TWO OCCURRENCES WITHIN 3 DAYS, UNINTENDED FULL ACCELERATION - ACCELERATOR STUCK AT FULL THROTTLE. *TR
2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE FIRST TIME MY BRAKES STOPPED WORKING WAS IN THE ENDINGS OF MAY OF 2010, I WAS IN A BUMPY ROAD GOING ABOUT 45 MPH. I WAS NEARING A STOP SIGN AND MY BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD TOUCH THE FLOOR UNTIL I RECEIVED SIGNALS THAT IT WAS WORKING. IT DID THIS ABOUT 3-4 TIMES. I TOOK MY CAR IN THAT SAME DAY AND NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. SIX MONTHS LATER, THIS SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN. BUT THIS TIME I WAS IN A TRAFFIC AREA AND PEOPLE AROUND. MY BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK, THEY WERE AGAIN DOING THE SAME THING. I CONTACTED A SPECIALIST FROM TOYOTA SCION AND HE CAME A WEEK LATER AND INSPECTED MY CAR AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. BUT HE DID ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WHICH WAS GREAT. HE REPLACED MY BRAKE CYLINDER. SO AFTER THIS SECOND TIME I THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T HAPPENED AGAIN. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SHORTER TIME FRAME THAN THE LAST 2. THE THIRD TIME WAS ON FEBRUARY 14, 2011, ONLY 3 MONTHS FROM THE 2ND,. NOW I JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE. I HAVE A CHILD, AND A LITTLE SISTER THAT OFTEN RIDE WITH ME. I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A BAD ACCIDENT WHERE I WONT BE ABLE TO BRAKE AT ALL. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT MY BRAKES SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR