TOYOTA BRAKE BOOSTER PUMP CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED

NHTSA: File a Vehicle Safety Complaint

 

I suggested that based more on the extreme difficulty of its remaining manual braking, not for the booster failure itself. While short panic stops become nearly impossible and large pedal forces become necessary, with sufficient caution it should still have enough manual braking for regular streets and highways to still be navigable. Just keep it to the absolute bare minimum driving necessary before (or to get to) repairs, go slow, and leave lots of extra space.

 

any news on the law suit?

 

The case mentioned in post #1, Medeiros v. Toyota Motor Corp., No. 2:20-cv-683-RGK-MAA (C.D. Cal.), is one of several that has been consolidated as In re: Toyota Hybrid Brake Litigation, No. 4:20-cv-00127-ALM (E.D. Tex.), before Judge Mazzant, who also has the fourth-generation windshield case.

The court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss on February 2, 2021. A motion for class certification has not yet been filed. From the dates in the last scheduling order, entered on November 10, 2020, it strikes me as unlikely that the case will go to trial before early 2023.

 

If they can delay until 2025, the 10 year coverage extension will have run out on all of them including the 2015s . . .

just like it did on my 2009 in the earlier round.

 

I occasionally remind people that with power assist failure, they must push the brake pedal with at least 112 pounds (or metric 500 Newtons) of force to get that federally mandated minimum performance. And more foot pressure is better. It won't produce the amount of braking effect you are accustomed to with properly working power assist, but it should be a useful level.

When it is as bad as you describe, even with 112 pounds of foot pressure, then file a NHTSA Safety Defect report. If some car makers are not meeting the federal requirements, NHTSA can force them to fix it.

 

That car was built on a Monday or Friday afternoon?

 

After the Sake breaks...

 

how many miles on her?

 

I bet its closer to 200,456 miles. What is sad is the brake booster and head gasket fails are becoming epidemic. The Toyota mechanics I know agree its almost unprecedented in a Toyota design.

 

i'd expect anything to last 100k. after that, all bets are off. hate mail not necessary

 

Agree. My respect for Toyota took a big hit when the inverter stranded me. Which was before Toyota was covering the v even though they had a program for the standard gen3. I also had antennagate early when the satellite preamp failed while still under warranty and the dealers were ABSOLUTELY clueless because they had not seen it before. Honda is not all there anymore as well. The big boys left a huge opening for Tesla.