2000 TOYOTA ECHO Complaints

AT 40 MPH CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. THERE WAS SOME FRONT END DAMAGE, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

REPAIRS FOR RECALL 01 V 326 000 CONCERNING INTAKE MANIFOLD DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE IN APRIL 2000. FRONT PADS WERE REPLACED 4 TIMES; IN JUNE/ AUGUST/ DECEMBER 2000, AND JUNE 2001. FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED ONCE, AND BRAKES FAILED AND CAUSED CONSUMER TO REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE. BRAKE PEDAL FELT NORMAL, VEHICLE JUST KEPT GOING AS BRAKE WAS APPLIED. DAMAGE WAS $ 2000.00.*AK

ON 1 OCT 2001 JESSICA TOOK CAR TO LIBERTY TOYOTA FOR GRINDING NOISE. ADVISED BRAKES WERE SO BAD SHE COULD NOT DRIVE AWAY AND BRAKES, FRONT AND REAR REPLACED. LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER WE RECEIVE SSC -10L - 2000 MY ECHO BRAKE BOOSTER SAFETY RECALL NOTICE THAT BRAKE BOOSTER AND FRONT BRAKE PADS WILL BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO CLIENT. WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR BRAKES INSTALLED ON 2 OCT 01 ADVISED TO CALL TOYOTA USA.. CALL TO TOYOTA USA ON 12 NOV OPENED CASE #200111120298 WHO SAID THAT TOYOTA WOULD NOT REIMBURSE PREVIOUS BILL FOR BRAKES. AS A 3-CAR TOYOTA FAMILY I FIND THIS TO BE UNFAIR SINCE WE HAD NO CHOICE TO REPLACE BRAKES DUE TO CURRENT SITUATION AND DID QUESTION WHY THIS WAS OCCURING. BRAKES PREVIOUSLY REPLACED WITH NEW AND NOW AGAIN AT 28,878 MILES. GARAGE LOOKED AT OTHER TOYOTA ECHOS IN THE LOCAL AREA. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED IN LOCAL AREA. FEEL TOYOTA USA OWES JESSICA FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR BRAKES REPLACED ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASSIONS AS DEFECT IS NOW SUBSTANTIATED WITH RECALL AND IDENTIFIED AS RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY.

WHILE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 30-35 MPH IT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, FRONT WAS CRUSHED IN, BUT NONE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

MI 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER GABRIELA WAS DRIWING AND THE BRAKES DO NOT RESPOND CRASHING AT 30MPH.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL IS TO CLOSE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IF DRIVER LET UP HIS FOOT PRESSURE TO REPOSITION IT FURTHER LEFT ON THE BRAKES PEDAL, THE CAR NATURALLY SURGES FROM GAS IN THE SYSTEM. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED ALSO.

AFTER APPROX 2 HOURS OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AIRCONDITION AIRFLOW DECREASES AND NO LONGER PRODUCES COOL AIR NO MATTER WHERE FAN SELECTION IS SET. COMPRESSOR HOUSING IS SWEATING. NO WATER COMING FROM DRAIN TUBE. REFRIGERANT LEVEL CHECKS NORMAL. AFTER AC IS TURNED OFF FOR APPROX 15 MIN OPERATION RETURNS TO NORMAL - DRAIN TUBE WATER FLOWS NORMAL. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V256000 7 MONTHS AGO. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT PCV PORT WAS ALREADY REPAIRED. AFTERWARDS, RECEIVED LETTER FROM MANUFACTURER THAT BRAKES WERE NOT REPAIRED. CONTACTED DEALER AGAIN, AND WAS INFORMED HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE, BUT WILL ORDER PARTS OR LOCATE PARTS TO DO REPAIRS OF PCV PORT. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND, CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AND ALL THE SUDDEN HE FOUND HIMSELF DOING CIRCLES AND CRASHING INTO A GUARD RAIL ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, CONSUMER HAS 2 OF THESE VEHICLES AND STATES THAT THEY PULL FROM THE REAR WHEN THERE IS WIND OR A LARGER VEHICLE THAT IS PASSING, TOYOTA FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. *SLC