2012 Toyota Yaris Complaints

I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND JUMPED A CURB AND CRASHED IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT.

MY PROBLEM IS WITH THE REAR HATCH GLASS HAS BLOWN OUT TWICE WITH NO UNDERSTANDING HOW IT COULD OF HAPPENED BOTH TIMES WAS WITH THE VEHICLE IN A PARKED SITUATION NO PRESSURE ON THE GLASS THE SECOND TIME MY WIFE AND DOG WERE INSIDE THE CAR WAITING FOR ME IN THE AFTERNOON TO PICK ME UP FROM WORK THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED IT WAS JUST PARKED NO ONE IN IT AND IT HAPPENED IN THE MORNING TIME AND JUST SHATTERED MY WIFE SAID WHEN IT BLEW IT WAS LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF THE SOUND WAS VERY LOUD THERE WAS NOTHING AGAINST THE GLASS IN EITHER INCIDENT THIS HAD COST ME 375.00 DOLLARS THE FIRST TIME AND I HAVEN'T REPLACED THE GLASS ON THE SECOND TIME COSTLY REPLACEMENT IS THERE ANY HISTORY OR REPORTS OF THIS OCCURRING TO OTHER TOYOTA HATCHBACKS MINE IS THE 5 DOOR MODEL PLEASE ADVISE THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THEY WERE 2 YEARS APART AND IT HAPPENED THE 2ND YEAR I OWNED IT STILL HAVE IT NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HILL AT 40 MPH, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO THE TREE IN FRONT. ALL THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERAL BRUISES AND SUFFERED FROM CHEST CONGESTION THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE ON 3/24/2017 AND 6/7/2017 AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA YARIS. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS) ON JANUARY 9, 2017, BUT THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE INTERIM RECALL NOTICE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. MOTORWORLD TOYOTA (150 MOTORWORLD DR #4, WILKES-BARRE, PA 18702, (866) 652-1257) STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD NEED TO WAIT FOR A SECOND LETTER BECAUSE THE REMEDY AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, THE RECALL NOTICE STATED THAT A LOANER VEHICLE WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THE REMEDY AND PARTS WERE SUPPLIED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TO DETERMINE IF A LOANER WAS AVAILABLE AND WHEN THE REMEDY AND PARTS WOULD BE SUPPLIED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.