| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006061165 | Incident Date: Mar, 20 2006 |
| Consumer's City: NORTHRIDGE | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: SC400 | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:brake lights |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JT8CH32YXT0 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 30 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 19 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On two occasions just before coming to a complete stop at a signal, the car suddenly lurched forward for no reason, and i was unable to control this motion with the brakes, so i quickly put the transmission in neutral, and noticed that the engine was racing at 6,000 rpm. after this occurred the second time, when parking in the garage, i noticed that the engine rpms would change by about 200-300 rpms about every 5th time when just applying the brakes while car was in park. a possible problem could be related to the fact that when i bought the car 2/20/06, i noticed that the rear mounted high brake light led built into the rear wing was not working. the dealer repaired this by locating a broken (cut?) wire in the wiring harness. this repair was done on 3/20/06, and from the time i had bought the car, (2/20/06) there had been no problem until 3/21 when the problem first showed up. the second time it happened in just the same way was the evening of 3/29 while at a stop signal. each time, i was able to put car into neutral to avoid hitting the car in front of me. i am not quite sure what i did each time to slow the engine back down. *jb |
