MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER NEW (ONE MONTH OLD) 2008 TOYOTA COROLLA (BASIC 4-DOOR SEDAN) ON A LOCAL EXPRESSWAY WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT BRAKED ABRUPTLY. MY WIFE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT BRING THE CAR TO A COMPLETE HALT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES. SHE COMPLAINED THAT THE BRAKES WERE "LOOSE". WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY, BUT THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. WE LEFT THINKING MAYBE IT WAS OUR DRIVING- THOUGH WE ARE VERY SAFE DRIVERS. SINCE THEN, WHENEVER I DROVE THE VEHICLE, A NUMBER OF TIMES I FOUND THAT THE CAR DOES NOT STOP WHEN I BRAKE, AND I USUALLY HAVE TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE TO AVOID THE CAR IN THE FRONT. WE HAVE FOUND THIS PROBLEM WHEN WE ARE DRIVING USUALLY BETWEEN 35-45MPH SPEED. NOW WITH TOYOTA DISCOVERING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES IN 2009-10 VEHICLES, I SUSPECT THIS PROBLEM ALSO EXISTS IN THE 2008 TOYOTA COROLLA VEHICLES AS WELL. *TR