2010 TOYOTA YARIS Complaints

TAKATA INFLATORS--FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. WE HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THAT ADVISES OUR 2010 YARIS 4 DOOR VEHICLE IS NOT TO HAVE PASSENGERS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT UNTIL INFLATOR IS REPLACED. NO DATE FOR REPLACEMENT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED. THIS IS GOING ON 90 DAYS AND IS MOST INCONVENIENT.

TAKATA RECALL: NOTHING HAPPENED TO MY AIRBAGS HOWEVER I LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND I AM WORRIED BECAUSE IN THE RECALL LETTER IT SAYS THAT "TIME IN SERVICE UNTIL SIGNIFICANT PROPELLANT DEGRADATION MAY OCCUR PROJECTED AT BETWEEN 6-9YEARS" AND I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE 6 YEARS, PLUS LIVE IN ONE OF THE HOTTEST PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THIS YEAR WE HAD RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE RECALL LETTER STATES THAT "THE PROPELLANT IN THESE INFLATORS MAY DEGRADE AFTER PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY AND FLUCTUATING HIGH TEMPERATURES". MIAMI HAS THE MOST HUMID AND IN THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES IN THE COUNTRY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V689000 (VISIBILITY) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND THE FRONT END MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,839.

MY 2010 YARIS AT TIME IN THE WINTER THE BRAKES WILL NOT STOP WITH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR WILL NOT STOP.. COLONIAL TOYOTA AND MY MECHANIC INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM. I NOTICE THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V338000 FOR THE COROLLA HAS THE SAME COMPLAINT WITH A RECALL ON HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST VACUUM FOR BRAKE SYSTEM. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO MINE.

SPEED CONTROL (CRUISE CONTROL) SET TO 60 MPH. AFTER A WHILE I NOTICED THE CAR CAR SEEMED TO BE GOING FASTER THAN I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH AND WAS PASSING ANOTHER CAR. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATING ABOVE 87 MPH. DISCONNECTED CRUISE CONTROL AND REGAINED NORMAL OPERATION. THIS WAS SUCH A SLOW AND GRADUAL INCREASE THAT IT WAS NOT NOTICEABLE FOR A WHILE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS CAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

MY YARIS HAS FEW MILES ON IT. LAST AUGUST I TRIED TO START THE CAR BY INSERTING THE IGNITION KEY AND TURNING IT. THE STARTING MOTOR RAN, BUT DID NOT SEEM TO ENGAGE THE ENGINE. I RELEASED THE KEY AND THE STARTING MOTOR KEPT RUNNING UNTIL I PHYSICALLY TURNED THE KEY BACK TO THE OFF POSITION. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER. IN DECEMBER I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR STATE INSPECTION AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK OUT THE STARTER. THEY FOUND NOTHING, BUT SUGGESTED I SHOULD REPLACE THE BATTERY, WHICH I HAD THEM DO. ALL WAS WELL UNTIL JULY 3, 2015 WHEN THE SAME SEQUENCE HAPPENED AGAIN. I TRIED THE STARER ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER AND ALL WAS WELL. I FEEL I CAN NOT TRUST THE VEHICLE TO START WHEN I NEED IT.

I GOT IN MY CAR, STARTED THE ENGINE, IMMEDIATELY I STARTED SMELLING STRONG BURNING SMELL. THAN STARTED SEEING SMOKE FROM THE DRIVER DOOR. WITHIN FEW SECONDS I STARTED SEEING FLAMES. SINCE I WAS ALREADY ON THE ROAD, I COULDN'T JUST STOP THE CAR. THE FLAME GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER, IN THE CAR CABIN, IT WAS FILL WITH BURNING SMOKE. I TRIED TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW, IT DIDN'T WANT TO WORK. I HAS A CUP OF COFFEE IN THE CAR, I POURED IT ON THE FLAME AND IT SUBSIDED A LITTLE. THAN THE FLAMED STARTED TO GET BIGGER AGAIN AND STARTED MELTING THE INTERIOR PANEL OF THE DOOR INCLUDING EVERYTHING AROUND THE INNER DOOR HANDLE. I PARKED AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TO AND TOOK A CLOTH AND TRIED TO WRAP AROUND THE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, BUT COULDN'T. IT WAS TOO HOT AND FLAMES WERE BURNING. SO I CRAWLED OVER THE THE PASSENGER SEAT AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR. THEN WENT TO THE OUTSIDE OF DRIVER DOOR AND OPENED THE DOOR FROM OUTSIDE AND TOOK OFF MY SHIRT AND TRIED TO KILL THE FIRE. I WAS PARKED AT A PARKING LOT BEHIND A BUILDING AT A MALL. I REACHED OUT FOR HELP FROM THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT THE PARKING LOT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY TOOLS TO HELP ME DISENGAGED THE CABLES FROM THE BATTERY. FINALLY A LADY HAD A BOTTLE OF WATER THAT KIND OF EASED THE FLAME A LITTLE AND A MAN THAT WAS WALKING BY GOT A TOOL AND HELPED ME DIS-ENGAGE THE CABLE FROM BATTERY. THE INTERIOR PANEL OF THE DOOR IS MELTED INCLUDING THE WINDOW CONTROLS. THE WINDOW IS DARK FROM THE FLAME. THE WHOLE CAR SMELLS LIKE BURNT SMOKE. THE FIRE TRUCK, THE POLICE CAME. THE HEAD OF THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDING CAME. I HAVE A POLICE REPORT AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS DOCUMENTED. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. I HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE THE DAMAGES. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT. UPDATD 07-08-15 *BF UPDATED 9/21/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V169000 (SEATS) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V168000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PART TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I HAD ACCIDENT ON DRIVER SIDE FRONT WITH OTHER CAR. MY FRONT BUMPER, FENDER, HOOD, UNDER HOOD, BODY FRAME EVERY THING IN FRONT HAS BEEN CRUSHED. INSURANCE DECLARED TOTAL MY CAR. BUT NO AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED. SEATBELT ALSO WAS NOT TIGHT. I WAS INJURED DUE TO HEAT ON STEERING WHEEL AND WENT TO EMERGENCY. STILL I HAVE PAIN ON MY BODY. I FOUND THAT TOYOTA RECALLED MY CAR LAST MAY 2014 BUT THEY DID NOT INFORMED ME...UPDATED 10/27/14*BF *TR