Toyota Corolla Complaints

11,764 consumer complaints on file.

#10303135January 29, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER STARTING A 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA WITH APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILEAGE AND LEAVING PARKING GARAGE, CAR LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER TURNING KEY OFF, WAS ABLE TO RESTART ON THIRD TRY. WITH THE RESTART, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DROVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT AND MADE APPOINTMENT WITH TOYOTA DEALER. WAS ABLE TO RESTART CAR TO TAKE TO DEALER AND IN TRYING TO COMPLETE THE 10 MILES OR SO ON LOW SPEED ROADS, THE CAR REPEATEDLY LOST POWER UNTIL THE 8TH OR 9TH TIME WHEN IT WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR WAS TOWED THE LAST 2-3 MILES. DEALER SAID A NEWER FIRMWARE VERSION WAS REQUIRED. PRINT-OUT SAID THE ECM WAS REPLACED. THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT CHARGE AND DEALER WAS COOPERATIVE. THE SITUATION WAS DANGEROUS AND IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE POWER LOSS WAS NOT ON A HIGH SPEED ROAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10303163January 29, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
EXTREMELY WORRIED AFTER THE NEWS REGARDING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF TOYOTA CARS. I PURCHASED TOYOTA COROLLA 2010 RECENTLY AND I AM ASKING IF I HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN IT SINCE TOYOTA DIDN'T SOLVE THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM YET AND HALTED THE SALE OF COROLLA 2010. THIS CAR IS THE ONLY CAR WE HAVE AND WHENEVER I AM DRIVING IT NOW I AM SO WORRIED ABOUT MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY BEING IN A CAR THAT MAY HAVE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AT ANY TIME. ALSO, I HAVE ANOTHER CONCERN THAT MY CAR JUMP FAST AFTER EACH STOP AND THE BREAK RESPONSE SHOULD BE FASTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10303201January 29, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE A 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT/ SIGN THE CAR WILL IDLE UP. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE THE CAR WILL JUMP FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS MORE WHEN IT IS RAINING OUT. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I ASKED IF I COULD STOP IN WHEN IT IS RAINING SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT THAN. THEY SAID YES. I STOPPED IN ON A RAINY DAY WHEN THE CAR WAS DOING IT. THE SERVICE AGENT SAID THAT CARS IDLE UP WHEN YOU USE THE DEFROSTER. THAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE DO IT AS TO TRY TO LEAP FORWARD. MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY DOES NOT DO IT. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10303223January 29, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HIT BRAKES AT A STOP LIGHT & THE CAR ACCELERATED, HIT THE CAR IN FRONT ME & PUSHED IT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE SECOND TIME I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING, BUT WHEN I BRAKED IT AGAIN ACCELERATED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10303239January 29, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND THE DEALER TURNED THE ROTORS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM; HOWEVER, SHE CONTINUED HEARING THE GRINDING NOISE. IN SEPTEMBER 2009, SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. SHE NO LONGER NOTICED THE NOISE; YET, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WITH A SUDDEN PULLING AND GRABBING MOTION. THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT THE ABS ACTIVATED WHICH CAUSED THAT FEELING. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. IN DECEMBER 2009, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER TOOK PICTURES AND TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. FURTHERMORE, THE GEAR SHIFT BROKE AND THE DEALER DID NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR SIX MONTHS. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH A REPRESENTATIVE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302919January 28, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I BOUGHT MY 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND EVER SINCE IT'S BEEN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. QUITE OFTEN, THE VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES WHICH MAKES ME BRAKE HARDER OR DOWN SHIFT TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY AND BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY TIMES WHERE I ALMOST GOT IN ACCIDENTS. *TW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302946January 28, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FOR ENTIRE TIME OWNED - THERE IS A GAP OF SECONDS BETWEEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL AND ACTUAL ACCELERATION. WHEN I PRESS GAS PEDAL THERE IS A HESITATION LEADING ME TO PRESS HARDER. THEN OF COURSE THE CAR HAS A SUDDEN SPRINT IN ACCELERATION. THIS IS NOT SAFE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 5.5 MONTHS SO I AM GETTING BETTER AT WAITING INSTEAD OF PRESSING HARDER. BUT I FEEL THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT. I INQUIRED OVER PHONE WITH SERVICE MANAGER WHERE I PURCHASED - EXPLANATION: I AM NOT USE TO A 4 CYLINDER, WHICH I BELIEVED BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN A 4 CYLINDER. BUT, I AM BEGINNING NOT TO BELIEVE THIS EXCUSE. *TW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302940January 28, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN SHE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. THE RPMS RAPIDLY INCREASED AND NEARLY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,667.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302959January 28, 2010
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL EXHIBITS A JERKING MOTION. THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER 24 HOURS THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. SHE HAS HAD TWO OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHO CONFIRMED THAT THEY ALSO EXPERIENCED THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTION. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 260 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1559.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10303046January 28, 2010
EQUIPMENT
APPROACHED STOP SIGN AT MODERATE SPEED AND PUT ON BRAKE. THE ENGINE SPED UP TO THE POINT THAT BOTH FEET HAD TO BRAKE HARD UNTIL ENGINE IDLED DOWN. PUSHING GAS MADE NO DIFFERENCE DURING THIS TIME.THIS HAS OCCURRED A NUMBER OF TIMES TW*
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10303084January 28, 2010
STEERING
OKAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I DROVE ON INTERSTATE 75 TODAY IN FLORIDA SPEED LIMIT IS 70MPH. I WAS GOING BETWEEN 65-70 AND I CAME INCHES TO HITTING AN 18WHEELER, THANKFULLY IN MY ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE STEERING I SLIGHTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND OF COURSE THE COROLLA VEERED A LOT MORE TO THE RIGHT THAN I INTENDED BUT AT LEAST THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN THAT LANE. GOD WAS WITH ME. I AM AWARE OF MY CAR'S STEERING ISSUE BUT I CANNOT DRIVE AT 30MPH ON A HIGHWAY. KEEPING THE STEERING STRAIGHT IS A TASK ALL ON ITS OWN. I'M FOCUSING ON THE CAR NOT VEERING INTO ANOTHER LANE AND CAUSING A FATAL ACCIDENT WHEN I SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON THE ROAD AND DRIVING IN A NORMAL STATE RATHER THEN A PANICKY ONE. I DRIVE THIS HIGHWAY EVERYDAY AND I HAVE BEEN CLOSE MANY TIMES TO HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. I REALLY NEED THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED I AM BECOMING MORE AND MORE SCARED EVERY DAY ON MY DRIVE TO WORK. DRIVING IN THAT STATE OF MIND IS NOT SAFE. I'M CONSIDERING MY STATES LEMON LAW PETITION PROGRAM BECAUSE ITS OBVIOUS THAT TOYOTA EITHER DOESN'T CARE OR PROBABLY TO BUSY FIXING THEIR OTHER FLAWS. I'M THROUGH WITH TOYOTA I JUST WANT THEM TO TAKE BACK THEIR COROLLA I CAN CARE LESS ABOUT THE PAYMENTS I'VE MADE. THEY NEED TO TAKE THEIR CAR VOID MY LOAN BECAUSE I RATHER WALK AND HAVE MY LIFE THAN PLAY RUSSIAN RULLET IN THAT CAR. THIS IS AN EVERYDAY INCIDENT. AND ALTHOUGH NOT PHYSICALLY INJURED, I AM DEVELOPING A FEAR OF DRIVING WITH THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS CRAZY. I AM ONLY 25 I SHOULDN'T BE FRIGHTENED OF DRIVING MY 2009 COROLLA. TW*
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302504January 27, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2004 TOYOTA COROLLA WAS TOTAL ON 9/11/07 IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE IT ACCELERATED IN REVERSE IN A PARKING LOT AND SMASHED INTO A TRACTOR TRAILER. MY FORMER WAS DRIVING IT AND SAID IT JUST TOOK OFF ON HER. (WE FIRED HER SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND SHE LEFT THE USA)*CW
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302513January 27, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IN JANUARY 2007 I RECEIVED DELIVERY ON A NEW 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING DELIVERY I EXPERIENCED WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A STUCK ACCELERATOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND WITHOUT APPARENT REASON THE VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD RACE. FOLLOWING THESE OCCASIONS I WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THE MAT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR, BUT COULD NOT ATTRIBUTE THE INCIDENT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT. I REPORTED THESE INCIDENTS TO MY DEALER, PAPAS TOYOTA, IN ST. PETERS, MO, AND THEY REPORTED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, THE INCIDENTS SEEMED TO STOP. BECAUSE OF THE RECENT SIMILAR ISSUES WITH TOYOTA VEHICLES, I BELIEVE THAT THE 2007 MODEL TOYOTA SHOULD ALSO BE EVALUATED.*CW *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302537January 27, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
FIRST - MY 2009 COROLLA FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T GRIP THE ROAD. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND IT FEELS LIKE I'M DRIVING ON ICE WHEN I GO PASS 40. IT HYDROPLANES ON DRY ROADS. SECOND - IN ORDER FOR ME TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP I NEED TO START PRESSING THE BREAK ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM LIKE A MILE BACK. THIRD - ON ONE OCCASION, AND THANKFULLY THIS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, MY ACCELERATOR CAME UP SLOWLY. WHAT I MEAN IS THAT AFTER I LET GO OF THE ACCELERATOR, RATHER THAN THE PEDAL COMING UP INSTANTLY IT CAME UP VERY SLOW. IN GENERAL I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE IT'S THE CAR I WANT.*CW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302525January 27, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION EVEN AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE SPEED COULD BE CONTROLLED BY BREAKING AND NORMAL DRIVING RESUMED. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE RECALL AT THAT TIME AND DID NOT THINK COULD BE A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE.*CW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302551January 27, 2010
STEERING
I ALREADY FILED A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT BUT FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IF I GO PASS 40 THE CAR STEERS ON ITS OWN AS IF IT'S HYDRO PLANING ON DRY ROAD. I DRIVE ON I75 TO AND FROM WORK. SPEED LIMIT IS 70 AND WHEN I REACH THE SPEED LIMIT I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE CORRECTING THE STEERING OF MY CAR. *CW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302584January 27, 2010
STEERING
I RECENTLE PURCHASED A NEW 2010 COROLLA. LIKE OTHERS, IT SEEMED TO DRIVE FINE ON A TEST DRIVE. THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE DROVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY HER ARMS WERE TIRED AFTER 25 MILES TRYING TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT. I'VE SINCE DRIVEN IT MANY TIMES IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS AND IT VEERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. I TOOK IT BACK AND THE DEALER SAID IT WAS WITHIN SPECS, BUT THEY TWEEKED IT TO THE LIMIT. IT DIDN'T HELP. HAVING TO CONCENTRATE SO HARD ON KEEPING THIS CAR IN A STRAIGHT LINE MAY KEEP A PERSON FROM AVOIDING ANOTHER TYPE OF HAZARD OR DANGEROUS SITUATION. DEALER REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE A PROBLEM, HOWEVER TWO EMPLOYEES (ONE SALESMAN AND ONE TECH) TOLD ME THEY NOTICED THE SAME THING ON OTHER COROLLAS. *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302650January 27, 2010
POWER TRAIN
TODAY, AS I WAS VERY SLOWLY PULLING INTO MY PARKING SPOT AT WORK , IT FELT LIKE A "JET" ENGINE TOOK OFF AND MY CAR ACCELERATED INTO THE BUILDING. I WAS STUCK ON CEMENT PARKING BORDERS AND THE WHEELS WERE SPINING. I DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THIS. I DO HAVE WITNESES TO HIS.THE CARE WAS TOWED TO TOYOTA. *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302877January 27, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
2009 TOYOTA COROLLA - GAS PEDAL STICKING PROBLEM WHILE ON THE FAMILY DRIVEWAY TRAVELING AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR, CAR RAPIDLY ACCELERATED FORWARD AFTER I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL. PUSHING THE BRAKE DOWN AS HARD AS I COULD THE CAR CONTINUED TRAVELING FORWARD CRASHING INTO MY DAUGHTER'S CAR, THEN PUSHING HER CAR THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GARAGE DOOR & THROUGH THE HOUSE WALL COMPLETELY DAMAGING MY DAUGHTER'S CAR (TOTALED) DESTROYING THE GARAGE DOOR WHILE SMASHING DOWN THAT PORTION OF THE HOUSE WALL. AND THEN FURTHER INSIDE COLLIDING INTO A LARGE DRYER & WASHING FINALLY COMING TO REST AGAINST AN INSIDE HOUSE WALL BEAM & CONCRETE. MY DAUGHTER WAS ALMOST HIT AS SHE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL WHEN THE CARS CRASHED THROUGH. WE'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT IT WAS TOYOTA'S FAULT AS IT WAS WITHOUT QUESTION, A CASE OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION--THE CAR RAPIDLY ACCELERATED FORWARD ON ITS OWN, BUT TOYOTA INSISTED IT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THEIR CAR. TOYOTA, AT MY COST AND OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE FARM, MADE ALL THE REPAIRS TO THE CAR--TOYOTA REFUSED TO TAKE LIABILITY FOR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. SO THERE WE WERE, WHO COULD REFUTE MIGHTY TOYOTA'THEY WERE THE PREMIER CAR COMPANY & THEY MADE ALMOST PERFECT CARS. OBVIOUSLY WITH THEIR 2ND RECALL IN A MATTER OF MONTHS THAT IMAGE HAS NOW BEEN SOMEWHAT DISPELLED. IN SPEAKING WITH TOYOTA TODAY I WAS ADVISED THAT MY COROLLA WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THEIR RECALL AS I WAS ADVISED THAT THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY IN MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN BY NIPO-DENSO AND NOT THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY INVOLVED WITH THE SO-CALLED STICKING GAS PEDAL PROBLEM, AS THAT ASSEMBLY, WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES BY CTS. WHILE I APPRECIATE WHAT TOYOTA STATED ABOUT DIFFERENT ASSEMBLIES, I CAN STATE UNEQUIVOCALLY MY CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE HOLD TIME WHILE THE CAR RACED FORWARD.NO ONE INCURS SUCH DAMAGE PRESSING THE BRAKES. I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR REVIEW AND COMMENTS *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302323January 26, 2010
STEERING, SUSPENSION
COROLLA 2010 HAS MAJOR ISSUES BEING KEPT IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT SPEEDS OVER 55 OR SO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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