Brake Loud Noise Problems of Toyota Highlander

The brake actuator is failing and is making loud noises. The car does not brake normally. I have reported braking problems since I bought the vehicle in 2007. When it hits a bump it accelerates and I must stand on the brakes so I do not hit someone. It lurches forward when it hits a pothole or some kind of obstruction in the road. When I worked down near the bus station I would hit the areas in the road where the buses created bumps in the roadway and it would lurch forward. I reported this numerous times at north bakersfield Toyota. I recently went in to report the noise I was hearing and they finally figured out that the brake actuator is failing. I was told that it was not a hazard but they could not tell me when it will totally fail. I believe it is a safety hazard and there has been a problem from day one.

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The abs actuator makes loud noise anytime you step on brakes. Makes sound stationary or in motion.

Abs system issue. When applying brakes the abs makes very loud noises like knocking very loud. Local mechanic found that the round drum attached to the abs was very hot. Vehicle had been driven to mechanic and was stationary when he checked it. Brake fluid level good. Abs will keep running after vehicle is turned off. Trying to keep correct pressure in system, I was told. Checked for recall, but no recall on this VIN.

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Brake problem I bought a 2005 Toyota Highlander in April 2005. Early November 2006 this happened: after I started the car, I heard an extremely loud noise when the brakes were stepped on. It sounded like noisy construction equipment. The noise repeated every time the brakes were stepped on. I had the car towed to the service at crystal Toyota in green brook, new jersey, and they did some work on it. About ten days later the noise returned. The crystal Toyota service foreman stated that rotor pads now have a metallic content. Whenever moisture forms on the pads due to the weather, noise can result. The service applied an additive. The loud noise reappeared early January 2007. Crystal Toyota service suggested driving the car a short distance and the noise would go away. This was correct. The noise went away after driving about half a mile and stepping repeatedly on the brakes. I could not see this as a long- term solution, however, as the noise level was extreme, and it was likely that an excessive impact and stress were occurring. It appeared that the brakes would eventually fail. I contacted the Toyota corporation customer service and joe lacefield, a new jersey representative, called me. Lacefield downplayed my concern and said he would look at the car on January 26. I told him that he would probably not hear the noise since it did not occur on most days. Lacefield called me after looking at the car and said that he had heard no noise. I told him that I had expected that and had pointed it out to him. He then said that what I heard must have been some plain everyday brake noise and that there was no problem! Toyota corporation customer service then told me there was nothing else they could do. The noise has now occurred about a dozen times. The attitude of lacefield and of Toyota customer service is that my complaint has no merit, and that the extreme loud noise does not even exist! March 14 was the latest noise occurrence. Updated 05/04/07.

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