Problems w/ your Solara

by **Julez** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:26 am

I've had an 04 SE Sport, which I only had two problems with(the tire pressure light keep coming on and the passenger window motor track was off center) and now have an 06 SE Sport and was just wondering what problems you have noticed.

As of right now my 06 SE Sport has 13.5K miles and has zero treadlife on the original tires. They are basically smooth. When I had my 10K mile service he said the tires were fine. Could they go from good to bad in 3K+ miles. I do mostly highway driving. Anyone experience this. Could this be caused my the 17" wheels

I also have this sticky black substance on the inside of front passenger window near the windshield area. Not sure where this came from.

My driver's side front pillar(the one that goes from the left air vent area to where the side air bags would be) keeps falling off. Looks like the plastic connector is broken.

Other than that, I enjoy riding in the Solara although it will be a heck of a lot more nicer with some new tires.

Greetings too to everyone.

by **Sebas007** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:33 am

I would try to look if it is the passager side problem...http://www.alldata.com/tsb/Toyota/1140768000000_1141718400000_BO015R-03/31.html

For your tires it is not normal even for Z tire (3000miles good to bad...) Inflate your tire as it recommend...a side that I don't really know...maybe bumpy road or hard start everytime....

by **MikeATL** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:52 am

the solara stock tires should last around 20k

by **njsolara** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:38 am

I just turned 20k on my 06 with stock 17" Turanzas (6 mths old) and I have more than 1/2 the tread life left...but I do mostly highway miles and monitor the tire pressure regularly...

While I had coolant problems with my first 06 (see my post from march), this one has been trouble free so far.

by **TW85** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:11 pm

With keeping proper pressure and not driving my car all that hard, the stock tires had extreme wear on the inside whereas the outside still had plenty of tread after 13k miles. Of course, this was with 2 years of the car pulling to the left and it was fixed about a year ago. Finally replaced the tires at around 18-19k miles and now my 9 month old summer tires are showing the same wear. At this rate, I'll be buying new tires every 12-18 months because of excessive inside wear that rotation does not help with (especially on my summer tires). Toyota claims my alignment is fine. :roll:

I would never buy this car again. Nice car to look at but it has too frickin' many little problems and design flaws.

by **PXLpainter** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:19 pm

MikeATL wrote:the solara stock tires should last around 20k

LOL! Not the way I drive! I'll be lucky to make it to 12K!!

<-- so far, my only real bitch to date is the Shift Lag - no fix for 06.

by **Julez** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:51 pm

by **vinnie the sex** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:31 pm

wow id change tired that ant be safe and looks like grease from inside ur window like where the motor is or soemin?

by **iinokturnolii** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:35 pm

i have the same problem with the pillard... i think one of the connectors are broken. my brother-inlaw fixed it once... and now its back.. he's gona fix it this weekend again. i'll let you know how he did it.

by **Julez** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:06 pm

iinokturnolii wrote:i have the same problem with the pillard... i think one of the connectors are broken. my brother-inlaw fixed it once... and now its back.. he's gona fix it this weekend again. i'll let you know how he did it.

I can get it to stay put for about a day, but driving on the bumpy nor cal freeways tend to pop it out of place every chance they get.

by **cklinh** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:36 pm

^^^ Cool... another NorCal-ian(?)...NorCal-er(?)

by **Somedude** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:41 pm

My Solara have had no mechanical or electrical problems so far. The only thing that is not good are the tires. The Bridgestone Potenza RE92 tires that came stock with the vehicle is making a lot of noise while the car is moving. My car has 14,000+ miles on her.

by **Julez** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:48 pm

cklinh wrote:^^^ Cool... another NorCal-ian(?)...NorCal-er(?)

Not sure the difference, but I was born and live here.

by **cklinh** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:04 pm

I was just kidding

There isn't a difference between the two, as far as I know... just thought that NorCalian sounded funny

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To keep things on topic... the only problem I had was a squeaky seat belt swivel thing... the dealership added some more grease and that solved it...

by **Julez** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:06 pm

cklinh wrote:I was just kidding

There isn't a difference between the two, as far as I know... just thought that NorCalian sounded weird...

To keep things on topic... the only problem I had was a squeaky seat belt swivel thing... the dealership added some more grease and that solved it...

I guess I'd call myself the wierd one, because it flows better.

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