Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Cambridge
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
2009
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
IN VERY COLD WEATHER, WHICH WE HAVE HAD PLENTY OF RECENTLY, AND I MAKE A GRADUAL STOP FROM A SPEED OF 45+ MPH, THERE IS A SPLIT-SECOND SURGE FORWARD FOLLOWED BY A HARD STOP "BUMP" WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A FINAL STOP THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT, THE ROAD SURFACE IS NOT SLICK, NOR AM I MAKING A SUDDEN STOP. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN IN TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING, NOR DOES BRAKING SEEM IMPAIRED. I AM SOMEWHAT UNNERVED BY THE MOMENTARY SURGE FORWARD FOLLOWED BY THE SUDDEN BUMP THAT FEELS LIKE I HIT A CURB. *TR