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I would have to disagree that there are "NO" honest dealerships out there. I have several in my area and would not buy my Toyotas from them if I suspected otherwise.
On the car you rear ended, was it documented on the police report that the brakes failed? If so perhaps an independent third party should inspect the car to prove this in case of a civil suit against you.
Thirdly, your statement " i think maybe the car companies are trying to bring money to their parts shops..." doesn't hold water. Your car as well as the car of the other new Corolla owner who complained about their brakes, is under warranty. You would not be paying for this repair or problem anyway, Toyota would be. The only way the dealer could be accused of trying to drum up business would be if that particular dealer actually sabatogged your brakes to gain money from Toyota for the repair. If what you are stating about your local dealers is actually true, I'd say it's very unfortunate that you got some really bad a** dealers in your area !
I chalked it up to the fact that it was raining and hard to see and the car was parked illegally, but when I heard about the new recall, it was like a light came on.
I believe that my accelerator stuck and my car was unable to stop. I remember the first thing I told the police was that "my car wouldn't stop", I had the brake to the floor but I just couldn't stop".
I have never had an accident in my life and I hope I never have one again.
I don't know if this can be proven, but I would like some direction as to what I can do to try to prove that it was the accelerator issue.
My insurance went up, and my record is now tainted, and I have a fear of driving in bad weather. If I can prove this then I could clear my record.
Any suggestions?
My wife took it back for service, they said 7-10 to days for a new radio...I called my sales guy, this is unacceptable for brand new car..somehow it was fixed that day.
the 2nd problem was while my Corolla was doing what i now called the happy dance, it veered to the right and took me to the curb, when I hit the brake it kept going until I threw the shift (automatic) into neutral and landed on the dirt. I got a flat tire and the front right fender weld got a dent in it. i was PO'd I brought the car to Toyota and they argued with me. I told them Im not driving it. I threaten to leave the car on the lot and call a cab, they offered me a new tire ..whoo hoo note sarcasm! So great finally Toyotas are being recalled, now's my chance to rectify the situation, I call the dealer, they say "your year and model is not involved in the recall and therefore we cannot service under warranty. I threaten again to leave the car on the lot and just contact our Attorney Generals office, he responded bring it in and I will take a look at it.
Anybody have suggestions please let me know!
alt email pekeheart@yahoo.com
I think our warranty expired at 36K... Or is there a longer powertrain warranty?
Sounds like either a funky starter relay or a bad ignition switch.
Will it be like we have the plague?
I had someone actually say I was driving a 'death' vehicle. Imagine that?
Anyone have any thoughts?
Given all the world's worries and dangers, I don't think this issue will "stick" with current Toyota owners or future Toyota owners once they realize that a) Toyota will fix what's wrong and b) that their car (if they own a Toyota) probably will never exhibit the problem in the first place.
Of course, people who have had some unpleasant incident with a Toyota, whether it be car-caused or driver-caused, are probably going to be turned off on the brand, justifiably so, but that's a very small number of people.
It's not like defects in some American cars of the past, which went on for 20 years running and which affected millions of buyers directly.
MNF
My 2009 Corolla had accelerated to 85-90 MPH on January 18,2010, and I was injured in Burlington, VT. I then was kept at the dealership 6 hrs, and was traumatized. I was so overwhelmed and exhausted I got stuck with a 2010 Corolla.
On Feb. 12, it was having RPM sticking and acceleration problems. I took it to the dealership. They had the new recall pedals in. They installed it. That night on the way home from work the problem reoccured. I reported it to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. I told them Monday the car was going back to the dealership. On Monday morning, I was going 25 MPH up the onramp to the Interstate and the RPM was stuck at 3. The car accelerated to 80 MPH. I was injured a second time. I reported this again to the NHTSA (especially since the car accelerated after they put in the new recall pedal).
The dealership is giving me back the car tomorrow. They found nothing wrong with the car. This car needs to have gone to highly trained specialist, not to a local Toyota Dealership.
Melanie
I bought the 2010 corolla in July first week, 2009. Last week I received an email stating that my car fall under the new A0A call back and gave my car for servicing on Feb 12th. Reached home around 4:30 pm after the fix, parked in my drive way. After a minute, I was reversing the car from my drive way on to the road, the car reached almost to the road, now the car started reverse acceleration by itself, took a U-turn (as my steering wheel is turned left) and hit a small tree in front of my house and stopped. The tree stem is stuck under the car, hence the car was stopped. if there is no tree, the car would have hit my house. The acceleration was so fast, and my leg was on the brake pushing hard, but still no use. This happened more than a week and Toyota and service center are sitting all these days and the response is very poor.
Please let me know if any one faces similar issues. Started contacting the NHTSA about the incident
I too would think bout trading in to a Toyota dealer because right now they are offering amazing deals with customer loyalty incentives! I got a fantastic deal. My '08 corolla had 18% interest and my payment was 376 I traded up for the 2010 got 0.9% interest and a FANTASTIC deal! All Toyotas are coming with warranties and guarantees and I'm very happy now.
Did your Vin # start with 1NXBU40E (this is on at 2009) but can't hurt to ask. This plant has been in the news for some disturbing allegation.
Snip from another forum:
Does anyone know how to read a vin # to see if Corolla's were made from this plant? thx lG
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2009
Whistleblower:“Nummi management routinely deleted or downgraded significant and serious defects.”
"steering wheel alignment defects" (NUMMI) factory subjected her to a campaign of intimidation
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whistleblowe...
Toyota Accused of Hiding Evidence
Former Lawyer at Automaker Charges Evidence in Rollover Cases Was Concealed, Destroyed
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/29/cbs ...
http://forums.anandtech.com/archive/index.php ...
Whistleblower says defects hidden at Toyota-GM Calif. plant
Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press
TOKYO -- An employee at a California plant run jointly by General Motors and Toyota is accusing her managers of allowing serious defects to go unchecked, including faulty seat belts and braking, and retaliating when she resisted, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month.-
I don't know this just sounds like a disgruntled employee !
Thanks
John
john
Considering ESC was not prevalent in a smaller 2007/2008 car I think Toyota might have been ahead of the game in 2008 with ESC. The more simple answer as to why it wasn't standard equipment would be cost. A Corolla ia a budget minded car aimed at the budget minded driver who might prefer to opt out of ESC to keep there own cost down. By the way, it was optional by Honda also in 2008 in some of their models. Either way it won't be long that ESC will be standard on all cars. In September, 2006 the NHTSA issued a proposal to require new passenger cars be equipped with electronic stability control starting in 2009, with all cars and light trucks to have it by 2012.
Thanks for your interest.