Smuckers

Sounds like the aftermarket shop that installed your stereo nipped or scraped some wiring in the process . . .then later is/are grounding out against each other or the sheet metal. sorry to say . . Toyota wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole as they then would be liable for anything that could occur like somebody crashing into you on the highway.

Keep us posted what you find in your stereo teardown. Not only the steering column since your radio controls are in there MIXED with the ingnition . . . but under the knee boslter and down the body WH to the rear of the vehicle.

hmmmm, pics then would be interesting.

basshead_158db

LOL, i really think after so much hit's and vib's from my bass just messed everything up.. lol. i am going to take picture's so that everyone can see what happens..

gtran1502

Sorry, warranty doesn't cover doing something stupid to your care. It's not insurance against personal stupidity, no offense to the original poster. If your system messed up the car's electrical system, then I'd say that the warranty wouldn't cover a dealership having to tear all the wiring apart to diagnose a problem that was essentially self-inflicted. If it is the transmission or some other unrelated problem, then definitely the dealership should cover it under warranty. I find the logic that any dealership should fix anything wrong with the car to be flawed as it would allow everyone to go carte blanch in what they do to their car whether advised or not.

GT

KeRoLiUkAs

He said that it's been like a year since he installed the stereo..So i don't think it could be that.

vettereddie

Does it only happen when you press the brakes or is it any time the engine goes into the low RPM band. I had my engine randomly dying on me, not just when the brakes were on but it was more common when it was at idle. I traced the root cause back to the engine fuse panel. Apparently the EFI fuse was just a bit loose so when the car would vibrate, it would cut power to the fuel injectors and stall. I found it by starting the engine, then wiggling each fuse with the engine running. Try that, if it dies when you wiggle a fuse, it's loose. The fix is to get a paperclip or other thin object and bend the prongs holding the fuse in place out more ever so slightly for solid contact. Hope that's the case and helps.

combatsteve

you could try unplugging the harness to the brake pedal and then go for a drive on your street (but not on a large road because you won't have brake lights) and see if the car still stalls. If it doesn't then I would say that it is an electrical problem and if not then it would have to do with the shifting weight of the car or vibration, etc...

Hope this helps

SoleLaced

if the car turns off everytime you hit the brakes....how did you put the car in gear?

jasonrs2

well, a lot can happen in 36,217 miles. we cant help you if youre telling us this magically happend.. we're not the cops or your dealership so how about you just tell us what you did to f' it up and we can tell you what to do. either that or man up and tell your dealer they better fix it, call scion corp, w.e., if you really want to get it fixed.

jasonrs2

NICE. someone got CAUGHT! lol. i didnt even think about that.

basshead_158db

Well to answer everyone question, i am telling the truth.. the funnny thing is that i was leaving my house to hit up a party, and when iw as closing my gate i noticed that tail lights weren't working.. so i went into my garage to see what happen thinking it's a fuse, and i turned "off" my car, key and everything and noticed that the car stayed on, bcause i opened the hood and saw the engine vib. so. yeah .. i then unpuged the battary and touch + and - to turn off the car, and it did. and then i tried turning it back on and turning off, and the car still stayed on so i like wtf, so i press the break to put the car in Reverse and the car die, i was like WTF hahaha, so i started laughing then i got mad and hit the streering wheel lol.. ever isince then that's what it is.. and the way i put the car in gear is on the auto.. shifter there is a little button u can press to put the car in any gear lol. so i use that.

Higgy

there is a button on auto-shifters?

Cuthbert

Yep, a little button up and to the left of the shift ****. It allows you to put the car into gear/neutral if you don't have the key/etc.