2008 TOYOTA YARIS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES AND THE ABS LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON HIS VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND HE WAS NOT ADVISED WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

MY CAR WAS SPINNING IN CIRCLES ON THE ICEY FREEWAY AFTER I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID A CAR FENDER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR STOPPED SHORT OF THE GUARD RAIL, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT TOOK OFF AND BEGAN SPINNING TOWARD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE BACK END OF MY CAR HIT THE GUARD RAIL. *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA YARIS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AT NIGHT THE TAIL LIGHTS DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY UNLESS THE CONTACT TURNED THEM ON MANUALLY. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT NIGHT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL AND THAT IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. THERE WERE NO REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,407. UPDATED 04/16/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TAIL LIGHTS AND HEAD LIGHTS, MUST BE MANUALLY BE TURNED ON AT NIGHT. THEREFORE, THE CONSUMER SOMETIMES FORGET TO TURN THEM ON. UPDATED 08/26/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA YARIS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH INTO A PARKING SPACE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD FORCEFULLY. THE DRIVER PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO THE "REVERSE" POSITION AND SUDDENLY, THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED INCREASE IN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AND TRAVELED OVER A CURB INTO SOME BUSHES. THE GEAR SHIFT WAS PLACED INTO THE "NEUTRAL" POSITION BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE AMBULANCE AND POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THERE WERE INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE BODY DAMAGE REPAIR COST WAS $4,523.94. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

DURING THE NIGHT OF 9/1/2008 I WAS OPERATING A 2008 TOYOTA YARIS WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE POINT OF IMPACT: 15 TOTAL LOSE. I WAS INJURED AND HAVE HAD NECK SURGERY AND HAVE CHRONIC PAIN BECAUSE OF THE CRASH AFTER MY SURGERY. I VIEWED THE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY ON IMPACT AND ONE OF THE PICTURES OF THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE (THE LEFT WINDOW GUARD HAS A FOAM TYPE SUBSTANCE CONNECTED TO IT) MONTHS LATER I CONTACTED THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ASKED THEM WHERE THE CAR WAS AFTER ABOUT 6 CONTACTS AND 2 MONTHS LATER I RECEIVED A ANSWER THE VEHICLE WAS AUCTIONED AND SHIPPED TOO INDIA. I HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION BUT THE ATTORNEYS I CONTACTED WON'T TOUCH THE CASE BECAUSE OF THE COST AND THIS WAS THE SECOND CRASH IN 6 MONTHS AND THE COLLISION CENTER WAS TOLD OF THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING THE FIRST TIME. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE IF THAT WILL HELP. I NOTICED OTHER FAILURES CONCERNING THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE, SAME YEAR I HOPE THAT ODI WILL MAKE TOYOTA FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IN A CRASH. *TR

2008 TOYOTA YARIS DRIVING IN RAIN RENTAL VEHICLE WITH APPROX 29,000 MILES WOULD NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN WHEN APPLIED BRAKE GOING DOWN FAMILIAR STREET. *TR

BRAKES LOCKED UP ON MY 2008 TOYOTA YARIUS AND IT SKIDDED ME 67' 9" INTO THE BACK END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SKID MARKS WERE SOLID. I HAVE HAD MECHANICS TELL ME THAT THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE AND IT WILL SPEED YOU UP, WHICH CAUSED ME TO HIT THIS VEHICLE NOT ONCE BUT TWICE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA AND THEY SENT OUT A SUBJECT TO CHECK THE BRAKES, I THEN RECEIVED A LETTER STATING ALL THE TESTS ARE FINE. WELL MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED THEM THAT YOU CAN NOT DO THE PROPER TEST, WITHOUT TOWING IT TO A CERTIFIED TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND PUT IT ON THEIR COMPUTER. WELL I TRIED TO GET TOYOTA TO TELL ME IF THIS MAN PULLED UP IN HIS TRUCK AND PULLED OUT THIS COMPUTER, HOWEVER NOW TOYOTA WON'T TALK TO ME. MY INSURANCE HAS HAD ONE OF THEIR INSPECTORS TO COME AND LOOK OVER THE VEHICLE, WHICH HE EXPLAINED TO ME SINCE IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS THAT THE BLACK BOX MAY HAVE LOST THE INFORMATION THAT IS STORED IN IT, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM YET. I KNOW THIS WAS A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION, I FIRST CALLED TOYOTA TO FILE A COMPLAINT WHEN A TOYOTA SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ME TO DO SO!! IN FACT THE TOYOTA REP WAS THE FIRST ONE TO ASK ME IF I WANTED COMPENSATED FOR THIS AND IF I COME UP WITH A FIGURE TO CALL HIM BACK WHICH I DID AND HE GAVE ME THE RUNAROUND. I WROTE A LETTER TO TOYOTA AND HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ELSE FROM THEM. I KNOW FOR A FACT THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT, THIS WAS THE FIRST ACCIDENT I HAVE EVER HAD, AND ITS RUINED ME. I WORK TWO JOBS AND ALL I WANTED WAS A CAR I COULD TRUST, THIS WAS MY FOURTH TOYOTA AND IT WILL BE MY LAST. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE SKID MARKS, MY VEHICLE. I WAS SUED BY THE LADY I HIT LAWYER. I KNOW HOW I DRIVE AND I KNOW THAT THIS WASN'T MY FAULT, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND THEY NEED TO ADMIT IT, AND TO TAKE CARE OF IT. I FOUND A WEBSITE ON TOYOTA YARIUS WHICH HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT BRAKES LOCKING UP ON THEIR VEHICLES AND THE NEAR MISSES THEY HAD, WELL I WRECKED AND IT WAS BAD. *TR

WHEN FILLING CAR WITH GAS, IT ALWAYS OVERFLOWS. THIS CAR CAN NOT BE FILLED WITHOUT GAS OVERFLOWING ONTO THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND ONTO THE GROUND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA YARIS. AFTER SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL GEAR AND EXITING THE CAR WASH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A CONSEQUENCE HE CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE WINDSHIELD WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, AND HIS INSURANCE INCREASE TWICE THE AMOUNT BECAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. REPORT NUMBER [XXX] WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. AN AUTHORIZED INVESTIGATOR INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND CONCLUDED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/23/09. *LJ *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2008 YARIS BRAND NEW IN JUNE OF 2007. THIS YEAR, SOMETIME IN JULY OR AUGUST, MY FRONT WINDSHIELD SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED. IT WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, SAFE FROM HARM, WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE BACK WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT TOYOTA OF SEATTLE CONFIRMED THAT THE CRACK WAS NOT DUE TO IMPACT BY OBJECT OR FORCE BECAUSE OF THE PATTERN OF THE GLASS BREAK. TOYOTA ALSO TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BACK WINDSHIELD BECAUSE OF THE ODD SHATTER FORMATION OF THE GLASS. THERE WAS NO POINT OF IMPACT IN THE GLASS, AND THE GLASS SHARDS FELL STRAIGHT DOWN, INSTEAD OF FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH BLUNT FORCE BREAKAGE. TOYOTA TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL CHARGES AND FOR THE REPAIR OF MY VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD. I AM SATISFIED WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THIS MATTER, HOWEVER, I AM CONSTANTLY WORRIED THAT MY WINDOWS COULD BREAK AGAIN AT ANY TIME, OR THAT IT MIGHT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE IN THEIR YARIS. HOPEFULLY THIS WAS JUST A FLUKE AS I AM HIGHLY SATISFIED WITH EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE VEHICLE. I JUST WORRY ABOUT MY SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHERS' SAFETY IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN IN OTHER MODELS. *TR