Gasoline Fuel System Problems of Toyota Scion Tc

I was on my way to work when the vehicle in front of me came to a complete stop. I was approx. Three car lengths behind her (which is plenty of distance at 25mph) when I applied my brakes though nothing happened. They made a grinding noise (like the pads were gone, but they are new ceramic pads). I ended up hitting the vehicle in front of me. I got a citation for following to close, which is $260. 00, my insurance was increased by over $100. 00 a month, I had to pay for her car plus $3750. 00 of damage on mine. She didn't have insurance and was driving on a suspended license. When I told the officer what had happened with my car he just looked at me as if I was stupid. This is a major problem that is and has cost people a lot of money, not to mention being without a vehicle.

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While driving down the highway on the way to work the car suddenly went into idle. The car would not accelerate making it difficult to get it out of the way, luckily I was on the road in the early morning when traffic was sparse. Upon consulting my local Toyota dealer they stated it is the throttle body which is common in this motor. I have found that I am not the only person to have this issue and really think it should be investigated as this is an extreme safety issue and a recall should be issued.

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The throttle body stuck open causing it to rev to excessive rpms and then would finally die. This happened while driving at highway speed in 7/08. The throttle body was replaced and then once again it failed, this time sticking closed causing the car to die in an intersection. This was in 3/11 (this year) with only 73k on it total miles ( only 30k on this throttle body). When we received the new part this time, it had been obviously redesigned with a vent allowing corrosion not to occur. This is a real hazard when you have no control over engine speed while driving. With the redesigned part ( a Toyota/scion part) it is obvious this was a "known" problem, yet no recall was ever issued or received.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Scion Tc. The contact stated that the vehicle was demonstrating poor gas mileage, rather than the gas mileage he was informed the vehicle would get. The failure mileage was 61 and current mileage was less than 4,000. Updated 10/30/08. Updated 10/30/08.

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