Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - MASTER CYLINDER | ||||||||||||||||
| 07E023000 | CARDONE INDUSTRIES, INC. | E (Equipment) | 13128 | 04/02/2007 | MFR | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 03/29/2007 | 03/29/2007 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain cardone master cylinders with date codes lower than dca7078 sold as replacement equipment for use on the vehicles listed above. the seal on master cylinder can fail and leak brake fluid. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Loss of brake fluid can result in poor braking performance, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Cardone will notify owners and offer to repurchase any defective master cylinders. the recall began during april 2007. owners can contact cardone at 1-800-777-4780. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket cardone master cylinders and has no relation to any original equipment installed on the vehicles listed above.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||
| 06/19/2008 | 400 | 1 | |
| To whom it may be of some interest, june 19, 2008 i had a horrific experience with my sequoia. i own a 2007 sequoia and it only has 4200 miles on it. this past sunday i was starting from traffic when i gently stepped on the brake pedal to slow down in traffic when all of a sudden the seq. jumped from 0 to 60 or 70 mph. it took me off guard, i then pressed on the brake again trying to stop the vehicle or at least slow it down a bit but every time i took my foot off the brake the truck just wanted to take off totally out of control. it kept doing this for about a good minute. i thought for sure i was going to hit someone or something and injure my kids who were with me at the time. it was a frightening experience. i called for a service appt. at toyota of manhattan where i purchased the vehicle which was on said date and it happened again on the way to the dealership. i was 5mins from the dealership and they could smell the brakes. i explained the problem and they mechanics insisted it was the rugs of course i dispute it they said the rug probably got caught on the pedal. when i showed them how far the two were from eachother they then said it would get a diagnostic check. 4 hours later i was told it was the brake booster. my problem was not the accelerator, but the brake itself. here i thought every time i stepped on the brake i thought the anti-locks were kicking in when in fact the brakes was trembling, a total malfunction...i waited several days for the part to ship from japan.. i would like warn other sequoia owners of the possibilities of this happening to them. thank you, above is the same letter i sent to toyota usa on june 2008. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 01/17/2012 | 90275 | ||
| This is very unsafe!! the vsc trac, vsc off, and brake light come on this truck. when these lights come on my car goes into a crazy slamming mode. it shakes the whole car and my car will not stop! i have babies and this is not safe for anyone on the road! the weird part is that as soon as you turn the car off then on everthing seems fine and it works for a little bit then bam you are trying to stop and the car wont and start shaking out of control! please help! i have looked online and there are tons of people with the same promblem. with toyota's history they need to take care of it. we all need your help do the right thing and recall!! | |||
| 11/03/2010 | 82300 | ||
| Began acceleration from 35 mph progressing to 55 mph, accelerator left my foot, engine sped up to over 5,000 rpm, applied both feet to brake pedal with all my weight, engine continued to race above 5,000 rpm, put car into drive 1 with no change, engine raced, put car into neutral and engine continued racing over 5,000 rpm, was able to steer car into a ditch, turned off ignition. the check engine light was blinking during this event. i was never able to stop with my brakes. i maintained both feet on the brake pedal during the event with my entire body weight on the pedal and the car never, ever stopped racing. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 03/02/2007 | 1000 | 20 | 01/18/2007 |
| As you come to a complete stopwith foot on brake suddenly it feels like you've been rear ended by someone. *ak | |||