![]() ![]() In addition, the vehicle was a total lost. I was hospitalized for a few days for hand, foot, and back injuries, and still under doctor's care for the injuries. My children and I suffered seat belt bruising and cuts. To avoid hitting any vehicles on the service road, I managed to swerve the vehicle off the side of the road ? with the car finally stopping when it crashed into a pole. I swerved back unto the service road to avoid continuing unto the ramp, in fear that I would crash into the cars on the highway. Despite my foot was on the brakes, the car would not slow down. As I headed towards the ramp that enters unto the highway, the 2008 Toyota Yaris felt like it suddenly started to accelerate. I made a right hand turn off the street from my neighborhood, unto the service road that leads to the ramp for the highway entrance. I was less than five minutes from home, on my way to take my children to school. ![]() I will take my Fiancee's 2008 Yaris to a Toyota dealership for the 4 recalls noted today by VIN. We can only take 1 child at each drive, so even adults riding in the backseat will be not buckled up, which is un-law and very dangerous causing severe injuries and even death in an accidental collision. This is a real safety issue when we place children in the backseat. ![]() The third item is backseat seatbelt female receptical will not latch to the male end on 2 of the 3 seating positions. I was unaware of a recall for this and 3 others have not been repaired yet by previous owners. So, will the driver air bag inflator explode or fail due to the warning light illuminatimg. My driver seat belt is always latched when I drive. As for the airbags, the driver airbag light stays on and passenger light comes on when 10 pounds of weight is sat in passenger seat. I didn't know I could report dangerous items that could be set for a safety recall by the NHTSA. I have not reported this to The Toyota dealership or anyone else. This could have cause a fluid leak that could of been very dangerous leading to injury or death of occupants. The rust built up on the calipers threaded input and output brake fluid lines threaded attach points. So the rust caused me to replace 1 rotor, both calipers and pads on front and rear brakes. The right side rotor was turned successfully with enough rotor minimum thickness remaining. The pads were pushed into the rotors heavily causing the driver side rotor to be damaged beyond acceptable limits. When the front tires were removed the calipers had built up thick rust on inside surface where the pads sit on both front calipers. Right off she had brake failure pretty quickly after buying the car. My fiancee bought her 2008 Toyota Yaris on about the. ![]()
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