2013 Toyota Highlander Brakes Problems

“I pulled into my parking spot art home. I pressed the brakes but the car did not stop, it actually accelerated slightly. I know I pressed the brake and not the gas because I looked down and saw the brake fully depressed and my leg was fully extended. Also if I would have accidentally hit the accelerator, it would have been much worse.”

“I am the one and only,'original new car owner'. At 25k miles I needed to replace brake pads as well as rotors. Rear pads were less than half worn, however both rear rotor had 0.8 cm, peripheral circular unused rusty rings on both surfaces.both, left + right wheels. I know I am repeating to double emphasis my anxiety for a car my daughter uses. I suspect both rear calipers (brake-cylinders) receive less than adequate pressures + pads are touching only half of expected rotor area. Immediate & thorough inspection of my vehicle is requested.”

“I have a 2013 Toyota Highlander and recently while driving toward a stop sign, I went to slow my vehicle to stop and my brake pedal was stuck. Also, the brake pedal seemed to be in a higher than normal position because I remember having to raise my leg to reach the height of the pedal. No matter how hard I pressed I couldn't get the brake pedal to the floor and I was unable to stop the car. I was forced to go through the stop sign and into what is often a very busy street in my city. Thank god no cars were coming during the time of my incident. …”

“I started my vehicle, in my garage, to warm it up for its first scheduled maintenance at the dealership. The parking brake was engaged from my last use of the vehicle the night prior (I always apply the parking brake before exiting my car). As my Highlander warmed up, I began removing a few personal items so that they would be out of the vehicle during my service at the dealership. I placed my personal items at the end of my garage, adjacent to the front-end of the vehicle. …”

“I turned on my car, put it on drive when I tried to press the gas and turn the wheel to get out of the parking lot the steering wheel locked so hard I could not turn it. I pressed on the brakes but the brakes were not functioning at all as I was pressing on the brake pad the check engine light came on and so did the brake light on the dash board, on the big screen where it shows my info and other fancy gadgets showed brake malfunction park car in safe zone as the car drove forward by itself and the brakes were not working the car hit an empty parking space to come to a complete stop. …”