This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. While driving approximately 25 mph, the brakes seized without warning. The vehicle stopped when the emergency brake was activated. After the vehicle stopped, a picture of a tire was displayed on the instrument panel. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure; however, the brake drums were cleaned. The mechanic installed a cylinder slide and rubber grease. The caliper was serviced and the rear brakes were cleaned and adjusted. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 105,824.
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that the brake pedal was depressed and the brakes failed to respond without warning. The emergency brake had to be depressed in order for the vehicle to remain stationary in park. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 168,000.
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. While driving approximately 20 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The brake pedal was depressed, but failed to respond. As a result, the contact crashed into the garage. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed, but the body damage was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000.
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the steering wheel became unresponsive and the brakes became stiff. As a result, the vehicle hydro-plane on the wet pavement and crashed against a guard rail. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.
I purchased my 2010 Toyota Corolla in October 2010, about a month later I began noticing problems with my brakes. Pressing the brakes there is a slight acceleration of the vehicle, taking my foot off the brake the car also accelerates before slowing down, I have no control over the acceleration. To this day, the brakes still regularly accelerate. Others who have driven my car immediately experience the brake acceleration and are very uncomfortable driving my car. I have been to the dealer numerous times when the problems began but they did not fix the problems (I did keep the work order receipts), I have not been to the dealer recently.
- Woonsocket, RI, USA
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The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond after several attempts. In addition, a vibration occurred when the brakes were engaged. The contact mentioned that the failure only occurred during cold weather temperatures. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the failure was unable to be replicated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 09V338000 (service brakes). The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the brakes failed and caused her to crash into the rear of another vehicle. The contact sustained a fractured left hand and a police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number: 09V338000(service brakes, hydraulic ) but did not confirm if the vehicle was included in the recall campaign. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.
At speeds over 50 mph the 2010 Corolla S has steering wander - does not hold center very well - constantly have to correct direction to keep it straight - gets tiring after a while - just figured there was nothing I could do about it so I just lived with problem until reading an article about the NHTSA checking into problem so I told [xxx] in service dept. At dry ridge Toyota in ky. About problem ( Oct - 2013 ) and he said he would check into it and see if Toyota would offer a fix - no response from Toyota after over 6 months its now ( may - 2014 ) I have checked back every month with [xxx] but he says still nothing from Toyota - so im now filing this complaint with NHTSA.......... also the speed control jerks car very hard as it reengages while going up a hill sometimes approx. 25 mph to 45 mph......... also the antilock brakes cause the front end of the car to jump up and down when trying to stop on slick rainy or snow roads at slower speeds. Thank you. Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
While driving on route 30 East in pa, I experienced a scenario where I was on cruise control and pressed the brake. The car continued to accelerate at its speed and subsequent pressings of the brakes did not slow the car. I shifted the car into neutral and the brakes still were not slowing the car enough. I had to drive into the left shoulder and grass beyond that in order to slow the car down enough to let other cars pass so I could go into the right lane. The next business I took my car to the dealer and after driving 7 miles and looking for error codes, reported that they "could not reproduce the issue". my car already had all the fixes for the unintended acceleration issue that Toyota had a number of recalls for done in December 2013. This issue needs to be further investigated by Toyota because if the reported fixes do not work, then there could be a significant number of accidents/fatalities yet to come. I never had experienced this issue before.
Brakes make a rapid thumping sound and are ineffective when applied at the time the car is driving over bumps, holes, or imperfections on the road surface. The road surface has to be completely smooth for the brakes to work properly. This is cause for a potential accident.
I was driving and the person in front of me had hit their brakes due to the cars in front of them hitting the brakes due to a red light. I then hit my brakes as well and the car didn't stop, I pumped the brakes a few times and still had no brakes. My husband had panicked and pulled the emergency brake and the car still did not stop. My car then hit the vehicle in front of us which in turn cause a chain reaction for the other 3 vehicles involved. If my brakes would not have failed, I would have been able to stop in time before smashing into the back of the vehicle in front of me. My car is now a "total loss" and I am out of a vehicle. I am just glad that no one was seriously hurt.
I was driving on the interstate and took an exit. Attempted to apply the brakes, and there was a grinding noise. The vehicle did not stop and hit another vehicle at the stoplight.
I was driving in the morning on a very cold day and was driving around 30mph. I applied the brakes as I could see the stop light about 200 feet just came on. When I applied the brakes, the ABS brakes locked up and it took the entire 200 feet to finally get the car to stop.
Brake application not engaged until we press the brake more than half way. This is increasing chances of accident that brake is not applied as driver wants it.
I [xxx] the owner of Toyota Corolla 2010 (license plate: [xxx], licensed with the state of Maryland VIN no: [xxx]), residing at [xxx], while trying to park in my residential apartments at the above mentioned address (at a speed of 3-5 mph), applied the brakes and all of a sudden it caused an unintended acceleration and I hit the huge metallic trash bins in front of me at a very high speed on October 28th, 2013. The airbags did not deploy, but the front of my car got damaged heavily. It has been towed away by my insurance company geico to one of their body shops. My left ear and neck are in great pain since then and my wife [xxx] who was the passenger along with me suffered left knee sprain. We have been in a state of utter shock and dismay since this incident as this was completely unexpected. I have been a safe driver since the past 7 years and have never had any accidents, violations etc. Also I never mistook the gas pedal for the brake during my whole driving career and I use only one leg for this purpose. My vehicle when I purchased in 2010 was inspected 2-3 times for this and other issues by the dealer/Toyota. The initial estimates as per my insurance agent are several grand (dollars) and the damage to the car is extensive. The insurance company's body shop is working on it. Please see the attachments that show the car was taken to the Toyota dealer within a few months of purchasing it for acceleration problems and also the edr reports, service statement showing that this model is a part of a open recall service by Toyota. I opened a case with Toyota usa headquarters about the unintended acceleration that caused the accident yesterday. The case# is [xxx]. information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).... updated 03/19/15
I was on the highway going about 70mph. My exit was coming up on the right side so I put my foot on the brake to slow down. However the brake stuck and the vehicle wouldn't slow down, it kept going. I had the cruise control on, and usually if I brake without first turning it off it slows down, but that didn't happen. So I turned the cruise control off but nothing happened. My car kept going. I pushed down on the brake, but that made the car accelerate even more. I checked to make sure the pedal wasn't stuck, it wasn't, but I knew that wasn't the problem because my car was accelerating when I was hitting the brake. Luckily there was no one in front of me because I was going over 110mph. I sped at this speed for quite a ways maybe 3/4 of a mile. I thought I was going to die and had my phone in my had to call 911. I kept pushing on the brake since I didn't know what else to do (this of course made me go faster and faster). The brake wouldn't go down though. I didn't understand what was happening. It was like stuck? finally I heard my accelerate pop. And the car started to decelerate.
On Monday July 29,2013 while I was set on 70 mph cruise control, my Toyota Corolla suddenly surged forward. I have no idea how fast it made the car go, but I have never been in anything going that fast. I had to take the car into the grass median to avoid hitting another car when the brakes would not stop my car. We still flew down the grass median like a speed boat hitting waves, we were bouncing, the car was bouncing, I had severe cramps and stabbing across my lower kidney area when we finally came to a stop. I had to hold the brake pedal to the floor for what seemed like eternity. Before it finally stopped. I reported the incident in great detail to Toyota corporate and my case was #1307291802.(this case # is no longer valid) I was told at that time if I felt safe, I could take it to my dealer in D.M.,Iowa where I leased the car in 2010, or if I felt unsafe, I could take it to adams Toyota in lee's summit, Missouri. Then, my daughter-in-law called adams on my behalf and they gave her an entirely new case number because the first rep who took the report did not understand there was damage.my new case # is 1308011967. I felt I never want to be in that Corolla again, so I did take it to adams and they provided me with a Scion rental to get back to home and work in Iowa. Toyota has inspected the car and has up to 30 days to give me their report. I am to receive a copy of the data imaging extracted from the black box also.
The problem is with braking system or brake in my Toyota Corolla 2010. I step on the brake pedal when I was driving at 25mph speed at local street, but the brake pedal just got froze couldn't push further. Then I tried to pull up the brake handle but the handle was totally loose, all light on the board went on, then I have to turn off the key to force the engine stop before I almost hit the other car front of me.after 5 mins I restart my car, it turned out normal. It's very terrible experiences. I was lucky this time, it could cause to death accident. I send the car to Toyota dealer where I bought the car originally. They checked the car and told me there is nothing wrong, also charged me to pay for the checking.this car is beyond the safe to drive, I don't know it will happened again.
When using brakes I feel grinding or scrubbing sound, and car would vibrate and slow to stop, pulling car toward left when stopping. I took it to Toyota dealer I bought it from, reported complaint asked them to check brakes, (this was with my routine service care). After they finished with call I had to ask about my brake complaint the man said nothing wrong, I told him that it didn't happen every time I used brakes but frequently.also I was not using car alot due to injury. I'm not sure about exact miles or time frame but I was still under my 2 year free service plan. Then a month after my service plan ended I had car serviced, I complained again about brakes, after they finished with my car, I had to ask again about my brakes the man said "oh, they need to be changed but it can wait to next service time and you will need tires then. I didn't wait to next service time, due to planned to have surgery. I got brakes changed at local brake shop, even after that, I still have times brakes grind etc...brakes changed a year ago and the grinding getting worse. I just drive to take son to and from school and ball, doctor appts.my older son went to get groceries for me yesterday he said my steering wheel shaking. I'm disappointed with the service department, I don't feel like they listened or even checked the brakes because I had to ask the findings, he would say what I stated above but he does not go back to garage area.
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- Round Lake, IL, USA