2002 TOYOTA ECHO Complaints

NO PARTS AVAILABLE. RECALL#02V268000 REAR BRAKE LINE PLEASE PROVIDE THE ADDRESS OF THE DEALER. RICK MCGILL TOYOTA 865-970-2615 PH CONSUMER WAS NEVER MADE AWARE THAT PART WAS IN STOCK AND STILL WAITING FOR PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE AGAIN. *TT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH REAR TUBE BRAKE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.PH

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE CRASHED AT 40MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE FRONT END-DUE TO A DEFECTIVE AIR BAG SYSTEM. SCC

CONSUMER STATE THAT WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR, AND ALSO TO AVERTED A COLLISION THE CONSUMER THEN TURN INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN IN PARKING LOT CONSUMER STATE THAT HE HAD TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL FROM HITTING BRICK WALL APPROX 15 FEET AWAY CAR WAS ONLY 3 WEEKS OLD, THIS HAPPEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL CONTROL ON BUT NOT ENGAGED, ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE CRUSE CONTROL WAS OFF WHEN TE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *MJ

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE TO 60MPH WITHOUT HITTING THE GAS PEDAL. HAVE TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO STOP IT. CONTACTED DEALER, CANNOT LOCATE CAUSE. *AK THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENCE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN TEST DRIVING, BUT REMOVED THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED BY REMOVING THE CRUISE CONTROL. *YH