STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ALONG THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME RAIL RUSTED THROUGH NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. LOST ALL BRAKING, NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION BY SWERVING AROUND A STOPPED VEHICLE AND DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED. THIS IS THE SECOND STEEL HYDRAULIC LINE THAT HAS RUSTED THOUGH ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST WAS THE POWER STEERING COOLER LINE. *TR
2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. TRANSMISSION HESITATES IN LOW GEARS GOING AROUND CORNERS AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO, TRANSMISSION AT 75MPH CRUISE MOMENTARILY DROPPED OUT OF GEAR, ENGINE RPM WENT UP BY 500 RPM, AND THEN DROPPED BACK INTO GEAR. THESE ARE HAVE AT INFREQUENT AND RANDOM TIMES. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALERS THAT THIS IS DRIVE BY WIRE AND THAT THERE ARE MANY ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INVOLVED IN CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION. HAVE COMPLAINED TO 2 TOYOTA DEALERS. ONE TOLD ME IT WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE AND THAT TOYOTA WAS WORKING ON A FIX. SECOND DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO TOYOTA SERVICE BULLETINS ON TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONCERN OF TRANSMISSION GOING OUT OF GEAR AND LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR
