ON GOING PROBLEM WITH 2008 TOYOTA YARIS MODEL 2 DOOR SEDAN BOUGHT BRAND NEW 2008 TOYOTA YARIS IN JULY 2008. WHEN TRYING TO APPLY BREAK TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE GOING DOWNHILL, THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION STARTS TO ROAR AS IF IT WON'T SLOW DOWN. REPORTED THE ISSUE TO THE DEALER WHO WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. AND THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL. I HAVE DRIVEN OTHER VEHICLES MANY MANY YEARS BUT NEVER HAD SUCH PROBLEM. SCARY OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE - ESPECIALLY GOING DOWNHILL! IS IT ANOTHER TOYOTA DEFECT? *TR
2009
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DECELERATING ON A DOWNHILL SHORTENED EXIT RAMP, GOING FROM 70 MPH TO A STOP WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET . WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, IT FELT AS IF THE BRAKES WERE "METAL TO METAL" AND THE VEHICLE BARELY STOPPED BEFORE HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. SINCE THAT TIME, THE SAME TYPE OF INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED 3 MORE TIMES, ALWAYS WHEN DECELERATING RAPIDLY. (WHEN DECELERATING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, THEY WORK FINE.) I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED, BUT THEY SAID THEY WERE "NORMAL". THEY CERTAINLY ARE NOT! *TR