Toyota Corolla Complaints (2000)

145 consumer complaints on file.

#10159902June 15, 2006
SUSPENSION:REAR
TOYOTA COROLLA CE AT ABOUT 30K MILES. RATTLING SOUND OCCURS FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. SOUND DISAPPEARS WHEN BREAK PEDAL IS APPLIED. SOUND COMES ON AND OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO SEARS AUTO DEPARTMENT, WAS TOLD IT'S DUE TO BREAK PAD WEAR, REPLACED ALL FOUR PADS, BUT THE SOUND RETURNED AS SOON AS I DROVE OUT OF SEARS PARKING LOT. HAVE BEEN TO THE AUTO DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT SOLVED. SINCE THE SOUND IS NOT EFFECTING STEERING AND BREAKING, I'M STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE, HOPING NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10157293April 26, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE CONSUMER'S 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA BEGAN TO EXHIBIT ENGINE PROBLEMS FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE AND IT WOULD REQUIRE REBUILDING THE ENGINE. THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143541November 23, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE HAS BEEN A TAPPING NOISE IN THE ENGINE FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD THE NOISE WAS LOUD. BUT, AS THE ENGINE WARMED UP THE NOISE BECAME SOFTER. HOWEVER, THE TAPPING NOISE BECAME LOUDER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, AND HE SUGGESTED HE LOOK UP TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) 628673 CONCERNING THE BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136562September 15, 2005
STEERING
VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 7/1/05 AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TO BE FIXED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES AND DUE TO GO BACK IN AGAIN ON 9/20/05 FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS...I TOOK THE CAR IN ON 28 JULY 05 AND TOLD SERVICE DEPT THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION STEERING AND THE CHECKED IT SAID IT WAS THE SWAY BAR LINKS AND WOULD ORDER.....WENT BACK IN ON THE 8 AUG 05 AND SWAY BAR LINKS PUT IN AND SERVICE DEPT SAID THERE WAS STILL A NOISE AND NEEDED IT BACK WHEN THEY HAD MORE TIME WITH IT SO IT WAS TAKEN BACK ON 16 AUG 05 AND AT THAT TIME CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON ALSO SO THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED PLUGS AS THEY SAID IT WAS MISFIRING AND THEY CHECKED RACK AND PINION AND SAID THEY FOUND THAT IT NEEDED IT NEEDED STEERING RACK SO IT WAS ORDERED AND WENT BACK IN ON 24 AUG AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN ALSO AND THEY SAID IT WAS MISFIRING AGAIN....REPLACED PLUGS ONCE MORE AND SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED STEERING RACK BUT SINCE THEN I HAVE STILL NOTICED THE HANDLING OF CAR IS NOT RIGHT IN THE STEERING AS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL..VERY HARD TO HANDLE ON UNEVEN AND GRAVEL ROADS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONCE AGAIN AND I HAVE CALLED THEM AND THEY WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN ON THE 20 SEPT 05...I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE...I HAVE ALL PAPERWORK INVOLVED WITH ALL THE DATES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10136258September 12, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
I HAVE NOTICED MY RIGHT REAR WINDOW IS NOT SLIDING DOWN OR UP. WHEN I TOOK FOR 60K MILES SERVICE DEALER TOLD ME MOTOR FAILED AND IT COST ME $500. AND IT IS VERY COMMON IN TOYOTA COROLLA. AT 66K CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED GLOWING. DEALER SAID I NEED TO REPLACE CHARCOAL EVAPORATOR CANISTER WHICH IS PART OF EMISSION SYSTEM AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME $400. I WILL NEVER BUY TOYOTA AGAIN. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134921August 31, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
(1) MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING UNDER 35 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR (A TOYOTA COROLLA CE) TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT, NEW, IN THE SUMMER OF 2000. (2) THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CHARCOAL CANISTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. (3) THE DEALER REPLACED THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AT A COST OF $460.20, PARTS AND LABOR. I'M REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT LOTS OF OTHER COROLLA OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CANISTER IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM BUT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WAY TOO MANY TOYOTA'S ARE AFFECTED FOR THIS TO BE PASSED OFF AS A COINCIDENCE. I CALLED TOYOTA TO COMPLAIN BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HELP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134746August 30, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY TOYOTA COROLLA 2000'S TIMING BELT "SLIPPED" CAUSING THE MALFUNCTION LIGHTS TO GO ON AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED ON HIGHWAY 17 IN SANTA CRUZ. WE MANAGED TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE MOUNTAINOUS ROAD JUST IN TIME TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. WE HAD OUR FIVE YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128623July 13, 2005
STEERING
THE STEERING SUDDENLY BECAME VERY HEAVY WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. WE TOOK IT TO NEAREST GARAGE. THAT IS GOODYEAR TYRE SERVICE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP IS NOT WORKING AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I CALLED TOYOTA MOTOR AND LOGGED A COMPLAINT. CASE # 200507130358
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128482July 12, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I PURCHASED MY 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA IN MAY OF 2000. OTHER THAN POOR FINISH TRIMPARTS WHICH ARE CRACKING AND FALLING OFF, IT HAS BEEN A GOOD CAR UNTIL NOW! T THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 102000 AND THE CAR IS BLOWING OIL OUT THE TAILPIPE IN QUANTITIES OF ONE(1) QUART PER 100-150 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY DEALER( RALPH HAYES TOYOTA OF ANDERSON), THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY RECALLS OF THIS VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RECALL ON CAMERY, SEINNA AND ANOTHER ONE. AFTER VIEWING THE NUMBER OF POSTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM ON YOUR SITE, I SEE THAT MY PROBLEM IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. I KEPT THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3500 TO 5000 MILES(FILTER INCLUDED), AS I HAVE WITH ALL MY VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AS THIS( MY 1986 NISSAN PU HAS 296000 MILES ON IT WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM? IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127800July 7, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HE WENT TO WASH THE VEHICLE THE WINDSHIELD FRACTURED AND CRACKED. THIS OCCURRED ON JULY 7, 2005. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY IT HAPPENED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127390July 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
SUDDEN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF ENGINE OIL LOSS. AT 120,000 KM (~72,000 MILES) THE ENGINE STARTED BURNING OIL AT A RATE IN EXCESS OF 1 QT. PER 2,000 MILES. ENGINE AND CAR SERVICED AT TOYOTA DEALER PER ALL SCHEDULED SERVICE SINCE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW (ALL OIL CHANGES ON TIME PER SCHEDULE). THE RAPID CHANGE FROM BURNING NO OIL BETWEEN CHANGES TO BURNING A 4 QUARTS BETWEEN SCHEDULED CHANGES REMAINS UNEXPLAINED. INVESTIGATING WITH DEALER/SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR CAUSES AND REMEDIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119874May 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I PURCHASED A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA FROM DRY RIDGE TOYOTA ON APRIL 6, 2005. THE SALESMAN SAID THE CAR HAD BEEN THROUGH THE DEALER'S USUAL PROCESS TO READY THE CAR FOR SALE AND ENSURE EVERYTHING WAS IN SAFE WORKING ORDER. THE CAR HAD JUST UNDER 51,000 MILES ON IT. THREE WEEKS LATER MY DAUGHTER NOTICED IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND SHE BEGAN TO HEAR NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. TODAY, MAY 4, WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC, LESS THAN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. THE MECHANIC TOLD US WE WERE VERY LUCKY THE ENGINE HADN'T SEIZED OR BLOWN UP--THE OIL WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE. THERE IS NO PUDDLE ON THE DRIVEWAY AND NO TELL-TALE SMOKE AS IF IT WERE BURNING OIL, BUT STILL THE OIL WAS GONE. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE FOR THIS MODEL YEAR AND AM FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY. TRUSTING TOYOTA'S REPUTATION, I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO DRIVE. NOW I AM NOT CONFIDENT SHE IS SAFE IN THIS CAR, BUT I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, EITHER. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP, THOUGH JUDGING FROM THE POSTS HERE I ALSO HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT ANYTHING WILL COME OF THAT. WE WILL MONITOR THE OIL LEVEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120381April 27, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
COMPLAINT REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CARBON CANISTER ON THE 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FILL UP GASOLINE TANK AT THE SERVICE STATION, COULD ONLY GET IN 1 OR 2 GALLONS OF GASOLINE. THE CONSUMER WAS ASTONISHED TO DISCOVER IT WAS NOT A PUMP MALFUNCTION SINCE THE PUMP WOULD SHUT OFF. TRIED ANOTHER PUMP, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CARBON CANISTER HAD FAILED. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117996April 17, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DRIVER DOOR LATCH SOMETIMES DOES NOT UNLOCK. IT IS NOW DIFFICULT OPEN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE, AND SOMETIMES HAVE TO PUT THE WINDOW DOWN AND REACH OUTSIDE TO OPEN THE DOOR. A PERSON COULD BE TRAPPED IN AN EMERGENCY. I WAS TRAPPED INSIDE FOR A WHILE DURING A NON-EMERGENCY ON 4-9-05. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110179February 9, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, INTERIOR LIGHTING
THE PROBLEM I NOTICED WITH THIS VEHICLE, WAS WITH THE BRAKES EVERY TIME I WOULD BRAKE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ON COMMAND THE CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO GLIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED WAS BASICALLY I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I WAS IMAGINING THIS PROBLEM. UNTIL THIS DAY THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN MY FIANCE WAS IN AN HEAD ON COLLISION IN MY CAR, THE FRONTAL AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AS A RESULT HE INJURED HIS NECK AND BACK. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE ON MY CAR BY THE DEALERSHIP ,AND KNOW MY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THAT ALSO HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WHICH HAD OCCURRED AFTER MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THEM FOR REPAIRS. THE LIGHTS IN MY DASH BOARD HAVE ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE OUT. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10108418February 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY COROLLA STARTED USING EXCESSIVE OIL AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES. WHEN I TOOK IT TO OUR REGULAR MECHANIC WHO SEE THAT THE OIL IS CHANGED AT RECOMMENDED TIMES (I HAVE THE RECEIPTS) HE COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE ENGINE WAS BLOWING OIL OUT THE BACK TAILPIPE AND SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE CAR, MADE COPIES OF MY RECEIPTS, TOOK A PICTURE OF THE OIL ON THE BACK BUMPER, AND TOLD ME IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THAT TOYOTA HAD AGREED TO COVER $600 OF THE $5400 NEW ENGINE. THEY CHARGED ME $90 FOR THE INSPECTION. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WHEN TOYOTA CLEARLY KNOWS IT IS THEIR DEFECTIVE ENGINE, THAT THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A NEW ENGINE AT 70,000 MILES ON A CAR THAT HAS HAD PROPERLY MAINTAINED MAINTENANCE. I REFUSED TO HAVE AN ENGINE PUT IN, WE ARE JUST ADDING OIL EVERY DAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096454October 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1) EARLIER IN THE YEAR, I TOOK CAR FOR ITS ON-TIME OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC SAID THE CAR HAD NO OIL IN IT. DID NOT GIVE MUCH THOUGHT UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE NEXT OIL CHANGE. AFTER THIS OIL CHANGE, I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC. THE ALSO TOLD ME THE CAR WAS OUT OF OIL & PROBABLY JUST LEAKING. THEY CHANGED THE OIL & TOLD ME BRING IT IN ANOTHER DAY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES BEFORE THE NEXT OIL CHANGE WAS DUE, I NOTICED A CLICKING NOISE. I CHECKED THE OIL ( THE DIP STICK WAS DRY) I PUT A QUART OF OIL IN IT & DROVE IT TO THIS SECOND MECHANIC. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR HAD NO OIL LEAK, BUT THE CAR HAD NO OIL IN IT. ICALLED THE DEEALERSHIP & WILL BE TAKING THE CAR IN THIS WEEK!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096283October 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
I PURCHASED A 2000 COROLLA I HAD TO HAVE THE CHARCOAL CANNISTER REPLACED AND THE PURGE VALVE EMISSION UNIT REPLACED AT GREAT EXPENSE...THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON REGULARLY AND I AM TOLD IT IS THE PURGE VALVE OR THE GAS CAP...I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TOYOTAS AND I HAVE SPENT MORE ON THIS VEHICLE IN ONE YEAR OF DRIVING THAN ANY OTHER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090055August 30, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED ON ITS OWN. CONUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INFORMED MECHANIC THAT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS ALMOST KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AT A RATE OF 55 MPH. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086886August 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
MY AUTOMOBILE IS A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA. I WAS DRIVING ON AN ORDINARY ROAD AT PERHAPS 35 - 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOUD BANG AND MY DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED INTO HUNDREDS OF PIECES SCATTERING GLASS ONTO MY LAP AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. I DID NOT HIT A BUMP AND DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER VEHICLES THAT COULD HAVE THROWN A STONE AGAINST THE WINDOW. I DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE BACK TO MY HOME AND CALLED THE POLICE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIT BY A BULLET. THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER STATED THAT THIS OCCURS OCCASIONALLY AS A SPONTANEOUS EVENT. I AM NOT SURE THAT IS THE EXPLANATION AND WONDER IF YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS ANY SIMILAR CASES ON FILE ? THE WINDOW INVOLVED WAS MY LEFT SIDE - I COULDN'T SEEM TO CORRECT THE COMMENT THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT SIDE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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