Exploding moon roof
1. even to go on a small uphill slope, the vehicle(v6) really struggles. and when i try to accelerate, it kind of stalls or slows down for a moment, then tries to speed up but its still very slow. i'm facing this issue every day. my other car 2011 camry(v4) is very smooth at the exact same places. cant believe the pickup is this poor with a new car. 2. on highways, just to maintain the speed over 65 mph on a recent trip, i had to press real hard on gas the whole time, even after that, i can clearly tell the vehicle was working extra hard just to be over 65. this issue is consistent every time i go on highways. many owners have reported the above issues at toyota owners forum: https://www.toyota.com/owners/community/ask-an-owner/question-details/id/62777282 both issue#1 and 2 might lead to/trigger a back end collision because the cars coming from behind wont know that the vehicle will slow down (due to poor pickup) all on a sudden on even a smaller slope. same with highways too and got tailgated on many occassions on highways. recently did ...
3rd row seating passenger side cut holders and side panel get hot after 10 minutes of driving. took the vehicle to toyota dealership for diagnosis and was told that the rear heating unit is routed along the 3rd row seating passenger side cut holders and side panel. since the lines for the rear heating unit is running with coolant at 190f, the heat is transferred to the surrounding area and causing the hot cup holders and side quarter panel. as the vehicle ages, this will definitely become worse. the toyota dealership informed me that this is the way designed by toyota; however, this clearly is a design flaw and needs to be remedied.