Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 11/14/2010 | 140000 | ||
| While driving the accelerator pedal gave out. motor was stilling running. i opened the hood to rev the motor from the throttle itself and nothng happened. i turned the car off and restarted and it seemed to reset whatever was wrong . i began driving and shortly thereafter the same thng happened. i pressed the pedal all the way to the floor and was able to get some speed. the next day it did not happened. days later in traffic it happened again. the car losses speed almost instantly. this is very dangerous. if i were not able to press the pedal all the way to the floor and get some speed the out some would not be good. i found out that the accelerator position sensor is faulty and is the reason for the instant lose of speed. in searching the internet i found that many, many people have this same issue. toyota should recall this part...it is definitely a hazard! | |||
| 02/04/2001 | 90000 | 1 | |
| On the evening of 2-4-10, i was traveling on an angled, curved, on-ramp to a freeway, when the vsc (vehicle skid control) suddenly and automatically applied the vehicle brakes. the vehicle speed was approx. the recommended speed for the turn. the conditions were wet, as it had been raining off and on all day. a beeping sound was heard, and simultaneously the vehicle lost traction, and traveled in a tangent/straight direction to the curved on-ramp. i had zero control of the vehicle for ~3 long seconds, and ended up sideways on the shoulder of the road. luckily, no one was hurt nor close by. this could easily happen on a yield turn, causing a blind-sided t-bone collision, or rear-ended collision. this faulty system needs immediate fixing, and should be considered an extreme safety hazard. *tr | |||