| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005041054 | Incident Date: Sep, 18 2005 |
| Consumer's City: HOUSTON | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: CAMRY | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BA32K05U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 03 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 12 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Incident description: it was 3:00 pm when i have to drive to pick up my sister at 6219 sw freeway houston, tx, when i was trying to make the right turn to get in to the shopping center i found out the brake did not work, i tried to use the parking brake and it did not stop the car but slowed to 15 mph in the next entry to the shopping center make the right turn and get into the shopping center try again to get the parking brake to stop the vehicle but i couldn't. finally get onto the sidewalk and hit the wall at the moment it was less than 5 mph, i was driving with my newborn baby nephew aboard, i panicked and i did not know what to do, yolanda gonzalez a lady that works at freydd's beauty salon call my sister and she call my husband for him to come over and help, he call joe myers since this is the first time that something like that happens to us, they give him a 1800 number for them to get the car on services, my mistake was not calling the police to report the incident since they did not said that i have to, since they ask if there was people injured , at the moment i was on shock, my husband call alex salesperson at jow myers for help, my car was new when we bought it on january 2005, with 9640 miles at the time, there was something wrong with the car, in sterling mccall toyota services cornie the services writer let us know that the brake booster was broke and the brake master cylinder also, and that was normal, that piece is cover under warranty since it can happened anytime, how come this be possible i can understand that the door locks or something that you can control or manage but brakes how can that part break anytime?????, now the car still on repair since the brake does not feel right, i do not have a police report but i do have many witness that saw me that day, and also the towing truck that saw the car over the sidewalk and try to drive the car and saw that there was no brake at all. today is october 3rd, the car still on joe myers waiting to be checked. *jb |
