TOYOTA Complaints

VERY OFTEN, MY 2009 COROLLA WILL HAVE A VERY LOW IDLE, THE CAR ACTS AS IT IS GOING TO STALL. IT SHUDDERS, THE TACH DROPS LOW, BUT THEN WILL COME BACK UP. IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK WHEN I AM EITHER BACKING UP OR GOING FROM A STOP INTO FIRST GEAR. I HAVE DRIVEN ONLY MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS FOR OVER 26 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH. I FEAR I WILL BE HIT FROM BEHIND, OR T-BONED WHEN THE CAR ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO STALL. IT NEVER HAS STALLED, BUT IT FRIGHTENS US. AS I MENTIONED, THE CAR SHUDDERS, SHAKES WHEN THIS HAPPENS TO US. WE FEEL IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH A LOW IDLE PROBLEM, EITHER WITH THE ELECTRONICS OR SOFTWARE. WE HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER A FEW TIMES, BUT IT'S THE FAMOUS "CAN NOT DUPLICATE" ANSWER. WE ONLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE USUALLY FROM APRIL TO LATE OCTOBER. WE LIVE IN THE SNOWBELT OF OHIO AND DRIVE OUR 4X4 JEEP NOV. THROUGH MARCH. I ALSO DRIVE A 2001 MANUAL TRANSMISSION HONDA CIVIC, WITH NEVER THESES ISSUES. I CAN'T GIVE INCIDENT DATES, THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY DURING EACH WEEK, EVER SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF THIS CAR IN MARCH, 2008. AGAIN, THIS IS A 2009 COROLLA S. *TR

2009 CAMRY I BOUGHT A USED CAMRY 2009 WITH 64,000 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED THAT WHILE MAKING A TURN, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT AXLES WERE CREATING SOUND. THEN I CALLED TOYOTA'S CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPT. AROUND NOV 11TH AND REPORTED THIS MATTER TO THEM. THEY GAVE TO ME THE COMPLAINT # 0911116335. THEY ADVISED ME TO GO TO THE LOCAL DEALER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALER ON DEC.3,2009 AND A MECHANIC RODE WITH ME IN THE CAR AND AGREED THAT BOTH AXLES ARE BAD. I LEFT THE CAR WITH THE DEALER TO CONFIRM THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, THEY CHARGED ME $ 50.00 FOR INSPECTION AND WROTE THE REPORT THAT ONLY LEFT AXEL WAS BAD. AS I HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT, MECHANIC HAD ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT BOTH AXLES WERE BAD. IT APPEARS THAT TO 'TONE DOWN' THIS DEFECT, TOYOTA HOME OFFICE ADVISED THE DEALER TO REPORT THAT ONLY ONE AXEL WAS BAD. DEALER'S ESTIMATE FOR REPLACING ONE AXEL WAS AROUND $ 900.00 AFTER 10% DISCOUNT ON THE PARTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE ONLY FEW 2009 CAMRYS WHICH WOULD HAVE 64,000 MILES ON THEM. I REQUEST YOU TO REGISTER MY COMPLAINT AND LOOK FOR OTHER 2009 CAMRY USERS TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM. ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAVE NOTICED IS THE SIMILAR BRAKE PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA HAS IN PRIUS MODELS. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON A SLIPPERY CONDITION, CAR DOES NOT STOP FOR FEW FEET. PLEASE ALSO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. *TR

I OWN A 2001 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER AND HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM HAPPEN TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED A SERIOUS PROBLEM WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO AND MY SON AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR SOME FAST THINKING ON MY PART. I WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND MY CAR ACCELERATED FOR NO REASON. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT MY BRAKES HAD FAILED SINCE WHEN I STOMPED ON THE BRAKE, MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP, EVEN THOUGH I HAD BOTH FEET PRESSING DOWN ON IT. AT THIS POINT,WITH CARS IN FRONT OF ME THAT I WAS GOING TO HIT, I SWERVED INTO THE TURN LANE AND THEN ALL I COULD SEE WAS AN 18 WHEELER COMING AT ME. I WAS SO LUCKY THERE WERE NO CARS ON THE SIDE ROAD THAT I TURNED ONTO AND ALL THE WHILE I WAS STEADILY TRYING TO GET MY VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. I ENDED UP THROWING IT INTO PARK AS I MADE THE TURN. IT TOOK TURNING MY CAR OFF TO BRING IT TO A COMPLETE STOP. AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT MY FLOOR MAT HAD SOMEHOW GOTTEN STUCK ON THE ACCELERATOR, SO I TOOK ALL MY FRONT FLOOR MATS OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE CAR "REVVING" FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING IT SEVERAL TIMES AND/OR UPON STARTING IT. IT WOULD JUST IDLE HIGH IN THE 6/8 RPM RANGE. WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS COLD. HOWEVER, ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT KEPT SHOOTING FORWARD AT EVERY STOP. I'D HAVE TO STOMP ON THE BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET. I'D PULL OFF, STOP MY CAR, TURN IT OFF, RESTART IT, AND THE RPM'S WHO SHOOT BACK UP TO 8. I KEPT PRAYING THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO STOP. IT WAS THE MOST FRIGHTENING 15 MILE RIDE BACK HOME THAT I EVER TOOK AND SERIOUSLY, I WANTED TO JUST LEAVE THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I REFUSED TO DRIVE IT AND I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO CHANGED AN RPM SENSOR. THIS HAS NOT STOPPED THE PROBLEM EITHER. PERIODICALLY, MY CAR'S RPM'S WILL SHOOT UP TO 4 OR 6 WHILE I AM DRIVING IT OR UPON STARTING THE CAR. *TR

I HAVE TOYOTA RAV4 2001 . I BOUGHT IT IN 2007 FROM TOYOTA DEALER AND 5 MONTH AFTER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP.THE CAR IS ABOUT 80,000 MILES RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I COUD DO . *TR

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE COMPLAINT I FILED ON 2008/10/14, ODI 10253642 ABOUT PRIUS HID HEADLIGHT FAILURE. SINCE THAT INCIDENT I HAVE HAD THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BULBS REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND SWAPPED LEFT-FOR-RIGHT FOR DIAGNOSIS TWICE. EVEN WITH THOSE NEW BULBS, WHICH MY DUBLIN, CA, TOYOTA DEALER SWEARS ARE THE NEWER, "GOOD" BULBS, THE HEADLIGHTS ALWAYS HAVE FAILED AGAIN WITHIN ONE TO FOUR WEEKS. ACTUALLY, THOSE ARE THE INTERVALS AT WHICH I HAVE *NOTICED* THE FAILURES, BUT I'M SURE THE BULBS FAILED SOONER THAN THAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL WHILE DRIVING, AND THE LIGHTS ALWAYS RELIGHT WHEN SWITCHED OFF AND ON. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE REPLACEMENTS AND FAILURES, BUT I HAVE DELAYED TAKING THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR UNTIL I COULD DRIVE INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE THE LIGHT WAS OUT, AS PROOF THAT IT HAS FAILED. IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME AND EVERY OTHER PRIUS OWNER THAT THE BULBS ARE EITHER NOT THE PROBLEM OR AT LEAST NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM--THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE UNDOUBTEDLY ALSO OR INSTEAD IS FAULTY. TOYOTA CORPORATE CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SEVERITY, PERSISTENCE, AND BREADTH OF THE PROBLEM. YESTERDAY THE DEALER REPEATED THE LEFT-FOR-RIGHT SWAP BECAUSE "TOYOTA CORPORATE DEMANDS THAT DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE." BUT THE DEALER ADMITTED THAT NO MORE INFORMATION WILL BE GAINED THAN WAS GAINED THE LAST TIME THEY SWAPPED LEFT FOR RIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHT WORKED THERE AT THE DEALER, BUT FAILED ON ME SUBSEQUENTLY (THE SAME-SIDE HEADLIGHT WITH THE SWAPPED BULB). THEY ARE SIMPLY AVOIDING THE EXPENSE AND LIABILITY OF REPLACING THE CONTROL COMPUTER. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA CAMERY. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES EVERY SINCE I GOT THE CAR. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DON'T WORK THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD. WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE HARD LIKE YOU WOULD IN AN EMERGENCY THE CAR WILL NOT STOP AT ALL ITS AS IF THE BRAKES GO COMPLETELY OUT. BUT IF YOU PRESS THEM SLOWLY THEY WORK FINE. BUT IF YOU GIVE A QUICK PRESS THEY DON'T WORK. THIS HAS RESULTED IN ME ALMOST HAVING SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. I DID HAVE AN ACCIDENT IN NOVEMBER 2006. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES THEY COMPLETELY GAVE OUT AND I HIT SOMEONE FROM BEHIND. *TR

ACCELERATOR ENTRAPMENT IN AFTERMARKET FLOOR PAD OF A LEXUS RX 300 LAST SEPTEMBER. (I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF FLOOR PAD, I BOUGHT IT IN 1999 AND INSTALLED IT THEN, IT IS ONE OF THE THICK ONES THAT IS GOOD A HOLDING SNOW AND WATER.) I FIGURED OUT THAT THE FLOOR PAD WAS THE PROBLEM WHILE THE ENGINE WAS REVVING TO 90 MPH AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR. LEXUS COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG BUT SAID NOTHING TO ME ABOUT THIS BEING A PROBLEM IN TOYOTA PRODUCTS. NO CRASH AND NO INJURY SINCE I FIGURED IT OUT; THE FLOOR MAT FELT THICK TO MY FOOT SO I YANKED IT OUT FROM UNDER THE PEDALS. JUST REALLY SCARY.... SPECIFICALLY, I CAME OUT OF A SIDE STREET ON TO A MAIN ROAD AND NEEDED TO GET AHEAD OF TRAFFIC SO I STOMPED IN THE ACCELERATOR PRETTY HARD- NOT MY TYPICAL DRIVING STYLE- AND THEN THE ACCELERATOR STUCK, THE CAR REVVING AND GOING TO 90- 100 MPH. I STOOD ON THE BRAKES BUT IT WOULD NOT STOP. I TRIED TO THROW IT INTO PARK ( BUT THANKFULLY THE CAR WOULDN'T LET ME- I WAS THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP IT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A HAND BRAKE SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SO STUPID AND TRIED TO THROW IT IN PARK. THE NOISE FROM THAT WAS SO HORRIFYING I DID NOT PUT IT IN NEUTRAL). THEN I FELT THE LUMPY FLOOR MAT AND YANKED IT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE PEDALS. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND THERE WERE NO CARS ON THE ROAD SO I HAD A MILE OF CLEAR ROAD TO WORK THIS OUT. CAR HAD ABOUT 275,000 MILES ON IT. BUILT IN JULY 1998, JT6H10U7X0032830 IS SERIAL I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT DATE BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND THE SERVICE RECEIPT- SORRY!

2006 CAMRY XLE I-4 TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AT 30K MILES CAME OUT BLACK!! THIS MEANS THE FLUID IS BEING BURNED. CAR NOT ABUSED. DRIVEN IN 3RD & 2ND ON TWO DAYS 25 DAYS APART DOWN ROAD TO YOSEMITE BRAKE USED TO KEEP SPEED DOWN. ONLY TIME I CAN THINK OF THAT ADDED STRESS TO TRANSMISSION. ANOTHER TIME I HAD TO STEP/FLOOR ACCELERATOR ON FREEWAY ON-RAMP UP GRADE TO KEEP FAST MOVING SEMI-TRUCK FROM RUNNING ME OVER. THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT THESE TIME COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *TW

2008 TOYOTA AVALON - COMPUTER DEFECT - CRUISE CONTROL IS ERRATIC SOMETIMES WORKING OK OTHER TIMES ENGAGED & NOT WORKING - SUDDENLY SPEEDS UP, ERROR CODE E2. AUTO DOES NOT SLOW DOWN PROPERLY. REPORTED TO DEALER W/NO PROBLEM FOUND IN 2009. 12/14/09 CAR DEAD, DASH LIGHTS INDICATE CHECK ENGINE, CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE, BRAKE, BATTERY FAILURE , TOWED TO DEALER. PARTS 10 AMP ETCS FUSE/I7.5 AMP -DOME FUSE/7.5 AMP AND AM2 FUSE. (OP CODE-190011 COMBO A T1/71 T2/99. 1 #00544-24F60-575 TRUESTART BATTERY) LABOR $92. THANK YOU! *TR

2203 TOYOTA PRIUS CST BRAKE LIGHT GOES ON INTERMITTENTLY HAD BRAKES REPLACED BY DEALER. BRAKES DID NOT FEEL OK BUT TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY BUT NO BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER CAR SLID THRU RED LIGHT AT INTERSECTION, CAR WAS BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER. REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. BRAKES STILL DID NOT WORK. DEALER SAID BRAKE HOSES WERE SOFT & SWOLLEN AND BRAKE CONTROLLER STICKING. REPLACED BRAKE HOSES, FLUSHED LINES CAP. BLEEDER PLUG ACTUATOR ASSY. CAR HAS 67,000 MILES. *TR