Toyota Complaints Continued... (Page 5)

I was getting 47 to 52 miles per gallon on my Prius, I sang its praises to everyone and recommended it to all. However in October of this year, I needed new tires, at around 40,000 miles. I was told by my dealership, Anderson Toyota of Lake Havasu, AZ, to be sure and get the proper tires as the wrong tires could cause a 5 to 8 mile loss in gas mileage. Consequently, I purchased the tires my dealership recommended. At first my mileage dropped to about 32 to 34 mpg. I took the car in and they lowered the pressure in the new tires, now I get up to 41mpg. I find this totally unsatisfactory. What can be done? I would appreciate your input.

I purchased a sequoia chassis no. 5tdzy64a69so22231. From Toyota dealer in Barain. Unfortunately I found the top (ceiling ) is shaking. When the car is driving and the windows are opened,the ceiling starts to shake and make a noisy sound. In fact this defect occurs in the very begging of purchasing this car. It is inspected by the dealer but refused to repair it .saying there is a kink on the top of the front door. I urged you please to instruct the dealer to repair it as it is still under warranty.

Last year I purchased 4 - 2012 Toyota Corollas and they now all have missing battery caps. I contacted our local dealership, Sierra Toyota, they informed me that they didn't have that replacement part. I've also checked all local parts stores and battery stores, they also don't have these replacement parts. I seem to be left with no choice but to replace the batteries on 4 Corollas that are only 8 months old. I currently own 12 Toyotas (10 Corollas and 2 Scions). I will take this into consideration when replacing these cars.

The clip that holds the latch/switch assembly to the Scion hatch has broken and the assembly comes off every time the handle is grasped to open the hatch. Toyota service wanted over $300 to replace the assembly. I have heard from a number of people that failure is common. I believe this is a frequent failure given the design. Two small clothes pin shaped clips attach the assmbly. The constant stress of opening the hatch flexes the clips until they snap off due to fatgue failure. In my opinion this is a very poor design.

Why would a 4runner bought brand new start to crack in the dash precisely after 5 years and after the warranty is up. i purchased my 4runner brand new and it was always kept in my garage at home under cover or at my job in a parking building. In both cases the vehicle was never in direct sunlight for prolonged periods. The only place where it would get a lot of sun is when I would go shopping and even there, we always park in the multilevel parking, where it would not be in the sunlight. I also asked at Toyota if this would be covered under the warranty and was told that it would not because the warranty had pasaed. It seems to me that the materials used by Toyota for this year in particular was of inferior quality.

In comparision I also own a 1999 4runner which is basically always in the sun since I alwas have it in the front of my house under the sun and never put it inside the garage. The dash on this car is in excellent condition.

I am thinking of buying a new car and because of this bad experience I am not going to buy another Toyota. I would not recommend Toyota to anyone because of this and the fact that they will not cove this under the warranty.

We purchased a 2010 Camry XLE with navigation. The GPS system is extremly poor as compared to our Garmin GPS. We thought when we purchased the car we were going to get an exceptional GPS system, however, it does not recognize many roads that have been in place for 10 years or more. Why is this such a poor GPS system? How come the Garmin is so much more accurate, easier to use and it comes with lifetime map updates versus paying over $120 for a yearly update to Toyota? Please tell us why we should continue to purchase the GPS disc updates? We would appreciate you sending us the most current GPS disc at no cost. Our name and address is on the corporate complaint to Toyota.

In April 2011, I purchased a 2011 Toyota Sienna from Herb Chambers in Massachusetts. The trouble started right away. Shortly after I received the van I was having problems with it not starting and needing to be jumped. We brought it back to Herb chambers and they had it for at least 2 weeks.

They decided that the problem was the automatic car starter was draining the battery. They took the starter out and installed a new one. I received my van back. With in a short time the problem was back and my van needed to be jumped again. They told me to call the starter company and have them take out the starter yet again. So we did. About a month later the company put another starter in. For a short time everything was ok.

Then the problem was back. Last month the starter was taken out of my van for the 4th time!!!!!! We have not had it put back in yet. The other day my van would not start and I had to have it jumped. The following morning it happened again and I brought it to Balise Toyota in Warwick RI. While I was there the van needed to be jumped by them in order to move it.

After a few hours of waiting I heard back from the technician to learn that they can not find anything wrong with my vehicle. I am not even sure how this is possible! Something is wrong!!!!!

In less than two years I have had it jumped at least 4 times by Toyota roadside assistants, at least 10 times by friends, It has been taking into Herb Chambers and Balise Toyota, have had three different automatic car starters installed in my van and I only have 18000 miles on it. I work full time, my husband is in the military and we have three sons to care for. The amount of money that I pay for this vehicle that I can not depend on is insane. I feel very unsafe in this vehicle, I never know when it is going to not start!!!! Do you know how that feels? Something needs to be done ASAP!

I purchased my second toyota this past Sat as my matrix that I had over 10 years was totaled in the flood from Sandy. I loved my Matrix so I decided to go back to Toyota. We went to Crestmont Toyota located in Wayne NJ. NEVER GO THERE.

They charged us over $3000 above sticker price and when we went back to speak to the manager we were not allowed to speak to him and had to deal only with the salesperson that sold us the car. he told us that it is common practice for Crestmont toyota to sell above sticker price on lease but the reason given right now is that the prius is in high demand, that Toyota lost 4,000 of their vehicle and combined with the gas shortage, they have to make their money back so instead of helping Sandy survivor victim they screw them. I will NEVER lease/buy toyota again. Do not go to Crestmont Toyota or prepared to be taking advantage of. Andy was our salesperson.

Dear Toyota Customer Complaints Department, I have a Toyota Sienna 2011 Vin number: 5TDKK3DC2BS043053 which I bought from Koons Tysons Toyota in June 2010 from Tysons Corner. I took my car to the same dealer for small complaints regarding the engine check light on October 5th. At the Service Department, they diagnosed my car to find the problem. Then they diagnosed cord po301 which is cylinder number 1 has been miss fired. They told me we need to change the coil. I told them it was okay, I need this problem fixed. After several hours of them working on my car they brought my car out with a $412 bill. I took my car back to work and the sign which I had before came up again. When I noticed I called the dealer and they told me to bring the car back to the workshop. I brought back my car to them within an hour on the same day. They diagnosed the car again to find the answer to the problem I had before. Again, they told me we need to change the fuel injector and I said okay.

But the problem with the car was still there. Again they told me after several hours of my car being diagnosed you car needs a new computer engine control, it will cost you $1400 but we will charge you only for the part. I agreed with them to put a new computer engine control. On October 10th I took my car to the shop for a new computer engine control. I waited till 7 in the evening and they told me they couldn't fix my car because the computer engine control isn't a problem and the problems something else. The next day the Service Manager called me and he said we pulled the car a part and took the engine out to find the problem without my permission. They said that it will cost me $5300 to rebuild the engine.

The reason I am writing this complaint is because I am not a rich person and I was not ready to have this much money. I am a cab driver and my income is very limited. I have a family to support and now this situation that I have been home for about 2 weeks without work and the Service Department Supervisor or Foreman told me they can't fix my car, first of all they did not know how to diagnose the problem and get it right the first time. They recommended three parts and finally they opened my engine. Now I am totally frustrated. I went to them to arrange something but they insulted me shouting at me and told the technician guy put his car back and get him out of here, we don't want to serve him. My car still is in the shop and I am out of work. I have a family of 3 kids and lots of bills to pay without a source of income. I now rely on you people. I trust that the Toyota Company Customer Care Deparment will help me. Also put me back on my feet.

To whom it may concern, I recently used my car for work- a recent model Toyota Camry Altise- and was involved in a rear end car accident where I was forced into the car in front of me. The car has been deemed a total right off and the entire front end was damaged beyond feasible repair. Not only this but at the point of impact none of the air bags deployed causing me to suffer severe whiplash, for which I am now suffering continuous back and neck pain and have to have intense therapies to lessen the pain.

During the accident as the steering wheel air bag did not deploy I was thrown forward head first into the steering wheel at which time I was knocked unconscious. I have now been left with a scar on my eyebrow due to the impact of my head on the steering wheel. I was seen by the emergency department at Swan Districts hospital Midland WA and have both medical reports and photographic images of the severe safety concern these faulty airbags pose. I was wearing a seat belt at the time and was estimated to have been doing as little as 25 kms/p/hr, had I not had my seatbelt on it could have been a lot worse. My entire group of both family and friends are shocked and appalled by this fault in a car produced by a company with such a high reputation in safety standards.

I therefore seek a response to this complaint and seek some sort of resolution as I feel that I have paid for a car which I thought would be a family car in the near future, now everyone with a Toyota in my family is very concerned and people I know that were going to buy Toyotas have now changed their minds. I am now without a car and the insurance is much less than the car was purchased for only months ago. This could pose a threat to business if the company does not address this issue and customer feedback/complaint in a timely and thorough manner. I look forward to your response as the inconvenience of this fault has affected both my work and home life/abilities.

I leased a 2012 Sienna in March of 2012. It has 10, 200 miles on it now. In the last month, we have had 3 occasions where the van has lost all power...nothing in the van comes on, keyless remote does not work on car, complete electrical failure. After about 10 minutes, the van just starts up like normal. Definitely know its an electrical failure in the car as the clock resets (like when the battery is dead) after all 3 times it has happened.

I took the van in for the 10K service today (Nalley Toyota in Alpharetta, GA) and had the master electrical tech check it out. Unfortunately, they could not find any issues even after running a full diagnostic. The recommendation was that the next time it happens, I have it towed immediately to the dealership.

As I explained to the service advisor, towing it immediately may not always be an option without me trying to re-start it. Reason being, the whole point of me leasing the van was to use when we have my 17-month old son out and about with us. Otherwise, we use the other cars. The van is mainly to use when my son is with us and/or our monthly trips to see one or the other set of grandparents (6.5 hours away each).

Having a van with a potential electrical problem that cannot be detected is very concerning. Especially as my wife uses it for her and my son to be out and about without me always with them. If it happened once, it would be one thing but this is 3 times now. I did not say anything to the service advisor as not much he can do. I really would expect no issues with a new van like this. Plus, I would expect that Toyota steps in some way to resolve this...if the problem can't be found then Toyota needs to offer a replacement. This is on a lease and under full warranty. Just not acceptable to risk my family being stranded somewhere.

I hope to hear back from Toyota on what the next steps will be to help alleviate and resolve any concerns with the vehicle.

Our Toyota Sienna Driver- side Door makes an AWFUL noise when opened or closed; Our Sienna is only a 2005 with less than 50,000 miles, AND, of course it just went out of Warranty. Our Toyota Body Shop in Escondido Calif. wants $2,400 (with discount) for a new door, because "something cracked inside the door and cannot be welded fixed". Is anyone else out there having this Trouble and why isn't Toyota standing behind their Products... I thought a Toyota was a Great car to Own??? And where on this Web-site is the E-mail Address of the Toyota 'Big Shots'!

I have a Toyota Corolla which I bought here in Doha Qatar last October 2011. Since then I had been experiencing something Bad Smell coming from the AC especially if the car is running continously at the speed of 80 kph. The same smell coming out if the car parked outside from morning till afternoon. The milage of the car now is approximately 8k kilometers only. Several times I bring this car to the Toyota workshops here in Qatar and nothing happens. They said the smell is sulfuric. I cannot use the AC properly especially if the internal air circulation mode is on. Please help us on this.

The tire pressure light on my dash is blinking. I visited Toyota and was told that they needed to run a diagnosis on my truck and this would cost $135. I don't want or need this function so I asked to just remove the light or cut the wire. I was told that this could not be done. I consider this to be a form of extortion. An uneeded funtion was put on my truck and it cannot be fixed without spending an unreasonable fee and hours of my time. This is a safety concern as it is distracting. I have called your complaint department and I want to compliment them on their professionalism and courtesy. I want to be on the record such that it is noted in the event that this causes and accident that Toyota is liable.

I bought a brand new Toyota Corolla 2010 in January 2011 I bought an extended warranty 5yr 100,000 mile warranty. I have had my car serviced by the Weiss Toyota Dealer in St louis MO every 5,000 miles tire rotation, oil change everything they were supposed to do. So now my car tires are balled called the dealer they told my to call Goodyear since they make the tires. So i called they sent me to a near by goodyear dealer the tires were not the issue. The issue was the car was out of alignment in the front.

So I called the dealer back spoke with another manager. They insist that front end alignment is not covered under my warranty and the issue was not their problem. My complain is that shouldn't the technician that was servicing the car every 5,000 miles should have notice a poroblem when rotating my tires??? I told the dealership at 15,000 miles there seemed to be an issue with the tires looking low on tread already I spoke my concern about them rotating the tires, and were they sure they were being rotated.

The lady said yes they were. SO my concern and complaint is that either the technicians were not doing their job correctly or they didn't care one or the other. The facts of the matter are that the front end is out of alignment and all four tires need to be replaced. I do not feel that I should be responsable for this money wise, due to the fact that I placed my confidence in Toyota to keep an eye on my car for me. And why wasnt this noticed or even brought to my attention??? I would appreciate a phone call or an email back.

I have great concern that Toyota dealers are getting away with not living up to their end of the bargain. I paid $20,000 for a car and in 9 months has these issues already how ironic that I thought toyota was a good company.

I bought a Toyota Camry SE on November 2011. During the first 1000 milage check up, I ask the service personnel why the phone messages and email are not working. I was told that I have to wait for the update on the entune system. Again during the first 5,000 miles and 10,000 miles checked up, this time I complain why the phone messages and email are not working and the answer was that the sales man will call me. I never received any call from the salesman.

Later, I received a USB in the mail for an update. I tried to do the update and still the phone messages and email are not working. I am formally filing a complaint and hope that the phone messages and email in the entune system of my Toyota Camry SE will be useful.

i have purchase the toyota vios at MAy 2012. the problems come in with driver and passeger door have abnormal sound, bonnet open itself although is lock (release it lock at parking lot) lucky security inform. then at july the car body paint problem with black spots on the bonnet, car ceiling. body rust at the driver side front rear, and the lft hand side tyre.

then after complaint, nothing even no report from the toyota site from malaysia. worse experience. no feedback. they send investigate engineers come inspect but they all blame / push all the problem to my site. of course , i understand the toyota sure dont take the risk and say it they fault, as they are world number 1. why do they want to attend it, and they very care for the reputation. i have my local made malaysia car 7year car. even better than this so called world number 1 toyota with all bad service, just know how to take money from customer.

it have been complaint serveral time about door noise and car bonnet, end up they just repair slightly. it waste my time and my working to wait this stupid service.

today janary 6th, the bonnet even cannot close. sunday all the toyota service centre no people answer call, nobody help. my car bonnet left open. i have compleint the car bonnet third time, the service engineer repair but the problem is the issue still arising. it open the bonnet without car alarm trigger,the car bonnet open any time any where as it like.

i feel ashamed as the world number car seem so worse how they rate it number 1. no secure and sastify with toyota.

please think twice before take any action to buy world number 1 car.

Dear toyota, I am writing this letter, due to the motor in my 2005 hilux injecter seal failing, cuasing the motor to seaze up. i purchesed the car at oldmac toyota springwood in qld. I had been searing for a new car for about 1yr an finaly found it there with every thing i wanted an was very happy to have purchesed my new veichle, as ive always had toyota an found them "unbrakable" so is was a no brianer to go with toyota again. since i have had the car it has had problems with the water pump, clutch, injecters, but i just got them fixed an gave it benifit of the doubt. the other day i was driving to work on the highway when the egine cut out an i was left on the side of the road. since being to the machanic he's informed me that the motor is sezed an is goin to cost over $7500 to be fixed. an he told me that its actully common for that model of car. i find this extreamly unacceptabele seeing it has just clocked over 120000kms. from going to a car that is "unbrakeable" an spose to last a life time, to lasting 2yrs an 120000kms. I will be looking forward to hearing from you in the near future.

I brought my 2005 Lexus Rx330 to the Jacksonville NC service dept in Sept 2010. I had hit a huge pot hole and blew out my 2 passenger side tires and dented the rims. They came and towed it and I asked them to please make sure that their was no damage done to the car. I told them to order the rims, check under the car and orderd 4 new tires. I take my car in every 3 months to have the oil changed and have my tires rotated every 6000 miles. At that time they check the alignment and do my required service.

My car has ALWAYS been okay on the alignment rack! I went back to toyota b/c I noticed that my tires were cupping. It was loud! Toyota said they would give me a free alignmen if I had my cabin filter changed and my air filter, plus my brakes. (even though they didnt need to be changed yet, but would in the future) do this and we will give you a free alignment. I told them that I would check with my husband. I just wanted to know how to get new tires. Sooooo, I got all my paper work showing that I HAVE had all the appropriate work done on my car. Well, now they want to check it on their alignment rack. It was all green, but slightly off by a smidge. I forgot to mention they never did check to see if there was damage back in 2010. They said it would be $1700.00 to fix it.

A new nuckle, hub and shock. Although we dont know if that will fix the problem. They did not know what was wrong, but we will start there. I was not happy. They offered for me to pay $1000.00 for the parts and they would throw in the labor. I needed to check. So I took it to 3 mechanics. Get a camber kit for the rear is what all 3 said. So I told toyota can we start there?

Okay they said. They put on the camber kit and called me to tell me it did not work. They never showed me the alignment paper showing me that it was now WAY worse! They told me to check with my insurance, so I did. Insurance told me to take it to another shop. The other shop adjusted the camber kit that was "adjusted to the fullest extent" by toyota, and fixed it for $56.00. Funny how they could fix it for that price but Toyota wanted $1700.00. I am so absolutly furious at the Jacksonville NC Toyota service dept.

Talk about trying to rip off a customer. Now, because they never checked under my car to see if there was any damage. (and they said they were at fault) for not checking. I need to get 4 new tires! they conviently lost my paperwork, but I had mine. They said the service writer who took in my car in 2010 should have made sure that it was checked. But she didnt. The guy just looked at me like, "your screwed" I did everything I was supposed to, and they will not stand behind me! I have never been so upset with a dealership! I live in a military town and had heard stories like this before.

This is a disgrace! I believe they owe me 4 new tires. Toyota should make this right. I will be sending a copy of this to the Inspector General of Camp Lejeune and to the Better Business Bureau.

At two separate occasions in the last six months my wife and I have experienced poor vehicle repair on our two Toyota vehicles. Not only were Toyota parts utilized in the "attempted repair" procedure, but the problem in both vehicles resurfaced worse than before. My wife took her 2004 Toyota Sienna into the Jim Norton Dealership here in Lawton, OK. The van was leaking power steering fluid onto a drive axle boot, causing the boot to deteorate. The presumption was made that the "repair" would at least hold for six months, but we were sorely disappointed.

The other vehicle was a 1997 Toyota Avalon, which was leaking oil from the overhead cam seals. Additional parts were purchased to replace parts that were logical candidates for replacement when such a repair job is undertaken. Not only is the oil leaking from the seals again, but the "technician" failed to tighten the valve cover properly, bulging the gasket and not all bolts were replaced.

As a result the vehicle is leaking not only from the seals but the cover as well. This is a shoddy excuse for repair! Current engine and vehicle design mandate dealership service, but if that is typical what is the consumer supposed to do? In addition service personnel and the service manager were less than congenial in their customer contact. It was understood that the Avalon was needed to provide transportation for a new job in OKC, however, the vehicle was not repaired in a timely manner and the vehicle had to be towed. When the vehicle was not repaired as indicated, the windows were left down, and the dealership said they were unable to determine the cause failure of windows to raise the (it was a blown fuse).

I have complained about this to two dealerships. I went back to toyota dunning in Ann Arbor and again complained. I think it was the manager who with whom I was speaking ande he explained that it was a pump that cycles after the engine is turned off. I have again taken to stopping owners of the prius model if in fact they have a noise. Yes, but they all tell me it is a soft whirring noise. That is not what I have. It sounds like a rusty gear or rusty metal against metal and it can be quite loud. It is always after the engine is turned off and occas when I start it up or just before. Not sure on that one. The problem with the other sound is that it varies in intensity and I cant figure out the reason, so they dont hear it at the dealership. Someone would have to drive the car for a bit over a period of a few days to hear it. Seems to me a small thing to take it out and replace it. A response would be appreciated. This has been happening since I purchased the car this year.

I have been a long time customer of toyotas and as a whole I have been happy. However, I purchased a toyota corolla 2007 and have had to replace hubcabs several time because of a poor design on the latch holding the hubcap to the wheel. I noticed this is not only me and when I try to go on line to purchase they are all out of stock. This should be addressed and a recall should be done and replace all hubcaps with a new design. I have already spend over 500 dollars and ready to buy another one. Enough Toyota.Stand up and take responsibility for your product.

To Whom it may concern,

In November 2012 i bought a 2011 SR5 hilux in Melbourne. The vechile is now in Sydney, and two months ago i noticed that the struts supporting the hard lid, had popped out of the tub they were screwed into. I took the vechile to a toyota dealership in Sydney, they inspected the lid and sent me down to there pre-delilvery deparment to have it quoted up for repairs. The dealership where the vechile came from are doing everything to avoid fixing my hilux. I have supporting emails from toyota sydney, who have helped out big time, but Garymcmillans toyota in melbourne are not getting anything done. i.e they need to supply a Order number to sydney toyota so the repairs get paid for. I Still havent heard from the melbourne dealership and as a result, i cannot keep my tools in the back as i cannot lock the lid, and this is effecting my work.

I had an automatic loan payment set up with Toyota. I purchased a Honda 3 years later and my Toyota loan was paid off. One day I look at my bank account and even though my Toyota account had been closed over a month, they processed a payment of $380 on top of my Honda payment through my new dealership (so in 1 day I was chanrged just under $800 for car payments.) I contacted Toyota to resolve this and to hopefully just be credited for the mistake. Instead they said it would take 30 to 45 days to recieve the reimbursemnt in the mail because they needed to wait for the funds to clear in the bank and then they were not responsible for how long the postal service took to deliver the mail. So they really wanted me to believe that Toyota/Lexus doesnt have $380 to cover there own mistake and they needed to wait for the funds to clear.

3 out of the 4 people I spoke with were very rude and unhelpful. I asked to speak with any type of manager/supervisor and was told that would not be possible. Very dissapointed in this whole experience with Toyota. The car I had was a lemon, even though it was said to be "Toyota Certified" I had nothing but problems with it and will never purchase through or reccomend Toyota to anyone going forward, which is unfortunate because I had reccomended friends and family and probably made the company another $80,000 on top of the $20,000 they had gotten from me. But as always the "man" always gets away with screwing the consumer and did not have any solution to rectify it.