Brakes Failed problems of the 2006 Toyota Corolla

2006 Toyota Corolla. Consumer states failure of the central computer and brake failure caused a crash the consumer stated when her daughter applied the brake to reduce her speed to steer around another vehicle, the brakes locked up and steering the vehicle became difficult. Ultimately, her daughter collided with another vehicle. When she attempted to move the vehicle, the vehicle had stalled. Also, the air bags failed to deploy and she strongly impacted the seat belt causing injury to her shoulder. The consumer stated ecu was replaced last April at a cost of $700. A reading of the ecu the following day, showed there was no accident. The consumer believed the ecu may have caused the abs to lock up. The vehicle was declared a loss by the insurance company.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. While driving approximately 60-65 mph she engaged the brakes and they failed. The contact stated the failure occurred several times throughout the day. She stated that the failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The contact stated that she asked the dealer to bleed her brakes and they refused. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. She called the manufacturer and they assigned her a case manager to assist with her failure. She called the case manager and was advised that since the dealer had already told her that they could not duplicate the failure the case was closed. The case manager advised her that per the dealer they were bleeding the brakes. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were unknown.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. The contact was driving 55 mph when the brakes failed. The contact crashed into the vehicle ahead of her. The contact stated she depressed the brake pedal to the floor but the brakes failed to operate. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle ahead of her was flipped and landed upside down. There was smoke coming from the front of the contact's vehicle. A police report was available. The contact was removed from the vehicle with the assistance of the fire department. She sustained injuries to the neck and back with additional bruising. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while driving 35 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into another vehicle. The contact suffered minor injuries. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal became stuck and caused the vehicle to suddenly accelerate. The failure mileage was 59,276. Updated 05/20/10. The consumer also stated the air bags failed to deploy. Updated evoq 05/27/10 the consumer stated the engine control module was replaced in 2008 due to the check engine light illuminating. Updated 06/01/10. Updated 09/29/10 the consumer also stated the steering mechanism and brake failed on the vehicle. Updated 12/06/10 updated 12/28/10.

The following description is from a narrative written within 3 hours after the accident. Around 5:30pm on 12/10/2008 I was driving home around 2-3 miles per hour due to traffic congestion. The sky was dark and it was lightly raining. The temperature was around 60-65 degrees fahrenheit, so ice was not present on the road. The large semi truck directly ahead of me slowed down to a stop, so I attempted to brake. My brakes did not seem to have an effect, so I pushed on the brakes harder. The brakes still had no effect. I immediately shifted the car into the park gear and applied the emergency brake. Neither the shifting the gears nor the emergency brake had any effect on the cars motion, my car kept moving forward. I eventually stopped when I smashed into the back of the truck, which caused about $5k of front end damage for my car and no apparent damage to the truck. The time between when I noticed the car was not stopping to when my car hit the truck was around 2-3 seconds. After thinking about these events afterward, I didn't remember hearing the transmission grind due to the fact the car was in the park, but continued to move forward. After the collision, the truck ahead of me left as if nothing had happened. My car stayed stationary now that its momentum was lost. I shifted the car back into drive and slowly drove home (around 20-25 mph). The brakes worked like normal and I didn't hear any noise when I applied the brakes. I took the car into the dealership on 01/10/2009. The mechanic inspected the car and found the brakes were in normal working condition. The mechanic hypothesized that the cause for the brake failure was either the brake fluid overheated or driver error. However, there was no evidence to support either hypothesis. No repair was recommended and no parts were replaced. I am confident I depressed the brakes and not the accelerator, so I suspect there might be some other problem with my brakes. The brakes have not failed since this incident.

My 2006 Toyota Corolla does the following when braking, if a pothole(s) or bump(s) in the road is hit (while braking at the same time), the car fails to slow down or stop until the area of the potholes or bumps is passed. The brake pedal jerks forward as it appears that the brakes are failing to engage or does its job of slowing or stopping the vehicle. I have experienced this problem many times since day one, but I thought that it's a suspension problem.