Toyota Recalls

[eht13]

Originally Posted by eht13

http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/27/news...ta_sales_halt/

Reading this again and thinking about this part more...

"Toyota, which last week had been forced to recall 2.3 million vehicles spread across eight of its models due to problems with a sticking accelerator, announced Tuesday night that it would stop selling those vehicles for an indeterminate period as it scrambles to find a solution.

The models affected include the company's three best sellers in the U.S. -- the Camry, Corolla and Rav4 SUV, which between them accounted for more than half of the Toyota brand's U.S. sales in 2009. Five North American plants will halt production of these vehicles."

... makes me wonder whether dealers will feel more motivated to negotiate on the prices of the other models they can still sell in the meantime, such as the Yaris, in order to help out sales numbers overall.

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by 2009BBPliftback

and people wonder why i still prefer a car thats actually made in Japan..

ya, all we've had is the flammable sound deadening...

[2009BBPliftback]

Originally Posted by thebarber

ya, all we've had is the flammable sound deadening...

That must have been prior to my purchase of a Yaris.

[Hershey]

many parts for TOYOTA are now from U.S. . CANADA , CHINA too ? Amazed that the 2009 and 2010 VIBE are not included in the recall . Shame they closed plant in CALIFORNIA .

[Hershey]

not long ago an acquaintance bought a 2009 COROLLA . We told them about recall . Don't think they took it in to shop yet . Glad we didn't get the 2009 COROLLA we test drove . Didn't like the way it felt on highway ( very light steering , wondered ) and plenty of engine noise with the 5w-20 motor oil they now use from factory . Last , there was a loose bolt on the passenger door guide . When opened door it would click . We thought what else may wrong with it if they can't get a bolt tightened properly . That COROLLA was made in CANADA . Before that we noticed a couple of '08 COROLLAs that had the hood off center ( misaligned ) . They too were from CANADA . This is part of reason we bought the YARIS . Made in JAPAN . Saw less flaws in the ones we looked at and test drove . There were some '09 COROLLAs sold here that were assembled in JAPAN when the redesigned COROLLA was introduced . Wonder if those are being recalled as well ?

[mrrock]

I have an issue where my throttle doesn't seem to work when I press down;
it's only when starting off in first or reverse. If I stop and wait a second or two it all seems fine. Has anyone else experienced this??

[Hershey]

yep , both our YARIS do this . It's like there's a dead spot in the pedal when going from a stop . Hopefully won't get rear ended by someone in a hurry thanks to this hesitation .

[mrrock]

interesting that your 08 and 10 are doing the same thing.
I had mentioned to my dealer and they have not heard anything about it.

[BuildCode]

mine has this too, I haven't pinned down the exact circumstances that cause it, but it's certainly more noticeable when you go quickly from no/little pedal to much more. It's not exactly a confidence inspiring feature of the Yaris ;)

blarg my post was moved here - edited to point out my post has nothing to do with the pedal recall (although who knows, it could )

[Hershey]

the automaic '09 5 door that we traded in for the 2010 automatic 3 door did it as well .

[supmet]

My car always takes off from a stop immediately when I touch the gas.

Something tells me driving like a grandma/hypermiling trains the ECU not to respond to light touches on the accelerator

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by supmet

My car always takes off from a stop immediately when I touch the gas.

Something tells me driving like a grandma/hypermiling trains the ECU not to respond to light touches on the accelerator

This may or may not have something to do with it.
As the ECU will monitor your driving habits and "tune" your engine acordinly,
perhaps there is some sort of glitch in the ECU?

Personally, I frequently access WOT.
While the throttle response is never completely linear, (it is marketed as an economy car) I don't have anything that I would describe as hesitation with my '09 HB manual.

[RedRide]

Having watched the entire congresional hearings the other day.....

It appears that the reason the American pedals are causing a problem is that Toyota was using two different designs for the pedals in question.

It never was a defect in manufacturing in the American pedals as we were led to believe at first. It was/is a design problem. All Toyots is now doing if installing the pedal design that is not causing problems.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by supmet

Something tells me driving like a grandma/hypermiling trains the ECU not to respond to light touches on the accelerator

Nope, I drive like a grandma and have never experienced this.

As a matter of fact, compared to my Jeep the Yaris gas pedal is as smooth as butter. Both are autos and the Jeep shifts into OD way too early (45 MPG). Plus, on several occassions it has accelerated a little--like a lurch--on me when I've had my foot on the brake (trust me, I an 100% it was on the brake!). It is a well known "characteristic" of 05 TJs/LJs attributed to the ECU bumping up the RPM at low speeds (2-5 MPH) when the front tires at at full lock thus putting a strain on the power steering, but it is discerning nonetheless!

Cheers! M2

[Dave]

Have never had any acceleration problems with my 2007 sedan. It's actually more peppy off the start than the other two cars I've owned.

[BluYrs]

Yup, I've also felt a sort of a "dead spot" with mine. It takes some getting used to but it doesn't affect my driving.

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[DerFlosser]

DBW throttles suck. Period.

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by DerFlosser

DBW throttles suck. Period.

yeah they kinda do. I have near molecular precision driving at slow speeds and can creep at any slow speed in my 4runner. that has a cable to the throttle body.

in any electronic drive, I just don't have that same precision. no matter what, there is a tiny jump from no throttle to small throttle. it blows.

it doesn't matter much in real life, but when I am parking my 2 rigs back to back I can
get so much closer with the 4runner than when driving the Yaris.