2007 TOYOTA YARIS Complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA YARIS ON MARCH 30,2010 AROUND 1600 HRS AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK IN THE FULL THROTTLE POSITION AND CAUSED A COLLISON AFTER THE BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD THE VEHICLE BACK FOR APPROX 200 FEET DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN A GOOD SAMARITAN STOPPED THE ACCELERATOR WAS STILL STUCK FULL THROTTLE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID OFF THE ROADWAY INTO A DITCH WHERE IT TRAVELED DOWN THE DITCH COMING TO REST AGAINST A LARGE BOULDER. I SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION AND KNEE AND HIP PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPACT. I AM WISHING TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT SINCE YARIS HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED IN ANY OF THE LITERATURE I HAVE FOUND PRINTED BY TOYOTA. MY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT BRYAN EASLER TOYOTA IN HENDERSONVILLE NC AND HAD 50000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY ALL MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT THIS LOCATION AND THEY SHOULD HAVE ANY RECORDS YOU REQUIRE. YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

1.EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY CAR SEEM NOT ACCELL PROPERLY-I WOULD HAVE MY FOOT ON GAS PEDAL AND IT WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER AND THE CAR MADE NOISE SIMILAR TO OVERHEATING OR FANBELT WITH VIBRATION-BUT THE CAR WOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN APPLIED BRAKES-AFTER LETTING CAR DRIFT FOR A MOMENT THE CAR JOLTED THEN SEEMED TO BE FINE-ALSO, A WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE GENERAL AREA OF WHERE THERE WAS A RECAL CORRECTED ON MY CAR A FEW MONTHS AGO-I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAS ANY RELEVANCE-2. THE FAILURE THAT OCCURED WAS: AS I WAS TRYING TO REACH APPROX 50-60MPH MY VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PASSED 40MPH-I NOTICED THAT EVEN WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CAR STILL DID NOT ACCEL PASED 40MPH THEN I NOTICED THE LEVER ON SPEDOMETER WAS NOT MOVE FROM 40MPH EVEN WHILE HAVING GAS PEDAL PRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN-THEN I APPLIED BRAKES AND CAR DID SLOW DOWN BUT THE LEVER ON SPEDOMETER STILL WAS NOT MOVING FROM 40MPH WHILE BREAKS APPLIED AND CAR SPEED DECREASSING-THERE WAS A NOISE FROM ENGINE SIMILAR TO THE SOUND OF OVERHEATING OR FANBELT AND WAS VIBRATING- AND THEN AFTER LETTING IT DRIFT THEN IT JOLTED AND THEN SEEMED TO BE FINE - THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WITH SPEDOMETER NOT MOVING AND WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY TRYING TO REACH 50-60MPH-CONSEQUENCE:AS I WAS CHANGING LANES-THERE WAS CAR BEHIND ME IN THE LANE I CHANGED INTO AND THAT IS WHEN MY CAR DID NOT ACCEL AND STAYED AT 40MPH-THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT INTO ME AFTER I CHANGED LANES AND I WAS HEADING TOWARD TRAFFIC THAT I WAS NEEDING TO MERGE INTO AT ATLEAST 50MPH 3.THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED-THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SIMULATE/DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM-MY CAR IS STILL THERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT-I RETURNED THE DEALERS CAR AND LEFT MINE-THEY WOULD NOT LET ME READ THE DIAGNOSTIC PAPERS BEFORE SIGNING -I WANT TO KNOW IF EDR AND THE ELECTONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM HAS BEEN CHECKED *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS BECOMING HARDER TO SHIFT GEARS. MOMENTS LATER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL HAD FALLEN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC; WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PIVOT BALL HAD BROKEN AND THE ENTIRE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 82000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, ON ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED THERE WAS NO POWER RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. ALSO, THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE BRAKES WERE CLEANED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34000.

VEHICLE'S COMPUTERIZED GASOLINE FULL/EMPTY EQUIPMENT COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING THE HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE RUNNING SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN NOT ABLE TO START AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. FUEL CONSOLE SHOWED THE VEHICLE HAD 1/2 TANK FUELING BUT WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE TOWED TO TOYOTA CAR DEALER. DEALER REPLACED THE WHOLE COMPUTERIZED FUEL WARNING SYSTEM. GAS TANK WAS ENTIRELY EMPTY HOWEVER SHOWED THAT HAD 1/2 TANK FUEL. *TR

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS, PURCHASED AUGUST 2006. THE BRAKE AND ABS INDICATOR LIGHTS STARTING COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY IN DECEMBER 2009 (OFTEN WHEN IT WAS RAINING OR SNOWING OUTSIDE), MY DEALER SAID THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY AN ISSUE WITH THE RIGHT REAR SPEED SENSOR, AND SHOULDN'T INDICATE ANY ACTUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. HOWEVER, SOON AFTERWARD (JANUARY 2010), I STARTED EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEMS---THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD SHUDDER OR VIBRATE OCCASIONALLY, EVEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON A SMOOTH SURFACE AT LOW SPEEDS. EVEN PUMPING THE BREAKS, I HAD TROUBLE STOPPING AND SLID THROUGH A STOP SIGN MORE THAN ONCE. MY DEALER SAID THIS INDICATED THAT THE ABS WAS KICKING IN WHEN IT SHOULDN'T, AND RECOMMENDED A $600 REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT REAR SPEED SENSOR. I GOT THIS REPAIR DONE, AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE SOLVED. *TR

I BOUGHT 2007 TOYOTA YARIS 4 DOOR SEDAN WITH AUTOMATIC. WHEN I USED CRUISE CONTROL, IT HAD AT LEAST TWO TIMES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY MADE HUGE NOISE FOR THE ACCELERATION, AND I WAS SCARED AND IMMEDIATELY CANCELED IT. ALTHOUGH IT CAN BE CANCELED, IT IS STILL A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND TESTED; YET, THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,300.

THIRTEEN MONTHS HAVE PASSED AND NOW I HAVE A FAILURE OF THE LEFT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR TO MATCH THE FAILED RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR THAT WAS REPLACED. THE REPAIR ACTION WILL BE TO REPLACE THE SENSOR AND WIRING HARNESS. DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION, THE DEALER IS RECOMMENDING REPLACEMENT OF BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WIRING. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILURE ON TWO YARIS THAT I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN 14 MONTHS. THE COLD WEATHER AND SALT USED ON THE ROADS DURING A SNOWY WINTER APPEAR TO WREAK HAVOC ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSORS ON THE YARIS SEDANS. A LITTLE INTERNET RESEARCH WILL LEAD YOU TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN CANADA OR ANYWHERE WHERE SALT IS USED ON THE ROADS IN WINTER. SINCE THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT PRESENT ITSELF ON THE COROLLA IN THE SAME WAY, THEN THERE MUST BE A DESIGN ISSUE ON THE YARIS. A PROPER WATER/WEATHER TIGHT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSORS WOULD SOLVE THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE INTERMITTENT CONNECTION CAUSES ERRATIC OPERATION (IF ANY) OF THE ABS ON THESE MODELS. I BELIEVE THERE IS A TSB RELEASED ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT NO RECALL. CONSUMERS (ME) ARE FOOTING THE BILL FOR THIS DEFECT. THREE TIMES AND COUNTING. *TR

MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME ON MY 2007 YARIS SEDAN. THE MANUAL STATES TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR AND CONTACT THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY. THE CAR IS A DAILY COMMUTE CAR WITH 75,000 MILES AT THE TIME. THE PROBLEM WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR (PART NUMBER 42450-52060 / HUB & BRG ASSY R), AND CLEANED CORROSION FROM THE WIRING HARNESS WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE SPEED SENSOR. THE TOTAL REPAIR COST WAS OVER $650. THE AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON A CAR JUST OVER 2 YEARS OLD ON THE REAR ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSORS SHOWS A POTENTIAL DESIGN FLAW IN THIS PART AND HOW IT IS ATTACHED ON THE YARIS VEHICLE LINE. THIS FAILURE DISABLES THE ABS SYSTEM AND CAUSES ERRATIC OPERATION. ON ONE OCCASION ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER WHILE THE ABS LIGHT WAS OFF I HAD A BRAKE ANOMALY. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AT A PARKING LOT STOP SIGN AT SLOW SPEED (~5MPH) AND THE ABS KICKED IN AND I COULDN'T STOP. THE WEATHER AND STREET WAS DRY. IT TOOK MORE THAN 25FT TO STOP! THE CORROSION AT THIS CONNECTION IS CAUSING INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF THE ABS SYSTEM WHICH IS A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR