Note: Manufactured by NUMMI, but marketed by Toyota for 1NX.
Plant City: Cambridge
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: ZRE142L / AZE141L
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
STEERING
THE CAR OVERSTEERED AND FISHTAILED YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. AS A RESULT, I ALMOST CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR IN THE LANE TO MY RIGHT. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MPH OR LESS ON DRY, NORMAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT, IN NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, AFTER FREEWAY DRIVING IN LOS ANGELES CA. IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, I FOUND THE STEERING TO BE DANGEROUSLY VAGUE WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND 70 MPH DOWNHILL ON A STEEP AND CURVY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY (I-15 IN NEVADA, ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS) IN DARK. THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, WITH THE STEERING BEING EXTREMELY LIGHT AND VAGUE. I CHECKED THE WHEEL VS. TIRE MOVEMENT OF MY CAR. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE AN EXCESSIVE FREEPLAY ISSUE -- IN FACT THERE WAS NO FREEPLAY. IT APPEARS THAT THEY MADE THE STEERING WAY TOO LIGHT AND, ON TOP OF IT, VERY NONLINEAR -- THAT IS VERY SLOW STEERING RESPONSE AT THE CENTER. BECAUSE OF THIS THE CAR DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY STEER UNLESS YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ABOUT TWO INCHES. I'M SURE TOYOTA DID THIS WITH SAFETY IN MIND -- SO THAT THE CAR CAN'T BE SUDDENLY STEERED -- BUT THE END RESULT WAS UNSAFE STEERING INSTEAD. IT'S UNSAFE BECAUSE THE STEERING IS SO VAGUE THAT PEOPLE CAN UNINTENTIONALLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT NOT IMMEDIATELY CHANGING THE CAR'S DIRECTION BUT THEN IN A SECOND OR TWO CAR MAY VEER OUT OF CONTROL. *TR
2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MILES PER HOUR THE CONTACT BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY TOYOTA THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE DRIVER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,600.