I came to an intersection and stopped, then took my foot off the brake before noticing that the light was still red. The other vehicle was roughly 30 feet away when I pushed on the brakes. I should have easily been able to stop. Brakes did not engage and I had been pushing them so hard and for so long that I fractured my ankle. There were not even skid marks at the accident scene. My car had front end frame damage from the accident (totaled), and the airbags never deployed. Additionally, in the past I had noticed the rpms rising for no reason while car was idling, and the acceleration issue, where the vehicle seemed to ?hang? Between speeds of about 35 and 40 and 60 and 65mph. The rpms I only noticed once-so I did not report it, and the ?hanging? Was my own ignorance (I haven?t had a 4 cylinder in a long time and this was my first?and probably last?toyota). I also had prior braking concerns-- ABS only made a noise (did not vibrate against pedal--again, my ignorance of how this vehicle was supposed to respond) and it was a very icy winter, so I assumed that I had been trying to stop on ice. The brakes behaved fine if I physically pumped them, but sudden stops could not be made.
2011 Toyota Corolla brakes complaints
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Master cylinder failed. Brake pedal would sink to the floor. Brakes had to be pumped in order to stop the car.
I bought a used 2011 toyota corolla from beaver toyota in santa fe, new mexico in september 2012. From the beginning I noticed a slight hesitation while driving. It felt like all of a sudden the car would slow down for just a couple of seconds, like a delay of some kind. I took it to the dealer and they felt nothing. It kept happening and I took it back and they drove and felt nothing. Finally, I was driving back from church in the daytime, thank god, and it just stalled like someone has just unplugged it (and its not electric) and all the engine lights came on and I made it to the emergency lane scared to death. I called aaa and they said let it sit for few minutes and try again and it started right up. He suggested I drive to a service station but it was sunday and no one was open. I went into the dealer later that week and they didn't feel anything, no hesitation at all. I kept feeling it and my roommate drove it once thought she felt something. Took to back again and sat 5 hours while they ran diagnostics and said it showed nothing. They did replace a bolt I noticed the head had broken off on the license plate ...just mentioned in passing & that was $110 because the service rep said they had to drill thru the back plate to remove and put in new one! I would have never agreed to that. I looked on line and found an independent toyota authorized repair shop that had great reviews and went there. Toy automan. They took me in at my appt time, one hour later the nice owner came out and handed me a release from toyota dated september 6, 2011 that stated 2011 corollas may exhibit a "monetary RPM decrease above 40 MPH and/or reduced engine braking". I'm so tired of going into this dealer and getting nowhere. They had to know about this notice from toyota and I must be naive realizing that a toyota service dept. Would put a customer in danger for money. Help!
Approx. A week after this vehicle was purchased it was involved in a crash on 08/29/2011. This vehicle was crashed due to an higher than usual rev which delays the time for a vehicle to come to a stop. The rev on this vehicle does not decline sometimes when releasing the accelerator. The vehicle came with toyota car so I have went to the toyota dealership many times to have a multi point inspection and they said everything was perfectly fine. They were unable to "duplicate" the issue. Feeling like there is nothing I could do I gave up and just continued to drive it with extra caution and make payments on my lease till the term was over. About a year later at 11,000 on my recent service visit the toyota mechanic told me I needed new brakes. He stated that this was unusual at this mileage and brakes should be fine, but on my car the brakes were completely gone. Now I have about 12,800 miles, and the engine revving is starting to interfere with my ability to control the speed of my vehicle. The excessive engine rev is the culprit that causes my brakes being used heavily. After I release the accelerator the car continues to accelerate and the brake has to work extra hard to stop the car. I have contacted south east toyota finance and they just empathized with my situation. When I went to the dealership the mechanic took three hours to look at the car and referred me to a sales representative who tried to sell me a new 2013 toyota corolla to resolve the issue. I refused to buy a new car and left the dealership. I am not an mechanic but I suspect it has something to do with the computer that controlling the speed, which is causing my speed to not decrease. This causes the brakes to take an extra load and causes first and second gear to conflict at times. This issue is getting worse as times goes by.
Tl* the contact rented a 2010 toyota corolla from enterprise rental. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH and moving to the next lane, there was a puddle of water as she depress the brake the vehicle started spinning around causing her to crash into the retainer wall. The driver side front was badly damaged and all the air bags in the vehicle deployed. No injuries were reported and the police was not notified. The vehicle was towed back to the rental vehicle shop. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 41,689.
I am currently finding out in a check out of my vehicle brakes /alignment by an different source mechanically since oct. 13, 2011, [xxx]. That the corrections to my faulty/defect brakes at purchase contributed to my having of an front/rear alignments problems now. My vehicle sit up month to month, in my distrust of the faulty/defect brakes repair work. Certainly, cannot have of an front/rear alignment from sitting up month to month. *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Of oct 11th, 2011. My toyota corolla-s 2011, vehicle failed to stop when approached of an stop sign and, kept on going of the vehicle brakes had failed. The emergency brakes was used to stop of the vehicle. *tr of oct 13th, 2011. Team toyota maintenance service of baton rouge, la., made of the repairs on the vehicle from 9:30am until 4:30pm of mechanical brakes failure. This is an safety issue!
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla s. While approaching a stop sign, the contact applied the brakes but the vehicle did not come to a complete stop. There was an abnormal grinding heard from the brakes. The dealer was in the process of replacing the front and rear brakes. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileage was 4,500. Updated 11/17/11 *bf when the consumer approached a stop sign, the vehicle continued through the intersection. There was a grinding noise coming from the brakes. The dealer turned the front rotors and replaced the pads. Updated 12/16/11
When car hits bumps frame on car makes a noise . Also you can see it give or move. Car has a tough ride to it for a le model. Bottom of seat on car is to short. Brake pedal and accelerator pedal is to far to the right it needs to be alittle more to left also their to close together. Makes seat bottom to the right (needs to be straighter)to match pedals. I think dashboard is to low. The body noises happen more with one person in the car. Also on hot days and very cold days dash has a crack sound to it. The car is quieter on rainy days like a normal car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while driving highway speeds, the vehicle felt like it was wondering and he had to force the steering wheel back into place. He also stated that when he released the brake pedal it would exhibit an abnormal noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that everything he described were normal characteristics of the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 45 and current mileage was 551. Updated 10/4/11 *cn updated 10/31/11
Around 250-300 miles I went over a dip in the road at about 40 MPH and went to hit the brakes while taking a turn that was approaching a stoplight when the brakes would not let me push them down and would give me feedback as if ABS was active. After a couple seconds I was able to reapply pressure to the brakes to stop. This happened a total of eight times in 2,100 miles. The car has been in some close calls, and all the incidents happened after hitting a dip while trying to reduce my speed from over 50 MPH to the time of hitting the dips. It feels like ABS is activating, and in turn not allowing me to apply pressure to the brakes. Another incident happened as I was going down the freeway approaching traffic and I went over a dip on the freeway and the brakes would not allow me to stop for about a couple of seconds. I regained brakes with enough time to make a stop, but I would say it was a safe stop. I had another incident where the brakes failed as I was exiting a freeway and I would not apply my brakes for the first turn, and I could only apply pressure to the brakes after I started to enter the second turn coming within inches of colliding the car in front of me. These near accidents were enough for me to report it to toyota. After bringing it to toyota, they tested the car for 15 miles and told me it was functioning as it was engineered to. I am positive that this car is not safe to drive. I bought it on 5/23/11 with 10 miles on it, and drove it a total of 2,150 miles.
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