2018 Toyota C-HR

I am currently at 57,110 miles and I noticed a whining noise coming from the front of my car while driving with the window down on June 5, 2022. It’s as if it’s coming from the wheel bearing or front axle. I also noticed today that my car had a kick to it, like a horse galloping. This seems to be very mysterious as I just took my car to a Toyota dealership at the end of April and they reported absolutely no issues. I’m afraid that my power train/transmission may be going bad, which would be very very awful as my car hasn’t even reached 60,000 miles yet.

I have had this car since Oct of 2017, I bought it from Kerry Toyota of Florence ky, I have spent so much money on this car, and I'm at 59k miles. I have heard a whining noise for some time now, I took it to the dealership and they said there was nothing wrong but recently it got worse so I took it to an autobody shop that I trust and they said it was the transmission. So I took it to Kerry again it was still under warranty just by 1000 Miles. Turns out it was my transmission. I've never been rough on my vehicles obviously I drove it to 59K I should not have to get a whole new transmission. So I did some digging turns out MULTIPLE people have had the same issue with their 2018 CHR's. Also when I went to pick it up from the dealership it was dead so they jumped it for me. Then when I got to where I was going and then got back in to start my car it wouldn't start again. So come to find out my battery is shot. Now On average, a car battery lasts from 5 to 7 years. I understand that that can differ tremendously but I saw where multiple people have been through a lot of batteries with their CHR's so I was upset and angry about my car so I traded it in. Now they gave me $15,000 at first. They said I needed new tires, New battery, I had a scratch on my back bumper and apparently my front bumper. Now upon me looking at my car I do have a scratch in the back bumper but the front isn't touched. So they gave me $15,500 I feel like I should have got more for my car due to the problems I have gone through. I had $12 left on my car so I did get positive equity but the quality of the car isn't my problem and I don't feel I should suffer the depreciation because of the issues it has had because that's on the manufacturers, not I. They should have already done a Recall on the Transmissions. Here is the BIG reason why. IF my car was covered, if I drove 1000 more miles I would have had to pay $8,600 for them to fix my transmission!

Electrical system malfunction. Abnormal voltage power steering low. These messages turned on after we felt the steering wheel become really heavy and making it hard to make the freeway entrance. The Toyota Ch-R shut down right before we merged onto the freeway. We were left on the blind spot of the freeway entrance in the night, so it left us quite vulnerable to an accident and possible death. The vehicle will be taken to Toyota dealership, since it still falls under the 60 month warranty.

Transmission failed on a well maintained CHR at 80k miles. The noise started as a low hum and got louder and louder. When we brought it in for a diagnostic test, the dealer told us the transmission went bad and the repair was 9k. The car is out of their warranty so they refuse to replace the transmission. The transmission is faulty and it’s failure had nothing to do with the car’s maintenance. Forums online have shown this as a known problem. Toyota has not recalled this dangerous transmission. The failure started when we were in warranty, we just didn’t know it was the transmission. We replaced breaks and put a new set of tires thinking this could be the issue. Toyota is failing to make good on their promise for safe and reliable cars. It’s basically a lemon and sadly, we are not alone in the disappointment of Toyota not recalling this car for bad transmissions.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR ON MARCH 9TH, 2018 AT 8:00 PM AT HERITAGE TOYOTA CATONSVILLE) AND DROVE TO WORK NEXT DAY (MARCH 10TH, 2018). WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY ROUTE 100, THE CAR SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY STOPPED / DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR BEHIND ME. I CALLED THE DEALER (HERITAGE TOYOTA CATONSVILLE WHERE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE) TO GET THE CAR BACK AND ASKED THEM TO EXCHANGE ANOTHER ONE BUT THEY REFUSED. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY FOR MY LIVE WHEN I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY TO WORK EVERYDAY. I'M EXPECTING TOYOTA TAKE THIS CAR BACK AND LET ME EXCHANGE FOR ANOTHER ONE.