Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE | |||
| 02/17/2010 | 1 | ||
| On feb. 11, 2010 i took my toyota avalon in for the accelerator recall. on feb. 17, 2010 i was pulling into a parking space on the grounds of the elementary school i worked at that day when my car accelerated. it jumped the curb sideswiping my car with a car that was parked on my right. after it hit the ground from jumping the curb it accelerated again heading straight toward the school building. i put two feet on the brake and pressed as hard as i could. the car did stop. the car was towed by aaa to a toyota dealer in fort smith, ar (where the accident occurred). i bought the car at molle toyota in kc, mo where i live (overland park, ks). the insurance adjustor came that day to check the damage. he said an investigator would be out to check it the cause of impact. as of now, that has not happened. my insurance company keeps telling me to take the car back to kc for repairs and i told them i will not drive an unsafe car. i will not touch the car until someone investigates the reason for the acceleration. i have called my dealer, who has been wonderful; toyota corporate who has been horrible (the first thing barbara said to me was well, what do you want me to do about it?) she reluctantly said she would check it out. she called the toyota dealer in fort smith and told him that toyota inspectors would be out within 10 days but didn't know when. i called the highway transportation safety dept. who said they didn't deal with that and to call my ks attorney general. i called the attorney general who told me to email this address. so . . . status: my car is still in fort smith, ar on a toyota lot and nobody will take responsibility for what happened or help me with my next steps. i don't think anyone believed that the car accelerated after the recall fix. finally, it appears that others around the country are having the same issue. i have an unsafe vehicle that i will not drive and don't know what to do next. thank you. *tr | |||
| 03/10/2007 | 1 | ||
| My 2005 toyota tundra was in for service the mechanic said there was a recall on this truck so i agreed to let toyota replace my ball joints (recall no: 70b) after the replacement was done the vehicle steering began to fade to the left and then to the right i returned to the dealer and he said that it needed a few adjustments after driving it again the problem still existed after driving the truck for a few months i found that my tires were wearing due to feathering to the right and left also the vehicle became hard to hold straight in line while driving when i would run over a small depression in the road the steering would pull me in to oncoming traffic. i drove the truck back to the dealer 08/06/2007 they did a series of test but nothing worked. final words you just have to live with it. i contacted toyota consumer complaint line and low and behold a recording came on addressing symptoms with the tundra the deal is i did not have this problem as they described it on the recording until after they replaced the ball joints. *jb | |||