{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11413044,"manufacturer":"Toyota Motor Corporation","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/26/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"04/20/2021","vin":"JTEEW44A582","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"ON MARCH 26, 2021 WHEN WE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE SEVERAL INDICATORS AND MESSAGES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE SERVICED BY A TOYOTA DEALER IMMEDIATELY.  UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH IT BECAME CLEAR THAT TOYOTA IS FULLY AWARE OF MALFUNCTIONS OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE BOOSTER PUMP ON THIS VEHICLE AND COMMUNICATED IT TO OWNERS IN A CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROGRAM NOTIFICATION-ZKC IN 2019.  IN THAT VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATION, TOYOTA IDENTIFIED THE MALFUNCTIONS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND STATED THAT THE COST OF REPAIRS WAS COVERED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020.  HOWEVER, SINCE THIS PROBLEM DID NOT BECOME APPARENT UNTIL MARCH 26, 2021 TOYOTA DID NOT FULLY COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS.  IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THIS KNOWN DEFECT AND MALFUNCTION HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED AS A RECALL.  THERE ARE NUMEROUS CASES THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED ONLINE OF BRAKE FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF THE MALFUNCTIONS OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR AND BOOSTER PUMP SOME WITH CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES.  NO ONE AT TOYOTA HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND INDICATE THAT IT WAS APPARENTLY AN ARBITRARY DATE.  MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THIS WAS A DELIBERATE EFFORT BY TOYOTA TO LIMIT THEIR FINANCIAL EXPOSURE WITH NO REGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS.  HOPEFULLY THE NHTSA WILL INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE AND REQUIRE TOYOTA TO NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE OF THE DEFECT AND POTENTIAL DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE AND HAVE TOYOTA RECALL THE VEHICLE AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS.    THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE REPAIR IS $2,700.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2008","productMake":"TOYOTA","productModel":"HIGHLANDER","manufacturer":"Toyota Motor Corporation"}]}]}