Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK - ABS WARNING LIGHT | |||||
| T-SB-0019-08 | 03/19/2008 | 10024547 | Abs light and/or cruise light flashing and a/c inoperative. *nj | 04/23/2008 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 09/02/2012 | 113000 | 1 | |
| After driving about an hour on a highway late on a very humid evening, i experienced momentary loss of braking capability while traveling over an uneven road surface (through construction area). this experience occurred repeatedly as i continued my ride along main suburban roads and eventually into a residential area (at least 4 more times during a 20-minute period). i took the car to the dealer and toyota corporate, who said that since they couldn't (didn't) replicate the problem, it was as if it never happened. what?!! they won't even look any deeper into my car (even if i'm willing to pay the cost) to see if there are any non-obvious problems for fear of legal liability. i was told that it would cost too much (~$650), and they couldn't guarantee the problem would be corrected. i told them $650 was a small price to pay in comparison to someone's life being put at risk. i am soo concerned that i'm risking my life (and/or others') by driving the car, but i feel that i'm at a loss to get help from those best poised to help me (the manufacturer & dealer). has anyone else had this problem? can anyone suggest help, or another avenue i should pursue? i am scared to drive the car. *tr | |||
| 09/02/2012 | 113000 | ||
| After driving about an hour on a highway late on a very humid evening, i experienced momentary loss of braking capability while traveling over an uneven road surface (through construction area). this experience occurred repeatedly as i continued my ride along main suburban roads and eventually into a residential area (at least 4 more times during a 20-minute period). i took the car to the dealer and toyota corporate, who said that since they couldn't (didn't) replicate the problem, it was as if it never happened. what?!! they won't even look any deeper into my car (even if i'm willing to pay the cost) to see if there are any non-obvious problems for fear of legal liability. i was told that it would cost too much (~$650), and they couldn't guarantee the problem would be corrected. i told them $650 was a small price to pay in comparison to someone's life being put at risk. i am soo concerned that i'm risking my life (and/or others') by driving the car, but i feel that i'm at a loss to get help from those best poised to help me (the manufacuturer & dealer). has anyone else had this problem? can anyone suggest help, or another avenue i should pursue? i am scared to drive the car. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 11/01/2011 | 12000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. the contact stated that while driving 5 mph, she applied the brakes and the vehicle did not stop. the vehicle continued moving forward until crashing into a patio. the same failure recurred on separate occasions and the vehicle also crashed into a private building. there were no injuries suffered during either crash. the vehicle was not destroyed.the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was notified, but the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 12,000 and the current mileage was 12,500. | |||
| 11/01/2011 | 12000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. the contact stated that while driving 5 mph, she applied the brakes and the vehicle did not stop. the vehicle continued moving forward until crashing into a patio. the same failure recurred on separate occasions and the vehicle also crashed into a private building. there were no injuries suffered during either crash. the vehicle was not destroyed.the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was notified, but the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 12,000 and the current mileage was 12,500. sm. | |||
| 11/01/2011 | 12000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. the contact was driving 5 mph when the brakes were depressed but the vehicle failed to slow down and the vehicle crashed into a patio. the same failure repeated on separate occasion and the vehicle crashed into a private building. there were no injuries suffered during both crashes. the vehicle was not destroyed.the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was contacted the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 12,000 and the current mileage was 12,500. rds | |||
| 11/01/2010 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. while driving approximately 60-65 mph she engaged the brakes and the brakes failed. the contact stated this happen several times during her travel that day. she stated the failure was intermittent. the vehicle was towed to the dealer. the contact stated she asked the dealer to bleed her brakes and they refused. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. she called the manufacture and the they assigned a case manager to her failure. she called the case manager back and was advised since the dealer had already advised her that they could not duplicate the failure the case was closed. the case manager advised her that per the dealer they had bleed her brakes. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure and current mileage were unknown. vwb | |||
| 09/01/2006 | |||
| 2006 toyota corolla makes a pulsating screeching noise when brakes are applied over a bump, uneven surface, puddle of water or patch of ice even if only one to two tires are on said surface. even when car was new, brakes would screech occasionally as if pads needed replacing. i was told by dealer that it is normal for that car. based on that information, i did not have brakes checked again for quite some time when they were making a scrubbing sound. by then rotors needed to be replaced. two months later, screeching started again accompanied by scrubbing noise. | |||
| 02/19/2006 | 200 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. the contact stated that two weeks after purchase the vehicle accelerated without driver intent. there was no injury but the vehicle was damaged. the dealer stated to bring it in and they would look at it. they found no failure but did the body work. the owner stated the vehicle accelerated without driver intent two more times. the owner wrote a letter to toyota and finally received a response stating the failure was the throttle and it needed to be replaced. the owner also had to replace all four tires at 12,000. in may 2010 the paint began to peel. the owner has also had braking issues. he contacted toyota again and they told him to take it back to the dealer. the dealer was out of business. he received a call from engineering analyst associates wanting to inspect the vehicle. they test drove the vehicle and he received a letter from toyota stating there were no issues found. the failure mileage was 200. the current mileage was approximately 35,000. rd | |||
| 02/03/2006 | 200 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla equipped with goodyear all season tires. while stopped with pressure being applied to the brakes the vehicle surged forward resulting in an crash. no police report was filed and there were no injuries. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was not examined for the cause of failure and the vehicle was serviced for the body damage. the failure continued to recur intermittently and the vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer approximately 3 times where an unknown service was performed on the throttle. the failure has not recurred. the contact also stated that the tires were wearing down faster than normal. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told the tires should not be wearing down that fast. the contact replaced the tires and the failure has not recurred. the contact also stated that in order to brake properly repeated pressure must be applied or the vehicle will not stop. the contact also stated that paint on the front fender towards the drivers side was chipping. the failure mileage was 200 and the current mileage was 34,000. sm. | |||
| 06/13/2010 | 46000 | ||
| Abs system on 2006 toyota corolla triggers too easily and when it does activate provides little or no braking force. problem can be reproduced on cobblestone or broken pavement as well as on snow covered surfaces. other cars with abs driven over same surface do not trigger abs. i've driven many cars with abs and behaviour of this car does match any of those. two problems here 1- abs triggering too easily and 2- no braking force when it does. only remedy is to pump brakes in this scenario to reset brakes and get some braking back. coworker has ;08 corolla with same problem. dealer told them, maybe he drove through a puddle. really? aren't cars to be driven in the rain anymore? internet is littered with similar reports. need some focus by nhtsa and toyota on this problem. no braking power is a serious safety problem. | |||
| 02/03/2006 | 200 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. he stated that on february 3, 2006 while the vehicle had come to a complete stop there was an acceleration and the vehicle crashed into another vehicle in front. there was no damage to the other vehicle but the contact vehicle sustained damages to the driver's side of the bumper. no injuries and no police report was filed. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and body repairs were done but was informed that they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle after examining it for a few days. he contacted the manufacturer and he didnot get a response. he stated that after taking it back four times before they informed him that they repaired the throttle which had caused the failure. the failure mileage was 200 and current mileage was 36,000..mr | |||
| 02/08/2010 | 24000 | 1 | |
| I drove my 2006 toyota corolla and the brake not working when i tried to make a turn on a snowy and icy road and almost hit by incoming cars. we found out the brakes may have issues esp in the winter after we bought it brand new in 2006. it is sad to see all the recalls are for newer models, but i would believe similar issues do exist in the earlier models since they follow the similar if not same design in brakes. one big reason they don't push for those older cars will be the cost, but how about the cost of lives? we will need help to fix the issue. *tr | |||
| 09/06/2006 | 1000 | 1 | |
| My 2006 toyota corolla does the following when braking, if a pothole(s) or bump(s) in the road is hit (while braking at the same time), the car fails to slow down or stop until the area of the potholes or bumps is passed. the brake pedal jerks forward as it appears that the brakes are failing to engage or does its job of slowing or stopping the vehicle. i have experienced this problem many times since day one, but i thought that it's a suspension problem. *tr | |||
| 12/10/2008 | 43635 | 1 | |
| The following description is from a narrative written within 3 hours after the accident. around 5:30pm on 12/10/2008 i was driving home around 2-3 miles per hour due to traffic congestion. the sky was dark and it was lightly raining. the temperature was around 60-65 degrees fahrenheit, so ice was not present on the road. the large semi truck directly ahead of me slowed down to a stop, so i attempted to brake. my brakes did not seem to have an effect, so i pushed on the brakes harder. the brakes still had no effect. i immediately shifted the car into the | |||
| 02/25/2006 | 200 | 100 | |
| Tl*- the contact stated that while driving her 2006 toyota corolla (200 failure mileage) at 25 mph she came to red light. the contact applied the brakes which slowed the vehicle down, but did not come to a complete stop. the contact also stated that on another occasion she had to swerve to keep from hitting another vehicle in the rear, because of the same failure. the dealer informed her that there was nothing wrong with the brakes. *jb | |||
| 10/31/2006 | 7300 | 1 | 03/18/2006 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds and releasing the accelerator pedal the vehicle only slowed to 30 mph. also, when depressing the brake pedal there was a extended stopping distance. furthermore, the odometer had become inoperable. the vehicle was driven to the dealer where the cause of the problems could not be determined. updated 11/30/2006 - *nm | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 02/24/2011 | 1 | ||
| 2006 toyota corolla. consumer states failure of the central computer and brake failure caused a crash *tgw the consumer stated when her daughter applied the brake to reduce her speed to steer around another vehicle, the brakes locked up and steering the vehicle became difficult. ultimately, her daughter collided with another vehicle. when she attempted to move the vehicle, the vehicle had stalled. also, the air bags failed to deploy and she strongly impacted the seat belt causing injury to her shoulder. the consumer stated ecu was replaced last april at a cost of $700. a reading of the ecu the following day, showed there was no accident. the consumer believed the ecu may have caused the abs to lock up. the vehicle was declared a loss by the insurance company. *jb | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - CALIPER | |||
| 05/28/2007 | 14495 | 2 | |
| Daughter driving, smelled and saw smoke, right front tire area. two days later, same problem, right side brake drag. towed to dealer. told me not covered under warranty because some one put motor oil in the brake fluid. went there. tech put finger in reservoir, motor is in it, system is contaminated. the cost is 1,300 or more to replace everything. it doesn't look contaminated to me. i got samples, top, bottom of reservoir, front right bleeder, left rear bleeder. other than the top sample from reservoir which was taken using a dirty battery tester, all other samples look good. took sample from another car in service area with batter tester which had black specks coming out probably because brake fluid ate at rubber. after taking 3 or 4 tube full and throwing them away the black specks went away and got the sample. this sample was taken by the operation manager. samples of front/right, rear/left, bottom of m/c where done by tech as i held bottle. all done in front of the manager. said it was the m/c that was causing the brake to hold pressure. i ask how can it be only on one side? if the pressure is at m/c why aren't both wheels dragging or locking up? i took sample to tech at another dealer (not a toyota dealer) he said there is nothing wrong with brake fluid and took test for contamination with fast strip testing. all were good. he also said that m/c not problem. this is a non abs system and works pretty simple. called toyota customer experience 3 times to talk to toyota rep, dealer and toyota refused access to rep. the dealer gave me this choice... we will do you a favor and replace the m/c at no cost, however if any other problems it will be considered contaminated and you will have to pay. we already know the front right was heated beyond a safe heat temperature which will cause problems. this puts me in a no win situation with the dealer and toyota! if anyone else has this problem please report | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - ROTOR | |||
| 02/05/2007 | 15378 | 1 | 06/26/2006 |
| I purchased a 2006 toyota corolla ce on 06-26-06. on 02-05-07 vehicle would not start. after several attempts it still didn't start. i called the local toyota dealership and he told me to get a jump off because it was the battery due to the cold weather. i got a jump off and it still would start. i called the dealership back and he told me to call a tow truck. i did that and it was towed to the dealership. we needed all keys to see if it was the keys and it wasn't. he thought it was bad gas and it wasn't. then he said it was the computer. the computer was replaced and i still have trouble cranking it now. i would turn the key and it wouldn't do anything. after several attempts, it would crank. before this incidence, in july 2006, not even a month after getting the vehicle, my brakes started squealing and they still do now. the rotor was defective and replaced. each time i take it for servicing, i'm told there's nothing wrong with the brakes. i filed a complaint with toyota customer relations with no response. now i've filed a complaint with the national center for dispute settlement. *jb | |||