2007 TOYOTA YARIS Complaints

DROVE CAR TO TRAIN STATION DURING SNOW STORM. VEHICLE SAT PARKED ALL DAY. CLEANED OFF SNOW THAT EVENING AND BEGAN DRIVE HOME. SEVERAL MINUTES INTO TRIP BOTH ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. CHECKED PARKING BRAKE AND FOUND TO BE NOT ENGAGED. PUMPED BRAKES AND APPEARED NORMAL OPERATION. LATER CHECKED BRAKE FLUID AND AGAIN APPEARED NORMAL LEVEL. BOTH LIGHTS STAYED CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED FOR THREE DAYS. CURRENTLY BOTH LIGHTS COLLECTIVELY ALTERNATE BETWEEN ON AND OFF DURING VEHICLE OPERATION.

BOTH THE PARKING BRAKE AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM [ABS] INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITH THE PARKING BRAKE NOT ENGAGED. THE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. *TR UPON INSPECTION OF THE REAR SKID CONTROL SENSOR AND SKID CONTROL SENSOR WIRE [PART OF THE ABS], I FOUND BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE ASSEMBLIES TO BE VERY WET AND DIRTY WITH MUD BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE WIRE AND THE SENSOR ITSELF ON THE HUB ASSEMBLY. ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PINS WERE BADLY CORRODED. SO MUCH SO, IN FACT, THAT ONE OF THE PINS WAS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY DISINTEGRATED. WITH THE CONNECTION BEING CORRODED AND BROKEN, THE ABS WILL NOT FUNCTION. THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS FOR THE SKID CONTROL SENSOR ARE NOT PROTECTED BY ANY SORT OF GUARD OR BOOT, THEY'RE JUST REGULAR, PLASTIC-HOUSING CONNECTORS WITH NO WATERPROOFING, YET THEY'RE IN A LOCATION ON THE VEHICLE WHICH IS VERY MUCH EXPOSED TO RAIN, SNOW, MUD, ETC. DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CONNECTORS ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO CORROSION AND DAMAGE FROM THE ELEMENTS BEING EXPOSED IN THIS WAY AND THEIR PREMATURE FAILURE DUE TO THIS EXPOSURE CAUSES A LOSS OF A SAFETY FEATURE OF THE VEHICLE, THE ABS.

THE ABS SENSORS ON BOTH BACK TIRES FAILED SPONTANEOUSLY (DETERMINED UPON OBD CODE READING FROM SERVICE STATION) RESULTING IN THE DASHBOARD 'BRAKE' AND 'ABS' LIGHTS ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. SINCE THIS SPONTANEOUS FAILURE ABS WOULD ACTIVATE AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES AND AT OTHER TIMES FAIL TO ACTIVATE WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE. THIS CREATED A MAJOR POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. . THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 2/11/14*CN

AFTER HAVING 4 NEW GOODYEAR ASSURANCE FUEL-MAX TIRES FOR APPROX 10 MONTHS AND 10,000 MILES, OBSERVED BULGES FORMING ON SIDEWALLS OF 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES. GOODYEAR WAS UNWILLING TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AS A DEFECT, BUT AFTER MULTIPLE CALLS TO CUSTOMER SUPPORT, THEY REPLACED THE 3 TIRES EXHIBITING THE PROBLEM WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL TIRE AT NO COST AS A MATTER OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. SINCE MANY PEOPLE HAVE POSTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS, AND INDEED ANOTHER CUSTOMER WAS IN THE SHOP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN I WAS THERE, AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE PERFORMED. DOT NUMBERS: M7MFJC1R4311 M7MFJC1R2012. *TR

12/21/13: THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE 35F AND RAINING. AFTER A TRIP OF ABOUT 8 MILES MY CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE FOR A COUPLE HOURS. UPON STARTING THE CAR FOR MY RETURN TRIP I NOTICED THAT THE DASH INDICATORS FOR ABS AND BRAKE WERE LIT AND REMAINED LIT THROUGH THE DURATION OF MY TRIP OF ABOUT 8 MILES. THESE INDICATORS HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. 12/22/13: (NEXT DAY) WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE INDICATORS WERE AGAIN LIT AND REMAINED LIT. HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING A COUPLE MILES I NOTICED THAT THE INDICATORS WERE NO LONGER LIT. RESEARCH HAS INDICATED A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CONNECTORS TO THE ABS SENSORS IN THE REAR WHEELS FOR WHICH TOYOTA EVENTUALLY RELEASED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN. IN LATER YEARS THE CONNECTORS WERE REDESIGNED TO BE MORE RESISTANT TO WATER AND SNOW. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OCCURRENCES OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE NORTHERN US AND CANADA. I FEEL THAT TOYOTA SHOULD ISSUE AN EXTENDED RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AS THEY DID FOR THE ISSUE WITH THE CORRODED SUSPENSION BOLTS. *TR

WATER DRAIN FOR A/C SYSTEM CONDENSER CLOGGED. HAS HAPPENED EVERY SUMMER SINCE PURCHASE IN 2007. WATER FILLS THE DRAIN, AND GETS TRAPPED WITHIN THE UNIT LEADING TO AN OVERFLOW ONTO THE BLOWER AND BLOWER MOTOR SHORTING THE RELAYS. FUSES ARE BLOWN, AND THE BLOWER MOTOR NEEDS REPLACING. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. A MOLD BUILDUP ALSO OCCURS IN CARPETING LEADING TO A HEALTH HAZARD. *TR

THE LIGHT ON THE AIR BAG IS ON AND IT WONT TURN OFF. TOYOTA ADVISE ME THAT IT MAY BE A SPIRAL CABLE AND THAT MY AIR BAG MIGHT NOT DEPLOY IN A CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR

ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013, WHILE TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL AND ATTEMPTING TO PARK MY 2007 TOYOTA YARIS I HEARD A LOUD CRACK. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY WRONG AND QUICKLY REALIZED THAT A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE WHEEL HAD BROKEN AS THE STEERING PIECE WAS NO LONGER TURNING THE WHEELS. IN FACT, THE STEERING PIECE JUST SPUN AROUND 360 DEGREES. I LEFT MY CAR IN PARK AND CALLED A FRIEND WHO REALLY KNOWS CARS. UPON EXAMINING THE CAR, HE IMMEDIATELY SAID THAT SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THAT TOYOTA PART AND IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BROKEN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE PART IS COVERED BY A PROTECTIVE BOOT AND IS NOT LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE DIED. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT BECAUSE THE PART IS NOT YET ON THE RECALL LIST AND MY CAR HAD OVER 60,000 THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY NEARLY $2,000 FOR THE REPAIR. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH A TOYOTA PART THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PART.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, STEERING STICK WHEN TRYING TO MAKE SLIGHT STEERING CORRECTIONS. THIS HAS GOTTEN BAD ENOUGH TO WHERE VEHICLE MAKES LANE CHANGES WHEN JUST TRYING TO MAKE SLIGHT CORRECTION. HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES, THE ACCELERATION SENSOR HAS BEEN RELEARNED THREE SEPARATE TIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO CHANGE. THIS IS VERY ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS. *TR