Adebola143:
Toyota company really need to be sued for this.
I experienced the same this just February this year with my Toyota Corolla 2012.
The car was parked as well, nobody inside, engine not running and it's been parked for more than 5hours. The car in question has never been worked on and no warning or error indication on the screen.
We were in the house when suddenly a passerby raised the alarm that the car was on fire. Could never have imagined it was my car but behold it was.
Pictures are attached herewith

kingreign:

Lie, they do.

mejai:

Police work go fit u o. U no dey give people breathing space when they talk without facts
I was called by Toyota Nigeria Ltd (elizade) about abs

Myer:


If you ask Op, I'm sure an igbo man imported this.
Igbos don't care if they destroy nigerian lives as long as they make money.

What else do you expect from a tribe with a culture that does not respect elders but only respects money?

AllenSpencer:


Stop saying trash you have no idea about!

mejai:
Ah ah! How come?
And to think mine is showing check abs on the dashboard for some years and i am planning to fix it recently. Toyota at lekki even called me for abs recall and fixing, but this lockdown couldn't let me travel to lag.

Either I continue using the normal brake system or I may have them fix it for free(according to them).

Who knows? Mine could have been burnt by now had it been it was active.

Una sorry o. To those affected.

JAWBONE:
Toyota, this is unacceptable!

I bought a new Toyota Corolla 2013 (South Africa) back in 2015. I have since been driving it without issues. However, something mysterious happened on the 3rd of June, 2020.

Thread.

On the day before (2nd of June), I returned home around 7:30pm, and parked the car without any issue. To my utter shock, my neighbours woke me up around 7:00am the following day (3rd June) to inform me that my car was on fire.

It sounded like a joke; for a car parked twelve hours ago to catch fire all by itself. "This has to be a sabotage", I whispered to myself before I quickly got dressed and went to check, and alas, she was on fire!

But my very good neighbours were already ensued in a fight with the fire, and the only thing I did was to open the car for them to finish the last flame with their extinguishers. I'm deeply grateful to their good neighbourliness.

When the emergency was dealt with, I began to search for answers to this mystery, and what I learned was more shocking than the mystery.

My mechanic told me that that particular version (2012-13, South Africa) of Toyota Corolla had a flawed breaking system design, which caused it to catch fire by itself, even if the car was off for a long time.

Not entirely convinced, I called another mechanic for a second opinion, who drove me to his workshop, where he showed me another burnt Toyota Corolla like mine, and told me the same thing happened to her.

He also told me about another one that caught fire in the middle of the night, which eventually burnt another vehicle and an adjoining building. He said "Oga, all countries rejected this car, but Nigeria allowed it. It is sad".
He told me many people were changing the breaking system to American version of the same car.

I have decided to put this here so that others don't become victims of this professional negligence by Toyota, and regulatory failure by Nigeria.

I also want to put this here so that our government will understand the cost of not having an efficient regulatory system for quality and standards.
I also want this here so that Toyota's brand will pay for their design error, they way we paid with our resources (and probably, our lives). This type of error should not be allowed to happen again.

https://mobile.twitter.com/_abba_g/status/1268982247702646784

Greensquard:
Battery Powered Cam

mejai:
Ah ah! How come?
And to think mine is showing check abs on the dashboard for some years and i am planning to fix it recently. Toyota at lekki even called me for abs recall and fixing, but this lockdown couldn't let me travel to lag.

Either I continue using the normal brake system or I may have them fix it for free(according to them).

Who knows? Mine could have been burnt by now had it been it was active.

Una sorry o. To those affected.

Lincolnburrows:



Bros we need to talk. I have the same issue.

alramon:
this is the crap car that yahoo boys in ilesha carry up and down...crap

SolidLight:
Lol. I was at Bassa, Kogi state yesterday and one idiot was mounting pressure on me to buy this exact model for 2.4m. Thank God say I japa. The low price was abit suspicious.

Guys, don't buy toyota from the dealer at bassa T junction....close to that filling station, can't recall the name

tonididdy:
wtf...i don't believe this a braking system malfunction.
usually such occurrences will make Toyota recall all Julius Dein Girlfriend this models back for corrections or refunds.

I will like to read a scientific or mechanical proof to this happening, it's quite weird.

anyway I have never been a fan of this car.

PaulH07:


So much for "reliability"

Na so so Cheap-ey na hin go finish my Naija people.

The way they badmouth Benz sotey, person go think sey Benz no be motor again, just to force someone to buy this headache.

Imagine the nonsense...

Unrated900:
Benz any day any time

Good thinking good machine

dangoteinlaw:
no mind them but las las u wey wise go observe the person badmouthing a particular tin before u listen to am. Quality will always remain quality, someone that can't afford a Benz telling u that Benz is just hype u should be wise enough to know that person wey no fit afford beer go call am bitter. You have things that will always remain at the top eg benz,Audi, iphones,Panasonic AC,etc. don't let one poor person tell u otherwise. I for one hate corolla infact the only Toyota I ever bought was envelope and I still sold it less than a year

promotervickky:


ViNchecks exposes the car history, if it was accidented, flooded, recalled or stolen, it also reveals every hidden history about a car including past owners.

JAWBONE:
Toyota, this is unacceptable!

I bought a new Toyota Corolla 2013 (South Africa) back in 2015. I have since been driving it without issues. However, something mysterious happened on the 3rd of June, 2020.

Thread.

On the day before (2nd of June), I returned home around 7:30pm, and parked the car without any issue. To my utter shock, my neighbours woke me up around 7:00am the following day (3rd June) to inform me that my car was on fire.

It sounded like a joke; for a car parked twelve hours ago to catch fire all by itself. "This has to be a sabotage", I whispered to myself before I quickly got dressed and went to check, and alas, she was on fire!

But my very good neighbours were already ensued in a fight with the fire, and the only thing I did was to open the car for them to finish the last flame with their extinguishers. I'm deeply grateful to their good neighbourliness.

When the emergency was dealt with, I began to search for answers to this mystery, and what I learned was more shocking than the mystery.

My mechanic told me that that particular version (2012-13, South Africa) of Toyota Corolla had a flawed breaking system design, which caused it to catch fire by itself, even if the car was off for a long time.

Not entirely convinced, I called another mechanic for a second opinion, who drove me to his workshop, where he showed me another burnt Toyota Corolla like mine, and told me the same thing happened to her.

He also told me about another one that caught fire in the middle of the night, which eventually burnt another vehicle and an adjoining building. He said "Oga, all countries rejected this car, but Nigeria allowed it. It is sad".
He told me many people were changing the breaking system to American version of the same car.

I have decided to put this here so that others don't become victims of this professional negligence by Toyota, and regulatory failure by Nigeria.

I also want to put this here so that our government will understand the cost of not having an efficient regulatory system for quality and standards.
I also want this here so that Toyota's brand will pay for their design error, they way we paid with our resources (and probably, our lives). This type of error should not be allowed to happen again.

https://mobile.twitter.com/_abba_g/status/1268982247702646784

Corroro:
Sad one, what a big loss , good news though is you can now open an account online from the comfort of your home with FCMB for free , how cool is that? Now you don't have any worries going to the banking hall for anything

dangoteinlaw:
what's ur issue with yahoo and all that must u derail all threads or did they steal ur girl, besides I have always warned ppl against this corolla of a car. Forget those fuel economy crap a lot of corners were cut to make that happen.

PaulH07:


why na?

dangoteinlaw:
poor driving experience joor, the car was good AC okay but always this tail shaking experience while on high speed besides I felt It wasn't classy enough. I didn't sell it I swapped it for a better ride. Let me honest someone insulted me with it lol

Badonasty:
Sorry man...God will provide a better one