Toyota Recalls

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by Twistoffate0817

Hello, today I went to buy a honda civic, due to im sort of unsatisfied with my yaris, and I hate to report that the yaris is worth way less then before toyota started having issues. The salesman basically told me im screwed now, due to toyotas recalls. So stick with your cars for a long time :)

Help me m understand this......

Are you saying a Honda dealer wants to give you less than it worth if you trade in your yaris hoping you believe their BS?.

Yaris is not even involved in any recall.

Honda is actually the company that is having overall quality issues.

[MUSKOKA800]

Originally Posted by Twistoffate0817

The salesman basically told me

Well, that's it then. It must be fact.

[DerFlosser]

Obviously the guy is a troll.

[Twistoffate0817]

I appreciate all the feedback. :) The honda salesperson told me that "all toyotas are not selling well at this moment due to the recent recalls." I am sure this is true, but it makes no sense that my trade in would be worth way less then what it truly is worth just due to a recent recall. I paid off my Yaris within one year, so i have no car payments right now. My main reasons for not wanting to keep my yaris is the acceleration for me is beyond horrible. It feels like the car has about a thousand bricks in it when trying to accelerate. I have taken it in and been told there is nothing wrong with it. I am always resetting my feet to fit and push the acceleration pedal (which is sometimes hard to push)..which makes me worry about the recent recalls. Sometimes the brakes are mushy, and sometimes they are great. And I understand this is winter, but my car is getting around 27 mpg. It is not worth me being upset everytime i drive my car. I test drove the civic yesterday, the acceleration is beyond perfect, and the entire inside is great. Yeah i will lose a few MPG, but i drive with a light foot and coast whenever possible. Am I making a bad move? Is there something wrong with my Yaris?

[b_hickman11]

Originally Posted by Twistoffate0817

I appreciate all the feedback. :) The honda salesperson told me that "all toyotas are not selling well at this moment due to the recent recalls." I am sure this is true, but it makes no sense that my trade in would be worth way less then what it truly is worth just due to a recent recall. I paid off my Yaris within one year, so i have no car payments right now. My main reasons for not wanting to keep my yaris is the acceleration for me is beyond horrible. It feels like the car has about a thousand bricks in it when trying to accelerate. I have taken it in and been told there is nothing wrong with it. I am always resetting my feet to fit and push the acceleration pedal (which is sometimes hard to push)..which makes me worry about the recent recalls. Sometimes the brakes are mushy, and sometimes they are great. And I understand this is winter, but my car is getting around 27 mpg. It is not worth me being upset everytime i drive my car. I test drove the civic yesterday, the acceleration is beyond perfect, and the entire inside is great. Yeah i will lose a few MPG, but i drive with a light foot and coast whenever possible. Am I making a bad move? Is there something wrong with my Yaris?

Honda has their own recall to worry about now. I would go back to that dealer and demand a huge discount.

[Twistoffate0817]

I honestly believe my pedal is affected. It is hard to push at times, and is weird.

[Leslie]

Toyota is aware of the Yaris problem. the Matrix has the same problem. Toyota was more than happy to work with me on the Yaris issue and I have a case number assigned to the VIN.

thanks for the 5K problem, I got that solved by changing to AMSOIL 0W30 and a new filter and the reset procedure. Should be good for more than 5K miles on full synthetic oil and better the 45MPG we have been getting since it is ageing in a little more.

Toyota will get this fixed, they always do fix a problem. The local dealer leaves a little to be desired. The 800 # is great and after you listen to a long recording of all the makes and models you can actually get a human.

1-800-331-4331 is the number I was given to call and it is good for any Toyota model and issue.

BTW they were impressed with the near 400K miles on the Celica and near 200K miles on the Tacoma.

[marcus]

not affected are Toyota Prius, Tacoma, Sienna, Venza, Solara, Yaris, 4Runner, FJ Cruiser, Land Cruiser, Highlander hybrids and Camry hybrids

[auxmike]

I've had to double stomp on the gas to get the car to downshift and increse speed a few times while merging into busy traffic.
Something like this would happen; Go to on ramp, floor it as you merge and.... NO response! Had to "restomp" to get things "back" again, kinda scary.... The car did'nt stall, it just did'nt rev any higher or downshift with the pedal floored......
Boy, I hope Toyota can get outta this mess and come out on top. I HATE hearing about this recall thing everytime I say I own a Toyota...

[chew246214]

OK if you check other posts you will see I had to go on a nice extended ride with the service manager of the local dealer... we got to talking so this is an unoffical heads up.... Oweners of 2000- 2004 or 2005 toyota tacomas are getting a recall for frame rot again.. He doesn't think it will be as easy for buy backs as the past 1995-2000 frame recalls but is anticipating to have to check every frame rustproof, or even replace the frames if needed... the trucks values are too high to justify the buyback program that they did on the last round of recalls.... I think we just had too much time driving around and he probably told me quite a bit more then he should have.. but hey just passing on the info figuring people here might know others or even yourselves with the affected trucks..... All unoffical of course... if it helps you great if not sorry to waste your time

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/29/o...els-1-8-milli/

IQ, yaris and a few more.....

[thebarber]

dbw ftL

[Kongo-Otto]

AYGO Februar 2005 - August 2009
iQ November 2008 - November 2009
Yaris November 2005 - September 2009
Auris Oktober 2006 - 5. Januar 2010
Corolla Oktober 2006 - Dezember 2009
Verso Februar 2009 - 5. Januar 2010
Avensis November 2008 - Dezember 2009
RAV4 November 2005 - November 2009

[slothman86]

I mean would it be so hard to covert from a DBW? A few brackets and an old throttle cable...?

I just think that the 4 or so investigations into runaway Toyotas that showed there was no problem were correct. Some one correct me if I'm wrong but...anyway

The other day some lady crashed into my friends apartment building...

She was sideswiped and slammed on the brakes and the accelerator. She came to a stop and released only the brakes. She then created a huge hole in the wall. Srsly, this was operator error. It just shows you that people will have runaway cars even if their throttle /ecu is working fine.

I don't think there is really any ecu problem. GM smear campaign? I dunno, I just know that My Toyotas perform how I want them to.

Originally Posted by Twistoffate0817

I appreciate all the feedback. :) The honda salesperson told me that "all toyotas are not selling well at this moment due to the recent recalls." I am sure this is true, but it makes no sense that my trade in would be worth way less then what it truly is worth just due to a recent recall. I paid off my Yaris within one year, so i have no car payments right now. My main reasons for not wanting to keep my yaris is the acceleration for me is beyond horrible. It feels like the car has about a thousand bricks in it when trying to accelerate. I have taken it in and been told there is nothing wrong with it. I am always resetting my feet to fit and push the acceleration pedal (which is sometimes hard to push)..which makes me worry about the recent recalls. Sometimes the brakes are mushy, and sometimes they are great. And I understand this is winter, but my car is getting around 27 mpg. It is not worth me being upset everytime i drive my car. I test drove the civic yesterday, the acceleration is beyond perfect, and the entire inside is great. Yeah i will lose a few MPG, but i drive with a light foot and coast whenever possible. Am I making a bad move? Is there something wrong with my Yaris?

Just wondering how you are getting that horrible MPG with a light foot? I have yet to hit 20's even when putting it to the floor all day...

[Twistoffate0817]

I am not sure either, but winter gas, and being in NJ where its cold and i only travel about 10-15 miles. So the car never gets a chance to warm up to its full engine temperature.

[slothman86]

Originally Posted by Twistoffate0817

I am not sure either, but winter gas, and being in NJ where its cold and i only travel about 10-15 miles. So the car never gets a chance to warm up to its full engine temperature.

hmm, that get's me thinking about how many MPGs autocrossers get after racing around all day...?

[toad]

Originally Posted by slothman86

I mean would it be so hard to covert from a DBW? A few brackets and an old throttle cable...?

I just think that the 4 or so investigations into runaway Toyotas that showed there was no problem were correct. Some one correct me if I'm wrong but...anyway

The other day some lady crashed into my friends apartment building...

She was sideswiped and slammed on the brakes and the accelerator. She came to a stop and released only the brakes. She then created a huge hole in the wall. Srsly, this was operator error. It just shows you that people will have runaway cars even if their throttle /ecu is working fine.

I don't think there is really any ecu problem. GM smear campaign? I dunno, I just know that My Toyotas perform how I want them to.




Just wondering how you are getting that horrible MPG with a light foot? I have yet to hit 20's even when putting it to the floor all day...

it's interesting - the local media is jumping all over this because human nature is to kick someone when they're down, especially if they're at the top of their game(i'm not saying toyota is perfect - far from it, but better than most of the rest imho). i don't know if i buy the 'smear campaign', but i will admit i've heard some stories of other dealerships trying to create a panic out of this(like they think we'll all forget the problems others have had in the past - ie. blowouts, rollovers, flaming engines, etc.). just goes to show that nobody is perfect - whether it's automakers or people.

[Sidicas]

I just bought a 2010 Yaris a couple months ago and I love it.
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The timing of the recall was absolutely perfect.. Have you seen Toyota's stocks plummet?
One person's catastrophe is another person's opportunity..

I'm buying up Toyota stocks like crazy now.. The media is on my side, scaring people into selling off their Toyota stocks below their value and running for the hills due to the gas pedal problems.. Toyota's going to announce a fix for it next week and during the same week, announce their earnings for the previous quarter which is pretty much unaffected by the gas pedal scare.

I predict Toyota stocks to be very volatile and a great opportunity to make some serious money real fast... Yes! Let's all forget about how successful the Prius is, SELL SELL SELL!!

Just look at all the hordes of people selling their Toyota stock below value. Ya, I'll buy that.. Thank you.