AGAIN, AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH THE SKID CONTROL ECU AND BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, THE VEHICLE REPEATED ALL ALARMS AND MALFUNCTIONS AS BEFORE: SLIPPERY LAMP ILLUMINATED, ALARM SOUNDED, VSC TRAC AND TRAC OFF LAMP LIT WHILE ABS BRAKES ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING ON A SLIGHT DECLINE AT 45 MPH. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY! THE TECHNICIANS INFORMED ME ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY THAT THE SEAL FOR THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS CRACKED AFTER REPLACING THE BRAKE BOOSTER ASSY. SURPRISINGLY, IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN AND I AM TAKING IT BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOMORROW MORNING. THERE HAS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM AS THIS PROBLEM IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT TOYOTA WOULD KEEP THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH KNOW PROBLEMS OF THE SUCH. FORTUNATELY FOR ME, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS. I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY MYSELF AND MY COWORKER AS WE COMMUTE IN THE VEHICLE DAILY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT OF MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WHEN WE DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR
2011
AIR BAGS
AS EVIDENCED IN THE 11-9-11 NEW TOYOTA COMMERCIAL, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY TOYOTA WENT TO CONGRESS TO REMOVE 8 TO 10 LEAKING CYLINDERS OF TOXIC, FLAMMABLE INFLATORS VOLUNTARILY FROM THEIR VEHICLES. AS WE ALL KNOW ALL INFLATORS IN THE AIRBAG ARE MADE THE SAME, YOU SHOULD NEVER SEE A FOREIGN RECALL WITHOUT ITS AMERICAN MODEL. WITH THE NEW "UPPER CUT" DESIGN DISPLAYED IN THE COMMERCIAL, ALL THE PREVIOUS DEFECTS HAVE BEEN RECREATED IN THIS MODEL. THIS WILL MAKE "INSERT & DEPLOY" AND "BLOW IT OUT OF THE WOMB" WORSE. THIS MODEL WILL HIT THE SOFT TISSUE JUST UNDER THE PROTECTIVE RIB CAGE AND DEPLOY THE EXPLOSIVE UP INTO THE SPLEEN AND DIAPHRAM. IT IS STILL A "SOFT TISSUE ISSUE". THEY DESIGNED THIS FROM THE MODEL WITH CHAMBER BREACH WHILE A SOLID ROCKET GENERANT, NOW IT IS FILLED WITH GAS MIX UNIDENTIFIED. EVERY YEAR WE HAZ THIS PROBLEM, FROM OCTOBER TO JANUARY THEY DECIDE WHAT HAZ WHOOPING GAS THEY WILL FILL WITH IN THE NEW MODEL RELEASED IN JANUARY. NEXT THEY WILL DECIDE THE SOLID ROCKET GENERANT FROM JANUARY TO MARCH. AUTOLIV HAS INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE LEAKING CYLINDER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. AS TRENDED PREVIOUSLY, SIDE CURTAIN GUILLOTINES TRAP THE HEAD IN THE FORCE AND DIRECTION OF THE CRASH AND REPEATEDLY WHIP CUSTOMERS WHEN DOOR STRUCTURE HAZ BEEN COMPROMISED. THEY DO NOT TEST OR FILE MSDS FOR THE PROPRIETARY MIX. IN PREVIOUS YEARS IT HAZ BEEN ARGON, HELIUM, XEON, AND NEON. ALL TOXIC AND FLAMMABLE AS HELL AND MIXED TOGETHER WITHOUT REACTIVE TESTS PERFORMED OR TEMPERATURE TESTS PERFORMED. THESE MODELS HAVE RELEASED FROM THE PLANT YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH A 100% FAILURE RATE ON THE INFLATOR COMPONENT. THE CYLINDERS LEAK IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES IN WINTER AND SUMMER, AND THE INFLATOR CASINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN THE SOLID LOAD. SPONTANEOUS DEPLOYMENT IS POSSIBLE 100% OF THE TIME IN BOTH SOLID AND GAS MODELS. THE INTERIM I LEFT WILL NOT WORK. INERT. *TR