Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: SXV20L/MCV20L
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS THERE WERE CONCERNING THE ACCELERATION LAG WITH THE 6 CYLINDER '05 SOLARA. MY COMPLAINTS TO TOYOTA YIELDED NO RESULTS. THE CAR HESITATES WHEN SLOWING THEN ACCELERATING THEN JUMPS FORWARD. SAME PROBLEM WHEN ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. MANY CLOSE CALLS AND SNAPPING OF THE NECK ON ACCELERATION. DRIVE BY WIRE IS POOR SUBSTITUTION FOR DRIVE BY MECHANISM. *TR
2000
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
VANITY MIRROR FELL OFF DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR. THE MIRROR HAD ONLY BEEN USED TO A MINIMAL DEGREE--ONCE A MONTH OR LESS IN THE 20 MONTHS SINCE PURCHASE. A SHORT TIME AFTER, VISOR HINGE BECAME LOOSE. TOYOTA SAID PLASTIC HINGES WERE WORN AND ENTIRE VISOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $200.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. CLEARLY THE PARTS USED IN THE VISOR HINGE AND TO ATTACH THE VANITY MIRROR TO THE VISOR ARE DEFECTIVE. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT EITHER PART COULD DISLODGE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING AT THE VERY LEAST A DISTRACTION TO THE VEHICLE OPERATOR THAT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. MR