Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: ZRE142L / AZE141L / AZE144L / AZE146L
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE AIR CONDITIONING STARTED TO BLOW HOT AIR, THEN THE ENGINE STARTED STALLING AND THE ENGINE CHECK SIGN CAME ON. TOYOTA SAID IT WAS A STONE THAT GOT INTO THE RADIATOR AND PROVOKED A LEAKING. NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE IN THE FRONT BUMPER. HOW CAN A STONE GET THERE AND HOW DO THEY MAKE SUCH FRAGILE CARS? I HAD TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES ALTHOUGH IT IS A BRAND NEW CAR.*AK
2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON FEBRUARY 11, I TOOK MY 2009 TOYOTA MATRIX TO MOTORCARS TOYOTA OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED IN THE GAS PEDAL RECALL. WHILE THERE, I WAS INFORMED OF ANOTHER RECALL ON THE CAR, ON ITS BRAKES. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES WERE ADDRESS AND I PICKED THE CAR UP ON FEBRUARY 13TH. ON FEBRUARY 24 AT 7:45AM, I WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND ON I-90 IN WESTLAKE, OHIO; IT WAS SNOWING AND THE ROADS WERE WET, UNSALTED. AS I WAS ROUNDING A CORNER NEAR THE CROCKER BASSETT EXIT, MY CAR BEGAN TO SKID. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO PUMP THE BRAKES AND ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN MY CAR OUT, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE. I FIRMLY PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKES AND NOTHING HAPPENED; I THEN TRIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE CAR STILL DID NOT SLOW DOWN. I WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO SPIN OUT AND TO THE LEFT. I PUMPED THE BRAKES AS HARD AND FAST AS I COULD, BUT THE BRAKES NEVER ENGAGED AND MY CAR HIT THE CEMENT MEDIAN AT 55MPH. DUE TO A BUILD UP OF SNOW AND ICE AGAINST THE MEDIAN, MY CAR WAS PROPELLED INTO THE AIR AND LANDED ON ITS ROOF. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE CRASH. *TR
