Toyota Yaris Engine Problems
93 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 11 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2007. Best year: 2015.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
The contact owned a 2019 Toyota Yaris. The contact stated that after his wife had arrived at her destination, a short time later she was made aware that the vehicle was on fire. Upon arriving on the scene, the contact's wife observed a f...
I HIT A SNOW BANK LEFT BEHIND BY A SNOWPLOW GOING 50 MPH AND AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. WAS ON A HIGHWAY, IN MOTION WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
TAKATA RECALL - AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INJURING DRIVER, THE VEHICLE WAS IN TURNING
MY SON WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK AND CAR FLIPPED 4 TIMES AIR BAGS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING HIM A BRAIN INJURY AND NOW LIVES WITH SEIZURES HE IS ONLY 23 YES OLD AND IS TAKING 6000 MG'S OF KEPRA A DAY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE
THE TOYOTA YARIS 2009 I PURCHASED HAD A RECALL ALREADY NEVER CLAIMED SINCE OWNING WITH LOAN FAILURES OF THE MECHICAL TIRES ALONG WITH COMPUTER PROBLEMS AND MORE
HI, MY NAME IS [XXX] DO TO A CAR CRASHING INTO MY TOYOTA YARIS MY SON WAS DRIVING AND SOME CAR CRASH INTO HIM. HE GOT HURT AIRBAGS DID NOT WORK AT ALL WHEN THE ACCIDENT WAS VERY FATAL. ENGINE WAS ON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO TAKE HIM OUT ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 TOYOTA YARIS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ORANGE GLOW UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THE ELECTRICAL WIRES ON THE FIREWALL BURNING, PRODUC...
AT A LOW SPEED ACCIDENT SEAT CAME FORWARD, AIRBAG EXPLODED UNEVENLY, ENGINE MOUNT CAME LOOSE.
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I PULLED INTO MY DRIVE WAY. I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY 2007 YARIS. I POPPED THE HOOD AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS ON FIRE. I...
STOPPED TO PLACE A FAST FOOD ORDER-MOVED UP TO PAY-TRUCK IN FRONT WAITING TO PAY-HAD FOOT ON BREAK--CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND HIT THE TRUCK IN FRONT-THE ENGINE REVVED UP WHILE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BREAK-I EVEN PUSHED DOWN HARDER ON THE BREAK.
I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA YARIS ON MARCH 30,2010 AROUND 1600 HRS AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK IN THE FULL THROTTLE POSITION AND CAUSED A COLLISON AFTER THE BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD THE VEHICLE BACK FOR APPROX 200 FEET DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN A ...
I WAS BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A RAMP LEADING FROM ONE ROADWAY TO ANOTHER AND NOW REALIZE THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AS I WAS SLOWLY FOLLOWING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME ON THIS UPHILL RAMP AND MY VEHICLE LUNGED FORW...