2008 Toyota Yaris cruise control problems
20 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2008 Toyota Yaris, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 7% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 54,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 15 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 54,000 miles, and 67% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 9 crashes, 8 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was less than five minutes from home, on my way to take my children to school. 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. As I headed towards the ramp that enters unto the highway, the 2008 toyota yaris felt like it suddenly started to accelerate. Despite my foot was on the brakes, the car would not slow down.
We drive a 2008 yaris. Because we got it used and the previous driver drove so much, its 3 year/36,000 mile warranty no longer applied, but we got an extended power train warranty. This year, the engine wiring harness broke, and we found out that toyota knew about the faulty harnesses. (the TSB on it mentions replacing it with an "improved" harness.) while toyota describes this as not being a safety issue, we feel otherwise, as the symptom is an immediate loss of power and inability to accelerate, which could be…
Other problems reported for the 2008 Toyota Yaris
- Air bags 108 complaints
- Brakes 37 complaints
- Electrical system 18 complaints
- Suspension 16 complaints
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