POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA VENZA. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS OR DURING BRAKE ACTIVATION THE TRACTION CONTROL ACTIVATES. USUALLY AFTER 30 SECONDS THE TRACTION CONTROL MODE IS DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE, THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. HE THEN ADDED THAT ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE WAS COMMON FOR HIS MODEL TYPE, THEY HAVE NOT DEVELOPED A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1300.
2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2010 TOYOTA VENZA SUDDEN ACCELERATED*CW THE CONSUMER MOVED INTO THE LEFT TURNING LANE AT A FOUR-WAY STOP LIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. HE SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN; AND AFTER MAKING THE TURN, HE THEN DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PROCEED AND THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THE CONSUMER THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT WHEN HE DID THEY DID NOT WORK AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER PANICKED AND THEN APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN AND THE ENGINE REVVED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE TRANSMISSION DID ENGAGE, BUT IT FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS SLIPPING. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, HE HAD TROUBLE BRAKING AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE.*JB
