Service Brakes Problems of Toyota FJ Cruiser - part 2

1. I was driving home from work and was on the highway. The cars in front of me came to an abrupt stop, causing me to slam my breaks while I was doing 40-ish. 2. This caused the car to bake stumble as the breaks slowed the car, then came lose causing the car to lunge forward, then momentarily brake, then lose braking again. This caused me to almost slam in to the car in front of me. 3. I have not taken corrective action as this should addressed by Toyota as there are many many people describing the same issue.

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Severe rust issues. Entire rear differential required replacement. All power steering and automatic transmission lines needed replacement, fuel lines are next fuel tank straps rusted and broke off, tank fell down. Brake pad pins required cutting off. Protection plates rusted off. Exhaust system components required replacement due to rust. Entire frame and engine compartment covered in rust. All these items have caused multiple safety issues. Multiple straps and connections for various components are no longer usable due to rust.

2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser. I have this SUV since Sep. , 2007. The only problem I have with this SUV is the abs brake system, which doesn't work right. When coming to a stop, if there is a metal manhole cover or a pot hole when I apply brake, the abs activates and stays active (no brake at all) long after I have crossed the hole causing the SUV to roll much further than I would have without abs. I lost brake completely during this process, and I almost hit the car in front of me on that day. I had to release and re-apply brake to get the brake work again. But this isn't the way how abs works. There are many other fj owners having the same problem.

2008 Toyota Fj Cruiser, build date:10/07. Have had unnerving experiences with the brake system on my fj. (1) when braking over a non smooth road the brake pedal pulsates for a long period and does not stop the vehicle. (2) had to panic stop and hit the brakes hard, they locked up, there was no braking just the abs took over and locked up the brakes hard to the point that I was glad I was wearing my seat belt, because I would've been lying in the street. (3) the pedal will be hard one time and mushy the next when applying the brakes. When the pedal is mushy the brakes do not work appropriately, nearly rear ending people or locking up the brakes to stop. (4) when at a stop the pedal was mushy and I tried to "pump"up the pedal by pumping the brake pedal, all the warning lights came on (related to the braking system) the dash and an annoying alarm sounded, has happened 3 times now. (5) when the pedal is mushy I can push it down all the way to the stopping point/floor with no resistance. Called the dealer they said they have never had any "issues".

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When braking suddenly over uneven road the Toyota fj fails to stop in a safe and constant manner.

I own a 2008 Fj Cruiser and have had brake issues. As I approach a stop light and try to stop, the brake pedal goes soft and nothing happens. I pump the brakes 3-4 times before the brakes suddenly engage and stop abruptly. This has happened 4 times since December 2009 and my dealer tells me that there is nothing wrong. This scares the [xxx] out of me and I almost ended up in the back seat of a benz this last time. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The abs on our 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser gives you the feeling of not working when it starts to engage . The car feels like it is speeding up instead of stopping. This happens when you try to stop when going over a rough surface.

Just bought the new Fj Cruiser 2010 and got abs brake problem. Everytime I hit a bump the abs get active and the vehicle doesn't slow down . I get very close to hit someone at the back because of that. Now I am getting nervous everytime I see a bump, can't imagine what I will do on slippery surface.

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My truck speed was 60-65 mph and my steering wheel began wobbling. I took it to dealer and they said nothing was wrong. Last week I serviced my truck and rotated and balanced the tires. Still same steering wheel wobbling. In high speed my steering wheel feels very loose. I don't know if there is a power steering problem or just simple tire balance. Other problem is my brakes. When I was driving down the road, I lightly pressed the brake to stop and driver side wheel hit a pot hole deep around 2 inches, then my truck didn't stop where I waned it to stop. It happens only at certain times. If I hit a pot hole or bump pressing brake.

I have a 2008 Fj Cruiser manual transmission. This is the 2nd time this has happened to me since I've owned the truck. On may 10th, I was driving down the highway at about 70-80 mph. The truck to the right of me seemed like he wanted to change lanes in to my lane. I hit the breaks to let him in but the braking power being applied to the rotors was a lot harder then what I needed. In other words, it seemed like the computer thought my brake pedal was all the way down to the floor when in reality, I just needed a quick brake. Anyway, the wheels locked up to and released. It scared me how hard the truck stopped-- almost caused an accident behind me. The brakes then released and I kept going, but could smell the burnt rubber for another mile. This was a cement highway road that may have had some cracks in it but I don't remember if being particularly uneven. Just seemed like the computer misunderstood how much actual pressure I applied to the pedal and over braked. The first time this ever happened was probably a year ago when I was going around 20mph. Again, don't remember the condition of the road being overly terrible.

My car is a 2010 Toyota Fj Cruiser which I purchased in October 2009. The brakes didn't stop the car as expected in two occasions, at about 7000 miles the first time, and then a month later again. In the first occurrence, I was driving at around 25 mph on wet asphalt coming to a traffic light. I pushed the brakes to stop but the car continued to roll and I went into the intersection. The second time I was driving at around 40mph, again on wet asphalt. I drove over a grate on a bridge and pushed the brakes, and the car did the same thing, it didn't slow down as I expected, instead it kept going. If the car in front of me had been closer I would have hit it. There's no vibration characteristic of the abs, instead it simply feels as if the brakes stop braking. In both cases I pulled the handbrake because of my instinctive reaction to try to stop the car. I've been driving several cars over 15 years and this has never happened to me before. I took the car to Toyota the first time and they had it for a whole weekend and told me they couldn't find anything wrong with it. . Read more...

I currently own a 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser and have experienced problems with the abs braking system. As of yet it has not caused an accident in my vehicle, but sooner or later someone will be killed if this problem is not corrected. When coming to a stop and applying the brakes if you should happen to hit a rut in the road you seem to loose your abs and the vehicle begins to act very erratic until you come to a complete stop, almost to the point of losing control of the steering. This has happened to my vehicle at least a dozen or more times in the 2 1/2 years I've owned it.

My Toyota Fj Cruiser has an issue involving the anti-lock braking system. If I hit a bump while decelerating, the abs pulses in such a way that it is impossible to stop safely at my original planned stopping point. If, for example, I am decelerating and plan on stopping within 100 yards at a stop sign, and I hit a pot hole, the abs will pulse (engage brakes briefly, disengage them, then engage again repeatedly) in such a fashion that I will stop several yards beyond the stop sign. The pulse pattern of the abs on the Fj Cruiser is dangerously long, and has caused several near misses on my part in a variety of situations (missing stop signs / lights, almost rear-ending someone due to hitting a bump/engaging abs while stopping,etc. ).

2008 Toyota Fj Cruiser. When coming to stop going down a hill, went over a pot hole while applying the brakes the vehicle did not stop and started to jerk forward. The brake pedal hit the floor had to release foot so that the pedal will come up vehicle almost went through intersection. No brakes power for several seconds. Dealer states that nothing is wrong, typical behavior for this vehicle.

I purchased new a 2008 Toyota Fj Cruiser 2 wheel drive with automatic transmission. Since ownership from March 2009 to date, I have been experiencing a lurching forward of the vehicle while the brakes are applied and at a full stop. This lurching forward occurs when the air conditioner is on and at the time that the air conditioner clutch engages. Most of the time, when the air conditioner clutch engages, the engine rpm only increases about 100 rpm, but frequently, when the a/c clutch engages the engine rpm increases 300 to 400 rpm with normal brake pressure while stopped, 100 rpm engine increases cause no problem, but with 300 to 400 rpm engine increases, normal brake pressures while stopped are not adequate and the vehicle lurches forward. I took the vehicle to the bill penny Toyota service department (huntsville, alabama) on 02/23/2010 and the service report stated that they could not duplicate the problem. The problem has been ongoing since my ownership began.

I was involved in an accident yesterday, Thursday, 18feb10, at around 3:40 p. M. On the intersection of westheimer and beltway 8. I drive a 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser. There are 2 lights before I have to turn left on the beltway to head towards I-10. I stopped at the first light on the red light behind several cars as there was some traffic. Then the light ahead to turn left on the beltway turned green so all of the vehicles traveled to the next light and started going thru the green light until it turned yellow. The 1st car at the light stopped and each vehicle stopped behind them including me. The problem was that instead of my car stopping when I hit the brakes it felt like the breaks tried to grab but they didn't grab and my Fj Cruiser kept on gliding until I hit the camry in front of me. The camry hit the Lexus in front of her and the Lexus hit a Buick in front of her. It was very scary as I expected my brakes to brake when I hit them but instead it felt like my brakes tried to brake but they couldn't. The cops came and gave me a ticket for "failure to control speed" even though I was only going very slow since there was so much traffic but it was my fault because I hit the car from behind. The fj, the Lexus and the Buick were minimally damaged but the camry in front of me had the back-end smashed in. The police came and took our information and they checked out the owner of the camry because her neck hurt. I reported the accident to my allstate insurance and told them about my brake problem. I told them that in the past the only thing I had noticed was my car had problems in 2 instances when I was going over bumps. It felt like the brakes had trouble grabbing. I took my car into a allstate authorized dealer close by "don mcgill Toyota" to have my car fixed but most of all to have my breaks checked. I won't feel comfortable driving my Fj Cruiser any more until the dealer can sure me that the break problem is fixed! I am so scared!.

This just happened to me again today, I have an 07 Toyota Fj Cruiser bought in mid 06, I was driving in PA (where yellow lights are shorter than my normal NJ ones), the light turned yellow right before I got to an intersection so I gave a little extra braking, just as I hit a series of small potholes, abs kicked in, the normal abs feeling happened in the pedal, but then even after the potholes where the road was fine, the abs should have "disengaged", there was no longer the normal abs "pulsing", instead I had a near dead pedal. I had to push down with all my might to slooooooowly bring the truck to a stop in the middle of the intersection (from 5mph to 0 in about 20 feet). Instinct says brake harder when you are not slowing down, but I don't think I could have pushed any harder. I am really glad this was just to avoid a yellow light and not to avoid a car crossing my path, I surely would have nailed it as the truck slowly rolled to a stop with maybe 10% braking despite me standing on the brakes. I have found from experience the only way to recover from the dead pedal is to let off it completely, and then you have a normal pedal again. This has only happened to me maybe 6-7 times in my 50,000 miles on the fj, but so far I have been lucky and most of the time it is simply stopping at a yellow and not because I need a real emergency stop. I was 100% stock for the first 5-6 times, and this last time I have slightly bigger tires and a lift. They will probably just blame it on the my lift and tires, but its happened multiple times while 100% stock. One day I am going to kill someone, or myself. The police will just write it up as "failure to stop, drivers fault", but some of you who have experienced this will know otherwise.

I drive a 2008 Toyota Fj Cruiser. This evening while coming to a stop at a busy intersection, I hit a small but hard bump in the road and completely lost my brakes momentarily. About a second later the braking was restored, but not before I went through the stop and entered a busy four lane highway narrowly escaping a crash as an on-coming car swerved. This brake problem sounds eerily similar to the already recalled prius, and since Toyota has not been very proactive in its recalls I believe this is the same problem on yet another vehicle model. What should I do about this problem?.

After leaving the car wash I applied brakes without any stopping power for ~ 40 ft with full pressure. I slowly came to a stop using first gear with a manual transmission. I assumed it may be wet brakes but once stopped I reapplied the brakes and noticed the brakes were working properly. Exiting an off ramp at ~ 40mph I gently applied brakes to slow and suddenly the brakes were at almost full pressure causing me to release the brakes to avoid skidding.

Momentary loss of braking capability while traveling over an uneven road surface, pothole or bump. This has been going on for the past 2 years. Complained to dealer last September. They looked at vehicle and said there was nothing wrong. I can duplicate the issue on our road which is uneven and has bumps. Happened this morning as I came to work. SUV speeds up while pressing brake over bumps then brakes catch and it if were not for a seat belt I would go through the windshield!.

Momentary loss of braking capability while traveling over an uneven road surface, pothole or bump. I almost rear ended the car in front of me yesterday in the rain.

I was driving my model year 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser to work on the morning of 2/9/2010 at 0730. While braking for a red light the passenger side front tire went over a wet storm sewer drain grate. The slick surface of the drain grate caused the tire to skid. The abs system activated and the brakes released, allowing the vehicle to proceed unimpeded toward the intersection. I pressed the brake pedal harder. The vehicle stopped just into the intersection. There was no collision. I do not know if pressing the brake pedal harder had any effect or if the system managed to apply the brakes itself after the tires were on pavement again. This is the first time I have experienced this situation. The consequence was that the vehicle proceeded about 10 feet into the intersection, e. G. Beyond the "stop" line. If the brakes had not released the vehicle would have stopped behind the white "stop" line. According to the Toyota dealer there is nothing wrong with the vehicle.

When approaching a stop sign on a residential street at approximately 30mph, went to apply brakes, abs kicked in and lost most if not all braking ability resulting in rolling the stop and ending up in the middle of a busy 4 lane divided road. The section of the street approaching the stop sign has quite a few filled pot holes and is bumpy. This is probably the 4th or 5th time this has occurred at the same intersection or in similar road/driving conditions.

There is a small pot hole on the off ramp that I use to come home from work. Every time I hit it, my brakes freak out and I have to pump them to recover and get my brakes back. I drive a 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser. (this is my second Fj Cruiser. My first one did the same thing on this pot hole. ) it happens every time I hit it. Didn't think much about it until I saw the recall investigation on the prius bakes. Sounds just like what my fj does.

Brakes didn't seem to work (the auto kept going when the brakes were applied) until I let off the pedal and pushed them again. I passed over a manhole cover as the failure occurred. I have only had one instance of this happening so far, but it scared the !@#$%out of me. As there was a car stopped in front of me.

The brake pedal drops to the floor, and the brakes stop working over bumps while braking. Im assuming this is the anti lock brake system. But it feels very dangerous. The brakes completely give out and you continue to roll forward without stopping. Only way to make it go awhile when it occurs is to let your foot off the brake and re-apply. But you are at risk at rear ending someone since the vehicle stops many feet farther then your supossed to. This also happened on my 2007 Toyota tacoma (which I sold) im assuming it had the same braking system as my current Toyota. I believe the anti lock brake is defective.

I own a 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser. My brakes do exactly what is described with the 2010 prius. On uneven road surfaces and on sharp curves, the brakes periodically and momentarily fail. But a quick pump on the brakes with the foot off of the accelerator usually restores them instantly. I have had the brakes checked and so far it has been reported that they are in good shape. The last time it happened is stated herein under the heading "approximate incident date:".

While driving in a straight line at about 35 mph I experience sudden application of the right front brake and the skid indicator light came on. The application of the brake caused me the swerve to the right. Had I been at highway speed I suspect that the fj would have rolled.

2007 Fj Cruiser: when braking over uneven surface the abs kicks in and cause my brakes to go from 100% to 20%. I have talked to the dealership and read countless reports online and this is a real problem. I believe this is a similar issue to the abs problem with the prius and is a software issue with the Fj Cruisers abs.

I drive a 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser and have experienced problems with braking on at least three occasions. I have heard from many other Fj Cruiser drivers who have also experienced this problem: when driving at relatively low speeds (below 40 mph) and attempting to brake, such as at a stoplight, the brakes will lock up causing the vehicle to continue to roll forward even while the brake is being pressed. It seems as though the abs kicks in as you can feel the "scraping" feeling through the pedal. From all other accounts and based on mine, it seems the common factor is rolling over uneven terrain while braking, such as a pothole, manhole cover, or just bumpy asphalt. So far I was fortunate not to have another car directly in front of me. However, I cam dangerously close to rolling through a red light which could have caused a collision with the traffic which had the green light. There are at least dozens of these same reports which I've read on just one Fj Cruiser owner forum. All are consistent with braking over uneven terrain which results in the vehicle continuing to roll forward.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser. While driving in snow or any wet, slippery road conditions, the antilock braking system would engage without driver intent. Immediately, there would be a 3 second loss of braking power as if he released his foot from the brake pedal. The manufacturer advised him that there were no recalls on the vehicle and the would not offer any assistance. The dealer performed a diagnostic test; however, the failure could not be duplicated. There were no repairs made to the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were approximately 79,000.

When rolling to a stop sign my 2008 Fj Cruiser ran over uneven pavement and the brakes went haywire. I almost ran the stop sign with no control over the vehicle.

Abs brakes release if one wheel locks. Went into the intersection without brakes 2x.

This is a common problem being reported on Toyota based forums. When you apply the brakes and only one side (left or right) of the vehicle is over some rough terrain, the brakes release even with the brake continually being pressed. It leaves the vehicle rolling instead of stopping until you hit the brakes again. Some people have claimed it will engage again if keeping it depressed, but only after more than a second has past. I can recreate this action time and time again with the same failure happening every time.

I experienced braking failure while driving in wet conditions with melting snow in town at speeds from 0 to 30 mph. Brakes felt extremely mushy and vehicle only slowed by applying extraordinary pressure to brake pedal. At stop, pedal continued to depress all the way to floor and despite standing on brake, vehicle continued to creep forward. I am 6' 1" tall and over 190 pounds, depressing the pedal as hard as I could, completely standing on pedal, I could not keep this vehicle from moving ahead. I believe if this vehicle had been being driven by a shorter, lighter person, the potential for a serious accident would have been greatly increased. Vehicle exhibited same failure two or three more times while driving home (total of 5 mile trip). Next day inspected fluid reservoir, lines and hubs for any fluid. Reservoir was at proper level and no sign of any leakage. Since that isolated incident vehicle brakes have performed appropriately.