Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 10/19/2009 | 5000 | ||
| I was decelerating on a downhill shortened exit ramp, going from 70 mph to a stop within approximately 500 feet . when i applied the brakes, it felt as if the brakes were metal to metal and the vehicle barely stopped before hitting the vehicle in front of me. since that time, the same type of incident has occurred 3 more times, always when decelerating rapidly. (when decelerating at a slow rate of speed, they work fine.) i have had the brakes checked, but they said they were normal. they certainly are not! | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 09/17/2009 | 2000 | 5 | |
| Fortunately i have not had an accident. my concern is with the brakes of my 2009 toyota yaris. they disengage while braking. this has happened a few times since i purchased my car july 30, 2009. at first i was concerned that the brakes my fail while driving on the highway to work. however it appears that items on the road (snow, leaves) get in the brakes and they stop working for a moment. i will be braking and feel the brakes disengage. (i live in an area with a lot of trees and there may be decaying leaves on the road at an intersection.) when i went into the service center, the service representative shared an incident of a mechanic who found a small pebble in the brakes of a vehicle which was experiencing the brake failure problem. i don't have 8,000 miles on my car yet and this has occurred at least 5 times. i have been driving for over 30 years and brought my first car (a ford) when i was 20. i have never experienced a brake failure problem like this that seems to be part of the brakes design. *tr | |||
| 01/15/2010 | 35000 | 1 | |
| My toyota yaris has a brake problem in wet or icy conditions. it will stop but not as quick as it should. the brakes makes a sounds like it's trying to work. *tr | |||