Brakes Failed Problems of Toyota Corolla - part 1

Unknown brake failure after slow speed stop (lock up).

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The brake booster is failing, the brake pedal is hard to push down almost resulting in a car crash. If I drive vehicle fast, it's hard to stop and slow vehicle down.

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On 1/1/2020 while the vehicle was in motion on the city street; and when attempting to depress the brake pedal, the vehicle brakes started to grind and the vehicle would not stop. This same brake failure occurrence with the vehicle, reoccurred two more times intermittently. Luckily there was no other vehicles nearby that could have resulted in a crash.

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Hold brake feature failed, vehicle rolled causing a collision. Vehicle was stationary and running on a city street, hold was engaged and when driver door was opened the parking brake indicator illuminated. After stepping out and closing the driver door, vehicle brake disengaged and vehicle began moving resulting in crash while unoccupied.

Tamata recall - my car breaks and pcs feature failed resulting in hitting the car in front making total loss of my car, Toyota Corolla xle 2019. I still have pain in my neck and occasional chest hurts. I reported the hailey Toyota that breaks did not work twice and pcs did not work. The service manager drove the car with me in the passenger seat but pcs did not stop my car once and no warning light came. VIN # is 2t1burhexkc135920. Accident happened on bailey bridge road on Jan 27, 2019 around a little bit after noon time. Toyota case numbers are 1901280324 and 1901181971. Edr report was recorded by Toyota rep on 2/8/19 and sent to bosch CO in michigan. Police recorded in the summons issued to me that it was brakes failure. This is too dangerous to be on the roadhouse this car and one can lose a life one or more. Please advise totota hq to fix the defects so that no one loses life and also compensate my damages,etc. The vehicle was in the city and moving. I will send some documents later.

Tl the contact owned a 2018 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while being operated at 40 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but the brakes failed to engage. As a result the vehicle was involved in a side impact collision. The air bags did deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard where it was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure where the contact was informed that an investigator was assigned to the case. There was one injury that required medical attention. The contact suffered from a broken sternum, right hip injury, and severe pain. The vehicle failure mileage was approximately 300 miles. Kh.

While driving on a street named hamner this afternoon on a warm day in the city of norco with clear skies traveling approximately 15 mph my 2010 Corolla did not stop at a distance of about 15 feet when I applied the brake pedal and that caused me to hit another vehicle. The brake system failure which felt like the anti-lock brake system where the brakes did not engage but rather made a pulsating movement against my rotors caused my vehicle to keep moving and inevitably I could not stop my vehicle. On several occasions I have brought this issue up to Toyota service departments at numerous dealers in the past years and I was given no solutions. The explanation after showing the technicians was that it was normal and should not be a problem. This brake issue caused me to not have braking system power to safely come to a stop prior to the collision today. I believe that Toyota is liable for the failure in the brake system including but not limited to the damage created today to not only my vehicle but also to the vehicle to which this accident today involved including any known or unknown injuries incurred. Please let me know what I can do to resolve this matter as soon as possible.

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The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. While driving approximately 15 mph and depressing the brake pedal on a curve, the brakes failed to respond. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

I was in a car accident turning,left at a big intersection in pooler, GA there was a double turn lane. I talked my brakes as other car next to me was in my lane on the turn. He adjusted and I preceded up the inclined road to where cars were stopped waiting for the light. I was horrified as I realized my brakes was not stopping by the time my brain computed they was not working,when they just worked seconds earlier. Next then I heard a gun shot noise from air bags exploding and was in the rear end of an SUV. I recall my brakes was replaced at 37000 miles pad were thin and constant brake dust daily on my rims. I am fortunate minor injuries and was going at a low speed. This could of been a fatal accident if on the freeway at high speeds. My brakes failing causes me high anxiety and,fear when driving now. Insurance company does not inspect my brakes issue which is disheartening since this was the cause of my accident. I was going about 15 to 20 and braking to slow down so I thought then realized my car was not stopping.

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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.

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Brake pedal feels spongy or soft all the time. Have had vehicle to dealer 3 times for stuck fuel door (won't open). Every time nothing found wrong. Tech lubed and tried adjusting fuel door to no avail. Stuck fuel door doesn't happen all the time though. This is a safety issue especially for women who are trying to fuel up when on empty. Fuel door sticks while stationary. Brakes feel spongy when applying brakes while in motion or sitting still. Dealer looked at brakes and said they are fine. Have read several complaints on these Corolla's having brake failure! what's next??? a crash in the making!!! will not buy toyo again.

This is a report of brake failure that caused a vehicle colision with injuries. On October 29, 2016, I rented a 2016 Toyota Corolla from a betterway rent-acar, inc. D/ba budget rent a car of atlanta, at 6509 roswell rd, atlanta, GA 30328. The Toyota had 21,619 miles at the time of the rental. At approximately 12:30pm I was driving southeast on jimmy carter blvd in norcross georgia. The weather was clear and sunny and the road was dry. Upon departing a traffic light, I accelerated to approximately 20 mph in moderate traffic towards vehicles waiting at the intersection of jimmy carter blvd and rockbridge school road one block away. I began applying the brakes long before reaching the vehicles waiting at the next intersection, however the car's brake action was minimal. As I completely depressed the brake pedal, I heard a clicking sound similar to the engagement of an anti-lock braking system (abs), however there was no significant deceleration. When I fully depressed the brake pedal, I did not hear an increase in engine rpm, the automatic transmission did not downshift, and the vehicle did not accelerate. As a result of the Toyota's brake failure, I impacted a stationary vehicle at the intersection of jimmy carter blvd and rockbridge school road. The Toyota's airbags did not deploy. There were no skidmarks at the scene of the accident. I suffered injuries as well as multiple occupants in the other vehicle.

On June 24th 2016 I purchased a 2016 Toyota Corolla s. I had 3 minor brake fialures with grinding sounds. I called the dealership on those 3 occasions. The 4th brake failure was a lot worse and I ended up applying the e brake and slide into county line dividing pasco & hernando county florida. Enough was enough I called the dealership and said " I need to bring my car in ASAP because now I have had four brake failures and this one could have killed me if anyone had been coming. This was the 21st of July, I had brought the car in for inspection of my brakes. All they did was take it for a test drive, brought it back and said everything was normal. On September tenth 2016 I got into the right hand turn lane, when I applied the brakes nothing had happened. I continued to apply more and more pressure and still no brakes. I was able to veer enough to the right so I didn't impact the driver side door however the lady behind that car was not as lucky and I impacted her front left pretty much head on. I have called over and over I have sent pictures of my car and the road where there was not even 1 skid mark. I have 9 bulging disc 4 herniated discs. I am literally broke from car rentals dr's appointments and medication that has been very expensive. Every time I call I am instructed I will receive a call from their claims/legal department within 30 business days from when they retrieved the data from the car that almost killed me and a poor woman who was taken away in an ambulance. I looked through the data and I am no engineer and I can even see where the brakes failed. To everyone who reads this if you see s newer Toyota becareful.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. While driving 40 mph, the brakes failed without warning. The contact stated that there was a vibration in the steering wheel and an abnormal grinding sound coming from the front brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the disc needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving 5 mph, the vehicle brake failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the technician could not find a failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000. Aw.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. While driving at 25 mph, the brakes failed to respond without warning. The contact engaged the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the emergency brake was activated when the contact wanted to stop the vehicle. The dealer diagnosed that the air drums and clippers had dust build-up and needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,808. The VIN was not provided.

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 owned a 2014 Toyota Corolla. While driving around a mall parking lot, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle violently accelerated. The brakes failed to stop the vehicle and it crashed into a boulder. The contact sustained a fractured sternum and a fractured back that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.

While driving on a highway in stop and go traffic, the brakes on the vehicle failed. Even with the brake pedal pressed completely, the car continued to move forward. I was fortunately able to swerve into the shoulder and pull the emergency brake, and there was no incident. However, the Toyota dealership was not able to find the root cause of the incident and it seems like nothing was wrong. They tested out the brakes and everything seemed technically fine. I was told that they wouldn't be able to do anything unless they could recreate the incident and understand what went wrong. I'm now just driving the car and hoping the situation is never recreated because next time, I might not be lucky enough to get away without any incident.

I was approaching a four way stop at the appropriate speed limit of 35mph before the impact. As I was getting closer, I went ahead and decelerated. I've had problems with the brakes in the past. As I got closer to the stop sign, in a blink of an eye, I was being dragged by a large chevy heavy duty truck across the intersection. The airbags did not deploy either. The impact completely dismantled my front end. After the paramedics and fire fighters arrive, I was rushed to the er for reported back and neck injuries. I was looked over and was discharged barely being able to walk. The car was towed to a repair shop quite a distance away from my home. My insurance said the shop could be trusted. I asked over 20 people and each person said that the damage from this car has to result in being totaled. The mechanic said otherwise. He began working on the car without my consent and demanded; threatened my insurance company to pay him $4,000 for a few days of work and $7,000 later on. This was after I had already spoken with my insurance to file this car as being totaled. The mechanic threatened for money saying he had already started on the car when he never even touched it after 3 weeks. I used to trust Toyota vehicles, but after this accident I'm never buying another Toyota again. The emergency response team said it was a miracle that I was alive. My complaint is the airbags and brakes failed to do their job.

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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.

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.

The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph in rainy weather, the brakes failed when applied and abnormally traveled to the floorboard. The contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The contact sustained injuries to the chest, back and left side of the body. The front seat passenger sustained injuries to the back, chest and finger. The rear seat passenger sustained injuries to the back, chest and ribs. The vehicle was destroyed and was not inspected to determine the cause of the brake failure. The manufacture was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 250.

Tl-the contact owns a 2014 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while driving at low mph, the brake failed to stop the vehicle which suddenly accelerated independently. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 100. Pam.

Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the steering wheel locked, the brakes failed to stop, and the accelerator failed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis where it was stated that the alternator and battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 42,000. Kmj.

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The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that his brake boosters failed. The vehicle was not taken to a mechanic and was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 09v338000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The failure and current mileage was 65,000.

Last year I got into a motor vehicle accident which I believe was caused by brake failure on a new 2012 Toyota corlolla le vehicle I had purchased. I informed both my insurance company at the time and the dealership where I purchased the vehicle after the crash that something had gone wrong with my brakes causing the vehicle to spiral out of control. It began to veer in the opposite direction and swerving on the highway into oncomming traffic! I was not intoxicated, texting or doing anything illegal, simply on my way to work. No one took my comment seriously. Anyway when the vehicle lost control, I recall pressing the brake one more time to stop the swerving and then the vehicle completely lost control and becan to flip over on the highway and clipped another vehicle. It then flipped over a few more times crashing upside down into a wall. I then received a citation for "improper lane change". I would never in a million years engage in reckless or erratic driving endaging the lives of anyone and especially not my life! I was simply trying to get to work and prior to this I had not had any "at fault" accidents on my record and I don't think it is fair that these motor vehicle companies, specifically Toyota, can get away with selling defective vehicles and in the end it is the consumer that must pay the consequence. It is a miracle that I even got out of this alive and upon calling several attorneys right after the accident and all the way until now, because I am not dead or seriously injured there is nothing anyone can do for me!.

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The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the driver attempted to decelerate as the engine rpms increased rapidly. The contact mentioned that in order to stop the vehicle, the driver had to shift into neutral and engage the emergency brakes since the brake pedal failed to respond. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 35,000.

The accident with my 2009 Toyota corrolla I believe is due to brake failure. This vehicle has many feature that were supposed to react in situations of minor ice and/or sliding. The sliding light, or "vsc/trac indicator" (pg. 158 of owner's manual), comes on even when the vehicle slides. Even when the car slides so slightly that you cannot feel it, that light would come on to warn the driver of the potential hazard, according to the manual "if the vehicle is in danger of slipping or the front wheels spin, the indicator flashes to indicate that the vsc/trac have been engaged. A buzzer (intermittent) sounds to indicate that vsc is operating. " the car was also equipped with antilock brakes. As I was trying to slow down, I could instantly tell my brakes were not responding. I hit them harder, still no response. I had both feet on the brakes pushing down with all my force & still felt and heard nothing from the car. Usually in such case, even if the vehicle is slipping, the driver should hear a tripping noise, that the antilock breaks are responding or at least attempting to. But none of that happened. The sliding light did not turn on, the car did not react to me hitting the brakes or even show any signs of struggling to, & the antilock brakes did not engage. Also, I just had 4 new michelin hydroedge tires installed just a few weeks prior, (ranked #1 by consumer report), making me believe that the brakes were solely responsible. Lastly, the car has been well-maintained since it was originally purchased from the dealer, & all maintenance has been done only at a Toyota dealership, including a 27 point inspection with every oil change, & all records of such are available. I understand of course that ice trumps all, including vehicle safety measures, but I still believe strongly that the car did not react as it should have on a mechanical and technical level whatsoever.

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. 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!.

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.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph, the brakes failed and traveled to the floorboard when depressed. The failure recurred four times in one month. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and the manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

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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.

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The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs under NHTSA campaign id number: 09v338000 (service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:vacuum). After repairs, the contact was driving 45 mph and applied the brakes. The vehicle would not respond immediately. The failure occurred constantly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician stated that the recall repairs would need to be performed a second time but the manufacturer would not cover the costs. The vehicle was not further repaired. The contact had not experienced any brake failure prior to the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 10,758.

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.