CLEARANCE IS ALSO A CONCERN BECAUSE WHEN CROSS WINDS HIT THE VEHICLE IT CREATES A VERY UNSETTLING FEELING AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SWAY AND GET UNDER THE VEHICLE MAKING PRONE TO LOSS CONTROL. THAT WIND DOES NOT HAVE TO BE EXCESSIVE; THE MILDEST OF WINDS WILL CAUSE A DISRUPTION. SEVERAL MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO HAVE A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP REVIEW AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND THEY HAVE COME BACK AND STATED THAT IT OPERATES ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. NO ONE OTHER THAN TOYOTA KNOWS OF THOSE SPECIFICATIONS AND THEY WILL NOT DISCLOSE THEM UNTIL ENOUGH PEOPLE HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE BY COMPLAINING. TO ADD FURTHER INSULT TO INJURY, TOYOTA HAS PLACED AN ADMINISTRATIVE HOLD ON ANY REPAIRS UNLESS THEY SANCTION IT. IN ONE OF THE LATEST USES, I HAD A DEER CROSS MY PATH AND I TRIED TO STOP AND THE VEHICLE KEPT MOVING ALONG AND THE BRAKES GRABBED AFTER 12 FEET. I MISSED THE DEER BUT I WAS FORCED TO RELIVE THE ISSUE OF HOW FAULTY THE BRAKES ARE FOR THIS VEHICLE. IT REINFORCED THE ISSUES WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. WE NEED FOR TOYOTA TO OWN UP TO THIS HIDDEN DEFECT. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THESE VEHICLES SEEM TO CONTROL EVERY OPERATING ASPECT OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT APPEARS AT ISSUE AS WELL. *TR UPDATED IVOQ 01/20/11 THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE TO HIS COMPLAINT UPDATED IVOQ 03/01/11

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT "10308589". IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ON SUNDAY, MAY 16TH, 2010 I "FLOORED" THE ACCELERATOR AFTER TURNING INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE CAR ON THE ROAD WAS GOING MUCH FASTER THAN I EXPECTED. THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK SO I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, HEARD AND SAW HIGH RPM ON THE TACK AND TURNED THE MOTOR OFF WITH THE KEY. I WRESTLED THE CAR INTO THE NEXT TURN-OFF (NO POWER STEERING). I LOOKED DOWN AND MY GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK ALL THE WAY DOWN BY THE FLOORMAT. THIS IS A FLOORMAT THAT I PUT IN FROM WALMART. IT IS MADE OF HEAVY RUBBER TO PROTECT MY NICE FLOORMATS. IT IS NOT LATCHED INTO THE FLOOR LIKE MY NICE FLOORMAT UNDERNEATH. THIS WAS MY FAULT, NOT TOYOTA. THAT FLOORMAT IS NOW IN THE TRUNK OF MY CAR. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION HAS HAPPENED IN THIS CAR. IT WAS IN FOR RECALL REPAIR AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT. DRIVER BEWARE! THIS TOOL IS REQUIRING ME TO SELECT A MODEL NUMBER ON EQUIPMENT WHICH DOES NOT MAKE SENSE SO I JUST SELECTED ONE AT RANDOM - THAT IS A FLAW IN THE REPORTING PROCESS. *TR

I PURCHASE MY VEHICLE A 2002 RAV4, AUTOMATIC, NEW. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. APPROXIMATELY IN MARCH OF 2010 MY VEHICLE STARTING JERKING, I LOOK AT MY GAS GAUGE AND THOUGHT I MUST BE LOWER ON GAS THEN THE GAUGE IS SHOWING. I GOT GAS AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM. I GOT GAS AND THE SITUATION STOPPED. SPORADICALLY, IN THE 2 WEEK TIME FRAME MY VEHICLE SEEMED TO LOSE POWER. I DID TAKE MY CAR INTO MY MECHANIC AND HE HAD THE CAR AND DID TEST DRIVES WITH NO PROBLEMS. AGAIN, IN APRIL THE PROBLEM AROSE AGAIN AND THE CAR WHEN TO MY MECHANIC AND AGAIN THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. ON APRIL 22, 2010 UPON LEAVING WORK I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND THERE WAS A HORRIBLE JERKING, SHAKING AND AT TIMES SEEMED TO HAVE NO POWER I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME (1 MILE AWAY) WITH THE TIRES BARELY ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD. IMMEDIATELY, THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND AS WE WERE DOING A TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE BEGAN THE JERKING, SHAKING AND LOST POWER, THE CAR WAS NOT OPERABLE ANY LONGER. THE DIAGNOSIS: TRANSMISSION BURNT AND NEW ECM (MY THIRD IN THIS VEHICLE). THE VEHICLES ENGINE CHECK LIGHT NEVER CAME ON OR ANY OTHER SENSORS IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE ECM WAS TESTED IT DID NOT DISPLAY ANY CODES OR PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND WAS ADVISED I NEEDED TO BRING IT IN FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. I EXPLAINED TO THEM IT DOES NOT RUN AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND WOULD THESE (I WOULD HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED WITH AN EXPENSE OF ANYWHERE FROM $250 TO $300.00, A HOURS DRIVE AWAY) EXPENSES BE COVERED. RESPONSE "WARRANTY EXPIRED 60 DAYS AGO." AFTER MANY DAYS OF AN AGONIZING DECISION, I ADVISED MY MECHANIC TO GO AHEAD AND FIX THE CAR AT THE TUNE OF $3500.00, REPLACING THE ECM AND TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IS STILL BEING REPAIRED AND I WILL HAVE IT BACK NEXT WEEK. *TR

ON AND OFF, THE CAR MAKE A NOISE WHEN I STOP MY VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY A CRANK NOISE, AND FEELS LIKE CAR DOESN?T WANT TO STOP AT TIMES, MATTER OF SECONDS. AND BEING A VEHICLE THAT HAS 4,451 MILES I TOOK IT FOR THE 5000 MILES SERVICE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES NOISE CONCERNED, I SEND AN EMAIL TO THE SERVICE MANAGER DESCRIBING THE PROBLEMS, AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THEY HAVE CHECK THE BRAKES AND THAT MY CAR WAS READY, I DROVE MY CAR AND IT KEEP DOING THE SAME THING ON AN OFF, SO ABNORMAL, I WROTE A SECOND EMAIL TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, I WAS TOLD IN FEW WORDS THAT THEY HAVE TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER ON MY CAR SINCE IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION OR POWER TRAIN PROBLEM I CAN READ ON MY INVOICE PERFORMED A TSB 0082-9 REPROGRAMMED ECU??? I DROP MY CAR AT PENSKE TOYOTA TWICE; HAVE MY CAR LIKE A WEEK, SINCE IT SUFFER A LOT DAMAGE. WHEN I DROP MY CAR OFF I WAS TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN HE WAS GOING TO CALL THE FACTORY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?? AM I SECURE IN MY VEHICLE? I DON?T FEEL SECURE ON IT. CAN THEY REPLACE MY CAR? I AM AFRAID BECAUSE OF THE COMPUTER ISSUE, AND THE PEDAL ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING FOR WORK WITH MY TOYOTA CAMRY 2007. WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY, AROUND THE END OF THE RAMP, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH NO CONTROLS WORKING FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT EITHER FOR THE STEERING WHEEL OR THE BRAKE. IN A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS, THE VEHICLE WENT A FEW TIMES IN A ZIG-ZAG MANNER AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIT A SEMI-TRAILER WHICH WAS SOUTHBOUND ON THE HIGHWAY. MY CAR WAS COMPLETELY SMASHED IN THE FRONT AND TOTALED LATER. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER MY CAR WENT THROUGH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLACEMENT AS PER RECOMMENDATION OF THE TOYOTA RECALL PROCEDURE. I COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY KILLED IN THIS ACCIDENT. I GOT A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE AFTER HAVING A TICKET-FREE DRIVING RECORD FOR THE PAST 11+ YEARS. I AM PLEADING 'NOT GUILTY' FOR THIS TICKET BECAUSE THE DEFECTIVE TOYOTA CAR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT AND NOT MY ERROR. *TR

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE IN 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER. THE ABS, VSC, AND VSC TRAC AND SKIDDING LIGHT CAME ON ON OR ABOUT MARCH 22, 2010. TOYOTA DEALER HAD TROUBLE FINDING "PROBLEM" ALBEIT THEY SAID THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES OR ALMOST NO BRAKES. THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER ASSEMBLY AND IN AN UNRELATED ISSUE REPLACE ILDLER PULLEYS. PICKED UP VEHICLE THAT WAS ALLEGED REPAIRED AND DRIVEN BY TECHNICIANS TO VERIFY IT WAS REPAIRED AND BRAKES WORKED. WITHIN ABOUT 20 MILES OF DRIVING, BRAKES BECAME VERY SOFT AND CAR WAS HARD TO STOP IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE WITHOUT VEERING. CALLED DEALERSHIP FROM VEHICLE ON MARCH 27, 2010 AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN MONDAY, BUT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE UNITL MONDAY. I WAS TOLD JAMMING ON THE BRAKES MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SKID UNCONTROLABLE AND THAT THE ABS SYSTEM AND VSC WOULD NOT CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE. I DROVE THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES ON A TRIP TO SEE MY MOTHER AND FATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP IN A RELIABLE AND SAFE MANNER.