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I was t-boned by a driver on 5/16/2023. Since this occurred, my vehicle has been repaired. However I have a shake and hoovering noise coming from the front of the vehicle. It has been aligned, tires have been rotated, and suspension has been checked. My mechanic can find no fault. However he has stated that he can feel the shake and can hear the noise. He also says it pulls to the left really hard when accelerating. These issues were not present before my accident. Also my seatbelts on my driver and passenger side were replaced shortly after my accident. I felt like this wasn't checked by the body shop.
Twice within one month my Corolla experienced Sudden Unintended Acceleration. The first time I had just entered the parking lot of my local Star Market. I stopped for a man in the crosswalk and was just about to ease off the break when I saw a woman approaching the crosswalk so I stayed on my break. Suddenty the car revved up and went forward. I think it was so loud the woman heard it and stopped. My car returned to normal operation within maybe five seconds and as I drove by the woman, I yelled there was something wrong. Went home and scheduled an appointment with Toyota. It took a few days for them to check my car. I think this type of issue brings in the next level up of repair. I was told they went over everything and could find nothing wrong. My car was safe to drive. I drove it for exactly one month and it did the same thing. This time I was inching my way into a parking space that was up against a wall. Nowhere near the gas. I was maybe a couple of feet from the wall when the car accelerated again. The engine really revved up again and I went into the wall. The car was drivable, and I got it right back to Toyota. It is still sitting there pending investigation. I am waiting to hear from someone from their liability department. I'm not sure what will happen, but I know I will not drive that car again. My biggest concern is that Toyota will claim I'm elderly and hit the gas, not the brake. That is not what happened.
it seems the steering failed with this incident. the car was totaled no there were no lights on at the time. i was making a right turn after a complete stop. the steering would not straighten out. the car also accelerated after hitting the curb causing a second accident cracking an entire telephone pole in half and having to be replaced. the car wasn-??t even 30 feet from the right turn.
- La Mirada, CA, USA
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I was traveling on the interstate home from work one night, I was kinda tired, I put on my turning signal to let the person behind me know I was getting in the right lane know when all of a sudden a car sped by, the blind spot warnings didn-??t come on at all, as a matter of fact I only saw them appear only twice since I had this car and they haven-??t been on since and I-??ve had this car for a week and two days, that-??s an accident waiting to happen.
Vehicle is leaking a large amount of water/condensation on my passenger side front seat which is causing mold/mildew. I asked Toyota to take a look at it, they stated it-??s not a manufactured or engineered problem, which it actually is. That is not part of a schedule maintenance issue. Wanted to charge me to take a look at it and I have an extended warranty
Hi, I purchased my car in Feb 2017. but before 9 months back, it starts to have bubbles on all perimeter of the windshield. and currently have too many bubbles on that perimeter. My current Car milage is 33,000 only So, I talked to Toyota care regarding this but they denied handling this as they said this is outside of the warranty period. but I feel that this is a manufacturing defect. and that must be resolved by Toyota as there is no user reason for this bubbling happens. this happens when any manufacturing defect. Also, when I searching for a reason for such bubbling, I found that the ford car also has some issues in 2014. and ford made a correction on this. (Ref: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2011/RCMN-11V445-9034.pdf) Let me know if any other information is required from my end.
Needed to raise car car to reach oil plug for oil change.the supplied tire jack (sisser type) as I was raising car the tire jack collapsed car came down hard.was just going to slide jack stand in when this happened.eill not work anymore.part stamped made in Canada OL213 R16
My car was in drive and my foot was on the brake so I was not accelerating. I was in a turning lane to enter a business. My car shut off completely and the lights on my dash lit up. I waited a few minutes and took the keys out of the ignition and was able to start the car again. I've also had issues in the past, on multiple occasions, where I turn my key in the ignition and the car will not start. This issue has happened multiple times (even when it was brand new) and no one has been able to duplicate it as it happens randomly.
I recieved a letter about "important safety recall" from Toyota company. It says "incomplete or nondeployment of airbags and seat belt pretensioners may occur." I took my car to Toyota of orlando dealer to have new parts replaced, but they said they didn't have those parts to replace for my car. I asked them when they have new parts to fix my car. They said they don't know when, just go home and wait. I am very worried about my safety every time I drive to work or do errands. This is an urgent safety recall. I don't understand why they don't have new parts ready to fix customers' car. How long will I have to wait for it to be repaired?
I was driving along a Suburban street with little traffic in nice weather when I heard what sounded like a like a loud explosion. I thought I got shot by a gun but I didn't feel any pain so I thought my car was shot. When I was able to get out of my vehicle to check the damage, I was unable to find anything wrong. Later on, my husband saw the sunroof shattered in our garage, something I could not see because of my height.
Personally I am a rather tall person. The car was not designed for tall people. While I was traveling at 65 mph I went to rest my left ankle to a closer spot along the door and seat. The gas lock and trunk lever are in the same place my heal was, and the trunk opened while going 65 mph on the highway. They didn't design the car to keep the gas lid or trunk closed if accidentally triggered while the car is in motion. My second issue with the car is that it has issues going into park. The car rolls just a little and the shifter clicks in a delayed reaction once placed in park.
When you push the sports button that gives it speed you drive about 5 miles and the car check engine light will fladh. Then the car will not drive over 30mph. I had the car towed to fred hess dealer twice and they said nothing was wrong. But it will still do it. So I stopped using it. I only have 20K miles on the car. So it's dangerous if your on the freeway.
While driving warning lights on dashboard lit up and car shut down.according to screen on dash it showed malfunction of airbags, ABS, lane change warning, among other system parts. Able to restart car and drive it to dealer. Toyota notified me that squirrels had eaten the main wire harness. Not covered under warranty. I did some research and found out Toyota and other auto manufacturers use soy based wiring and wire covers which draw all types of rodents to them and they destroy the main harness electrical parts to malfunction. This can cause dangerous situations while driving possibly causing accidents resulting in injury or death. Brakes may fail, air bags may not deploy etc. Toyota knows of the problem but refuses to correct it. It cost me $5000 to repair and I still do not feel safe. I notified Toyota Corp. Office they took my complaint and said nothing could be done about it. They did give me a case #[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Cruise control malfunction, traction control malfunction, collision radar warning system malfunction. Dealer was unable to solve issue. Transmition vibration when changing from 2nd to 3rd & back from 3rd to 2nd gear. All safety equipment, specifically cruise control, traction control, lane departure warning, collision warning are turned off & an error warning is visible on the dash, dealer service department claims it is an unknown issue but 8 other Toyota owners brought their car in the same day, we had a disscusion while waiting & drinking coffee.
Takata recall it was a regular Wednesday morning drive to my office. I was in highway 101 N and in the motion of approx 30mph due to traffic. Suddenly at around 8am, due to the traffic ahead I had to brake my car. My car was halt at a safe distance from the car ahead of me when I heard the emergency beep of my car and while I was being confused as to why the beep went off because my car was at a safe distance of the car ahead of me, my car was severely hit from behind.the impact was so severe towards the trunk that my car was dragged forward such that the front of my car went onto hit the back of the car that was at a safe distance from my car.this was followed by shift of my car from the second lane where the impact took place to the third lane of the highway. My car was totaled because of this accident. During this accidental event my front car and back car both air bag deployed except my car air bag didn't get deployed and because of this I went through serious multiple injuries causing some long term bodily damages.
Car has several issues, one is definitely the vehicle warning lights in dash, the warning lights pop up at different times for no reason occasionally and dealers can't find issues, car also has issues with braking system. Several times went around curves it on stops and car locked up and went sideways, dealer said tested but less than a mile put on car?? car does not act like it has normal ABS and almost got in several accidents with my kids and grandson because of it my stopping or locking up!! also have issues since I bought it with radio/features/display. Things show up half way or it turns off at times and also calls out even when untouched. Worried about gps cutting out when needed too. Also plastic part under passaged side glove box continuously falls off, took to dealer and they just put back in, didn't replace but you could see the bend where hook was. And gas mileage and the recent cvt recall, they updated, not replaced after I asked and described how it was driving, and still having issues because they didn't replace after I said it wouldn't go over a certain speed during highway travel or roads requiring over 45 mph. The driving warning thing when you go over lines doesn't always work either, it does 50% of the time. Explained that too but nothing done. Very concerned about this car!! had since 11/2016 and barely drove because of issues and safety concerns. It out has 8000 miles because of it.
I have owned my car just under a year. I have had continuous issues with the transmission randomly down shifting at stops and now I get a check engine light so I pull into my closest auto parts store since it's Sunday. Boom 17 codes for emission control failure. This is ridiculous less than a year and im already showing transmission failure and emission control issues. This is not a good sign for future years to come. There was a recall earlier this year involving the transmission and now its suddenly disappeared. I find it strange especially since Toyota keeps downplaying everything every time I go in.
When the vehicle is stopped at a stop light, the car will jerk hard like someone is pushing the accelerator down all the way while I have the brakes engaged. This has happened only 5 times in the past 2 years.... but it is enough times that is really scares myself and my kids. The filters (cabin filter?) always stinks like mold. My son has acute asthma and I have to change it out every 2 or 3 months to keep him from having an asthma attack. The blue tooth (hands free phone), the caller on the other end can not hear anything, but a windy noise like I am in a wind tunnel--- and forget about even talking on it above speeds of 40 mph!! the road noise is worse than my 2002 sebring convertible that I used to have. The steering wheel will not let me scroll down the phone numbers like my 2015 Corolla used to let me do. I will probably never pay for a 2017 corrolla cash again. Too many issues.
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- Liverpool, NY, USA