Power Steering Fluid

WOW, I just have to add this..... is this a recall problem??? I just went for a walk where I just drove this morning. I thought I had heard something when I went for my 1/4 drive this morning. Well, get this, I found a round metal piece, about 4 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick on the side of the road!!!! It has the same groves as the belt I lost has. It looks like it had broken off somewhere in the middle.

I have LOST ALL CONFIDENCE WITH TOYOTA!!! I knew I should have bought a Honda!

EDIT: The belt that had fallen off is 3 feet in diameter, NOT 5-6 feet.

have it towed to the dealer. it might still be under warranty (3 years or 36000 miles) the power steering pump may have seighted up causing the belt to break. if this is the case should be covered under warranty. either way you have to have it fixed.

after reading your second post sounds like the part you found is the pulley for the power steering pump. this should be covered under your 3-

I guess I'm out of luck as the car is two months out of warranty. I'm really disturbed this has happened!!! I have a 1988 Honda Prelude that hasn't had any issues like this. I was expecting the same from Toyota... guess I was dreaming.

Anyway, how much should I expect for repairs? What needs to be done? Leak fixed plus place whatever fell off? Time involved? Should I go to a Toyota dealership?

Try going to the dealer. Even though it's two months out of warranty, you have a failure that is fairly unique, and if you present your case to the service manager without an attitude they may very well cover it under the goodwill warranty policy.

He's already showing LOTS of attitude. Typical Honda rice burner attitude.