2014 Toyota Corolla brakes problems

Filed Mar 15, 2024 · Brakes, Transmission · 86,000 miles · CA · crash

The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH the vehicle in front of the contact made a complete stop. The contact attempted to brake, but the Anti-lock Brake System was not engaged. The contact also stated there was a sudden unintended acceleration which caused the contact to rear-end the vehicle in front. No warning lights were illuminated. The Air Bags deployed. The contact sustained neck and lower back injury, facial burn, bloody nose, and a chest contusion which the contact to seek medical attention. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. A police report was filed. The contact notified the manufacturer of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.

Filed Jul 22, 2019 · Brakes · 38,000 miles · MA

Purchased car used (7000 miles) from toyota dealer in acton, ma. Took in for checkup every 5000 miles until 35,000 miles. At 38,000 miles, took off front wheels to check brakes and found that the inside of both rotors were terrifically grooved and the pads the same, while the outside of the rotors was good and the outside pads hardly used. The brake calipers on both sides were frozen. I replaced everything and showed the dealership my pictures. They said they would talk to their staff and offered no help, so I paid for everything. This was unsafe and obviously missed multiple times on the "160-point inspection"! It looked like a problem from when the car was new and first used as a rental by the dealer. The brakes made little extra sound(but the scraping would have been under the engine compartment) and the brakes stopped the car okay with just a little extra pressure---I thought it was normal for this car.

Filed Oct 29, 2018 · Brakes, Suspension · 53,000 miles · CA · crash

Takata recall, when driving to crestline ca. The traction control lock up the front left wheel at 60 MPH and made me hit the inside guardrail again the wheel locked up at 50 MPH and again at 45 MPH I had to drive at 20 MPH this happen when driving on a road going up hill on left hand curves, the traction control light flicker each time the wheel locked up I was not able to disengage the traction control. When I reached a shell station a person toll me it happens when you have low tire pressure, I checked tire pressure on each tire 21, 23, 24, 26 was the reading on the tires, my tire low pressure light never came on. I filled the the tires and seem to fix the traction control and the wheel locking up. Than two weeks later I was parking at uci hospital parking structure pulling in a parking spot the brakes went totally out causing me to hit the parking structure, the brake pedal goes to the floor (all the way down). I was doing less than 5 MPH and the air bags didn't go off also again no lights on the dash and any indication that there was anything wrong.

Filed Aug 7, 2018 · Airbags, Body · 15,500 miles · CA

The maintenance light stays on and won't reset after the 15000 mile oil change. After 16000 miles the horn stopped working. At 16900 miles on 08/07/2018 the driver airbag light came on and stayed on, and the steering wheel cover where the airbag is is loose. The brakes and alignment have been checked and are good, but sometimes the wheels lock and the car doesn't brake well, as if the antilock system stopped working.

Filed Jun 2, 2018 · Brakes · 64,000 miles · MD

I was pulling into a parking space in chestertown (maryland) at an apartment complex and tried to brake and the car did not come to a stop until it went up on the sidewalk.

Filed Feb 14, 2018 · Acceleration, Airbags · MA · crash · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 toyota corolla. While driving less than 30 MPH from a cul-de-sac, the vehicle accelerated at a high rate of speed independently. The accelerator pedal was stuck and would not release. The vehicle crashed into a tree. None of the air bags deployed. The brakes were applied with force, but failed to stop the vehicle. The driver sustained back and neck pain. The passenger sustained chest pains. Both occupants received medical treatment. The insurance company was notified of the crash and was to tow the vehicle to inspect the cause of the failure. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the crash. A police report was filed. The manufacturer issued 32 tsbs for the electrical system and two for the brake system. The failure mileage was not available. *tt

Filed Aug 8, 2017 · Brakes, Engine · 5,000 miles · GA

My vehicle has been taken to the toyota dealership at least 12 times since purchased. It has already had a rear seal leak, back brakes and front brake work and rear brakes replaced. The timing chain cable was leaking oil and they replaced it. It has not ran the same since. It continues to hesitate to almost stalling out during takeoff at red lights and intersections. It's acceleration is terrible even for a 4 cylinder. We have been cooperative for the 3 years with toyota, but now that the warranty is void due to the 3 years, and not the mileage, we no longer receive such a helpful conversation with any of the managers there. The car is still under 25,000 miles, and has been a total lemon to us. We've exhausted all hopes of them fixing the real problem since they continue to claim that they couldn't find any such problem in the acceleration issues and stalling in the intersections. We will never again purchase a toyota vehicle ever again. We have purchased many toyota's in the past, which prompted us to buy another. But after this car, and poor mechanics and service management, we will refrain from another toyota, ever. If you can resolve our issue by either an equivalent exchange of another vehicle, or fix the real reason it's not running properly, and frankly never has, I would appreciate any help that can be given on my behalf. Thank you, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 11, 2017 · Brakes · 48,000 miles · OK

Brake light switch failed; no brake lights. The problem was intermittent, occurring while both stationary and in motion.

Filed Feb 2, 2017 · Brakes · 58,800 miles · CA · crash

I have been involved in 2 car accidents where I rear ended both cars due to brake failure. One of those was today. In both situations, we were at a red light and the car before me accelerated because the light changed and suddenly stopped. I also accelerated not even reaching 10 MPH and I had to jam the breaks. I was at a reasonable distance where with proper breaks I would have stopped soon enough and not hit the car, but unfortunately in both cases my brake pedal sank in a little further and vibrated. The car continued to move forward and hit the car. Because it was a sudden stop, tires would have screeched because of the jamming of the breaks, but that really didn't happen and the car just kept going.

Filed Jun 29, 2016 · Body, Brakes · 18,000 miles · CA · crash

I was parked in the underground parking at the north west corner of amherst ave and santa monica blvd in los angeles. I was exiting driving up the very narrow exit ramp. 1.the one way exit to the lot curves and is very narrow. As I navigated the narrow exit, I felt that I was almost touching the wall on the right side. 2.I applied the brakes and put the car in reverse in order to get away from the wall. However, the brakes did not respond and the car rolled backwards around the bend, hitting the wall behind me. The car came to a complete stop. 3.applying the brakes had no impact on the car neither decelerating nor accelerating. This shows that the brakes definitely did not work. 4.with my foot on the brakes, I put the car in drive. At no time did I press the accelerator pedal. I would have heard the engine. The instant I shifted to drive, the car lunged forward at a very high rate of speed. Consequentially, my car zoomed up the driveway into the ground level parking facing west. Within a second or so, my car collided with another car, parked facing west in front of pizza hut. Due to the force of the impact at such a high rate of speed, the parked hyundai superseded the concrete parking barrier crashing into pizza hut, shattering the store front window. 5.my car was thankfully stopped due to impact with the hyundai on the right side of my vehicle and a low wall on the left side.