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2009 TOYOTA COROLLA — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

crash1 injured · 778912 · 2010-04-05

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
COROLLA
Year
2009
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Miles at failure
26,600
Speed
25 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY BRAKES ON MY 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA S HAVE BEEN NOT AS RESPONSIVE AS I WOULD ASSUME OR WANT THEM TO BE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN IT IS RAINY OR WET, OR EVEN DAMP OUTSIDE. I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT WHEN IT WAS WET MY BRAKES SOUND LIKE THEY ARE GRINDING WHEN I STOP AND STOPPING DISTANCE IS SIGNIFICANTLY ELONGATED. FINALLY ON ONE RAINY DAY MY BRAKES FAILED AS I CRASHED INTO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. IN ANY USUAL CIRCUMSTANCE I WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO COMPLETELY STOP, HOWEVER MY BRAKES COMPLETELY DEPRESSED TO THE GROUND AND FELT THAT THEY HARDLY SLOWED MY CAR, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND INJURY TO MYSELF. I HAVE BROUGHT MY COROLLA INTO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE BREAKS LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID THEY WERE COMPLETELY FINE, HOWEVER THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE CIRCUMSTANCE UNDER WHICH MY BRAKES FAILED, THEREFORE RESULTING IN THEM SAYING THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES. I HAVE HAD ALL OF THE RECALLS DONE ON MY CAR AND I STILL NOTICE THAT THE BRAKES ARE NOT FUNCTIONING AS THEY SHOULD. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10323786
Machine
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