2010 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN DRIVING 5 MPH AND BELOW WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE RUSTED AND A SMALL PEBBLE WAS LODGED IN THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR REPAIRS BUT NONE OF THE REPAIRS CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000. UPDATED 02/15/12 *LJ UPDATED 02/17/12

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HOLDING THE STEERING WHEEL STEADY, THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BUT WAS MORE EXTENSIVE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND WAS LOOKING INTO A REMEDY FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 525. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY TOYOTA. UPDATED 10/26/10*JB UPDATED 11/03/10 *BF THE CONSUMER BELIEVED TOYOTA FAILED TO USE FLASHABLE ROM'S IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE STEERING. UPDATED 11/04/10

2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. POWER BRAKE ASSIST. DELAY OR LAG WHEN APPLYING BRAKES*CW WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WOULD HAVE A SOFT SPOT WITH NO REACTION AND THEN BECOME RESPONSIVE. *JB

MY CAR WANDERS WHEN I AM DRIVING IT. THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY INSTANCES TO NARROW DOWN THE DATE WHEN IT HAPPENS. WHEN I AM DRIVING MY CAR SEEMS TO WANDER FROM ITS LANE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IN TOWN. IF THE WHEEL IS HELD STRAIGHT THE CAR TENDS TO WANDER TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, USUALLY IT SEEMS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM ON A GRADUAL CURVE I MUST MAKE CONSTANT CORRECTIONS JUST TO STAY IN MY LANE. I HAVE YET TO BRING THIS TO TOYOTAS ATTENTION. I AM BRING MY CAR TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM 9 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MY BRAKES FAILING, SO I WILL ALSO HAVE THEM INSPECT THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT WITH A FRIEND OF MINE AS PASSENGER. I WAS COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN WITH 2 CARS WAITING AT THE SIGN. I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO BEGIN SLOWING MY CAR AND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES THEY DID NOT ENGAGE FOR AT LEAST A SECOND OR SO. WHEN THE PEDAL WAS HIT IT MOVED TOWARDS THE FLOOR VERY EASILY AND AFTER A SECOND OR SO THE CAR JERKED AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AS IT SHOULD HAVE. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL WITH THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. IF I HAD NOT DEVELOPED A HABIT OF EARLY BRAKING WE WOULD HAVE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAPPENED BUT THE CAR ONLY HAS 8000K ON IT. I AM TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW WHERE I BOUGHT IT 9 MONTHS AGO TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND A PROBLEM. *TR

TWO PROBLEMS, 1) ACCELERATOR IS HARD TO MODULATE WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP, WILL GO AT HIGHER SPEED THAN WANTED. 2) ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY PULSE, OR THE VEHICLE JUST HIT A SMALL PATCH OF ICE WHEN THERE WAS NO ICE. A WEIRD FEELING. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAR ACTUALLY GOES A FEW FEET FURTHER THAN I WANTED IT TO OR IF THERE IS JUST A PULSE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL THAT WAY. *CW