Toyota Corolla Complaints
11,764 consumer complaints on file.
- #11405406March 29, 2021ENGINE
I CHANGE OIL REGULARLY EVERY 5000 MILES. AT 187,775 MILES CHANGED OIL AND ONLY 1.25QT CAME OUT. NEXT OIL CHANGE ROUGHLY 192,000 ONLY 2QT CAME OUT. OIL CAPACITY IS AROUND 4.4 QT. NO OIL LEAKS SO THIS ENGINE IS BURNING OIL 2QT EVERY 5000 MILES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11405255March 28, 2021ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE USING OUR NAVIGATION SYSTEM OUR RADIO REBOOTED AND WILL NOT LOAD. WE WERE USING THE SYSTEM FOR DIRECTIONS BECAUSE IT'S HANDS FREE. I HAVE TRIED 7-8 TIMES TO RESET THE SYSTEM AND I EVEN TRIED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY TO PERFORM A HARD RESET WITHOUT ANY LUCK. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000 MILES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAVEN'T HAD ANOTHER ISSUES. I LOOKED ONLINE AND SEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR NAVIGATION/RADIO SYSTEM DOING THE SAME THING. IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM AND TOYOTA DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WILLING TO REPAIR THE SYSTEM FOR LESS THAN $1,400.00 FROM WHAT OTHER COROLLA OWNERS HAVE STATED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11405132March 27, 2021UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I PARKED MY CAR THE MORNING ON MARCH 22, THE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 50F. THERE WAS NO WINDSHIELD CRACK AT THIS TIME. WHEN I WENT TO GET MY CAR IN THE AFTERNOON ON MARCH 22, A FOOT LONG CRACK HAD FORMED ON MY WINDSHIELD. THE TEMPERATURE AT THIS TIME WAS AROUND 70F. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE I DROVE, IT WOULD HAD BEEN A SAFETY HAZARD. A WINDSHIELD SHOULD NOT CRACK THIS FAST. A FOOT LONG ON THE FIRST DAY? THE CAR WASN'T EVEN MOVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IMAGINE HOW FAST THE CRACK WOULD CRACK IF THE CAR WAS MOVING. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 500 MILES AND WAS LESS THAN A MONTH OLD WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11404828March 25, 2021STRUCTURE:BODY
PAINT PEELING ON THIS COLOR BLUE AND TOYOTA IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM, PAINT IS CHIPPING ALL OVER THE CAR , PLACES WHERE IT SHOULD NEVER YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE ORIGINAL PRIMER THE FACTORY USES UNDERNEATH THE CAR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11404717March 24, 2021SUSPENSION
BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARMS MAKES A SQUEAK NOISE. THIS CONDITION OCCURS WHEN DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS AND UNEVEN SURFACES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11404723March 24, 2021SUSPENSION
BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARMS MAKES A SQUEAK NOISE. THIS CONDITION OCCURS WHEN DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS AND UNEVEN SURFACES. I SHOWED THIS TO TOYOTA SERVICE ON DECEMBER 2019 WHEN FIRST STARTED BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THEN SHOWED IT TO DIFFERENT TOYOTA SERVICES IN 2020, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND IT EITHER. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SUSPENSION SPRINGS, SO I REPLACED IT BUT STILL THE SQUEAKY NOISE WASN'T RESOLVED. RECENTLY I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND I FOUND THE ATTACHED BULLETIN, BUT THE TOYOTA SERVICE WORKERS NEVER SEEN THIS AND TOYOTA NEVER INFORMED ME OF THE BULLETIN. PLEASE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND NOT A BULLETIN. TO THIS DAY, THE SQUEAKY NOISE IS A LOT LOUDER THAN IN 2019. PLEASE HELP.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11403957March 19, 2021POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE IS JERKING AND SHUTTERING WHILE IN MOTION BETWEEN 4-20MPH COLD OR HOT AND A/C ON OR OFF. THIS OCCURS BEFORE BRAKING AND SEEMS TO JERK FORWARD. TENDS TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN IN PARKING LOTS. THIS ISSUE IS ACCOMPANIED BY AGGRESSIVE ENGINE SHAKING AND ALL PASSENGERS CAN FEEL THE ROUGH IDLE. THIS ISSUE IS PROGRESSIVE GETTING WORSE WITH TIME OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, SPARK PLUGS WAS THE ASSUMED ISSUE FROM TECHNICIAN. FIRST DIAGNOSIS WAS SPARK KNOCK. REPLACED SPARK PLUGS, DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. SECOND DIAGNOSIS WAS "OFF CENTER STEERING WHEEL CAUSING STABILITY CONTROL TO OVERRIDE DRIVER THROTTLE INPUTS AND LEAD TO JERKY OPERATION" CASE IS ONGOING AND A RESOLUTION HASN'T BEEN PROVIDED OR SOLVED. TOYOTA CORP. IS OPENING AN INVESTIGATION/CASE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11403301March 16, 2021AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN 8/19 WHERE I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. I WAS INJURED AND NOW I FOUND OUT THERE'S A RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS AND THE SEATBELTS. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEATBELT DO NOT TIGHTEN TO KEEP ME FROM BREAKING MY NOSE AND DAMAGING MY C4/C5/C6/C7 IN MY NECK. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND I NO LONGER HAVE IT IN MY POSSESSION. THE ACCIDENT IS WELL DOCUMENTED
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11402979March 15, 2021AIR BAGS
THIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND WAS TOTALED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO. SO THIS CAR IS NO LONGER IN USE. PLEASE REMOVE THIS CAR FROM YOUR RECORDS.
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11400403March 11, 2021STEERING
OUR VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WILL GET STUCK EVERY MORNING FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 SECONDS. IT WILL ALSO GET HARD TO TURN WHEN DRIVING WHICH TURNS INTO A SAFETY ISSUE AS MY WIFE IS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH OUR 6 YEAR OLD CHILD. WE TOOK TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME AND THEY REPLACE THE CAR MAIN BATTERY. WE BROUGHT THE CAR BACK THE DAY AFTER WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND THE CALL US TO INFORM THAT THEY HAD REMOVED THE STEERING WHEEL COVER AND THE CAR WAS OK ( IT SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE BUT ITS NOT). WE SHOWED TO CAR TO THE TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER AND HE SAID IT WAS OK FOR THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE STUCK EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE CAR ON BECAUSE THE CAR IS NOT BRAND NEW ANYMORE ( THE CAR IS 2019 AND HAS 30K MILES AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANAGER DISMISS MY WIFE AND TOLD HER TO PICK UP THE CAR EVEN WITH THE SAFETY CONCERN EXPOSED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11400052March 9, 2021ENGINE
CAR EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS TURNED ON. MECHANIC AT OFFICIAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SUSPECTS ROCKER ARM ACTUATOR OR VARIABLE VALVE TIMING SYSTEM ISSUES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11399776March 8, 2021ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
AFTER PURCHASING MY COROLLA MY CAR POWERED DOWN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED IT AND STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER 2020. ON 1/16/2021 I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, EVERYTHING JUST POWERED DOWN. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS AROUND 6:00PM. I THEN CALLED MY FAMILY AND TOLD THEM WHERE I WAS AND WHAT HAPPENED. A PASSERBY STOPPED TO ASSIST ME AND GOT MY CAR RUNNING BY JUMPING IT OFF. AN HOUR LATER I WAS SITTING IN A PRIVATE DRIVE WAITING ON TRAFFIC TO PASS BEFORE PULLING OUT. THE NEXT THING I KNOW I WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THAT HIT ME THEN WENT OVER TO THE OTHER LANE AND SIDESWIPED A TRUCK THAT HAD A LOW BOY TRAILER ATTACHED TO IT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN THE TRUCK HIT THE OTHER TRUCK AFTER HITTING ME THAT IS WHEN THE 3 PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK WERE KILLED. TWO OF THE PEOPLE WERE EJECTED AND THE OTHER PARTIALLY EJECTED. THE PEOPLE IN THE 2ND TRUCK TOLD POLICE THAT I FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. THEY NEVER ASKED ME WHAT HAPPENED AND TOOK THE OTHER DRIVERS WORD AT WHAT HAPPENED. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS FROM EITHER TRUCK ON THE ROADWAY. IF I WAS PULLING OUT I AM SURE THERE WOULD BE SKID MARKS.*DT*JB
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11399272March 5, 2021AIR BAGS
TRAVELING ON US HWY 70 AT 35 MPH. ACCIDENTLY HIT THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING STRAIGHT AHEAD OF ME AND SUDDENLY STOPPED. MY PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE TURNED OFF WITH NO PASSENGER ON BOARD. THIS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT BUSTED MY WINDSHIELD WHICH WILL COST ME $400.00 AND TOYOTA SAYS THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UNLESS THERE IS A PASSENGER OR WEIGHT WHICH NO WEIGHT AND NO PASSENGER. JUST ME ALONE.
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11399018March 3, 2021ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
MY TOYODA CORROLLA HAD TWO RECALLS ONE IS THE DEFECTIVE ECM WHICH CAUSES THE CAE TO BE UN RISK OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT CAN STALL WHILE DRIVING, THIS PROBLEMAS DAMAGED MY CAR TRANSMISIN AFTER THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED THE PART, THEY EITHER DIDNT FIXED IT OR REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE PART, NOW MY CAR HESITATES ABD CHEK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON DUE TO THE ECM AGAIN NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, I CONTACTES TOYOTA CORPORATE AND AL THEY DID WAS TO GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND I CONTACTES THE CEO AND HE REJECTED MY EMAILS, I WANT THIS TO BE REPORTES UN CASE ME ABD MY CHILD CAN GET INJURED DUE TO THAT DEFECT TOYOTA DIDNT FIXED PROPERLY.ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11398739March 2, 2021ENGINE
CAR EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TURNING A CORNER. ROLLED TO A STOP, TURNED KEY ALL THE WAY OFF AND THEN WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11398510March 1, 2021AIR BAGS, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY CAR HAD EARLY SIGNS OF PROBLEMS WITHIN ONLY THE SECOND YEAR. IT HAD STOPPED TWO TIMES. IF THIS CAR STOPS BEFORE THE 18,000 OR LEMON LAW RETURN IT. I THEN WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT HAD 3 RECALLS. MY CAR WAS ACTUALLY STILL DRIVEABLE. I ALSO WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT I DEALL WITH ENVIROMENTAL ALLERGIES. I HAD THE VEHICLE FIXED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO PROBLEM. HOWEVER, AFTER THE RECALLS WERE FIXED WITH THE FUEL PUMP AND AIR BAG I STARTED TO BECOME EXTREMLY ILL . I EVER PURCHASED A VOC MONITOR AND WAS ABLET TO DETECT GAS AT DANGEROUS LEVELS. MY DEALER TOYOTA BOWIE AND THE MANUFACTURER DID LITTLE TO NOTHING TO ACCOMODATE ME. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER TOYOTA AGAIN, OR A CAR PERIOD UNLESS I CAN PAY FOR IT IN CASH UPFRONT. THE VEHICLES VOC TURNED DANGEROUS AFTER TURNING ON THE CAR FOR 10MINUTES STRAIGHT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- Yes
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11398566March 1, 2021SUSPENSION
REAR SUSPENSION SPRING WAS NOT IN THE RIGHT SPOT. IT WAS LEANING ON MY FRAME. MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11398295February 28, 2021UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR MAKES A SCREECHING SOUND EVERY TIME I BRAKE AT THE RED LIGHT.IT'S DIFFICULT TO BRAKE COMPLETELY AND WHEN I DO, THE CAR JOLTS FORWARD EVERY TIME. THE CAR STRUGGLES TO MOVE LIKE IT'S STUCK OR SOMETHING. IT MAKES ME ANXIOUS TO DRIVE IT. I'VE STOPPED DRIVING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S UNSAFE. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CARS, BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO ENDANGER OTHERS. I DON'T KNOW EXACT PROBLEM: UNKNOWN.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11398187February 27, 2021AIR BAGS
WAS SIDE SWIPED BY A SEMI TRUCK WHICH FORCED MY CAR TO SPIN AROUND ON THE FREEWAY. THEN HIT BY MULTIPLE OTHER VEHICLES AND BLACKED OUT. DAMAGE TO EVERY SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED BUT THEY FAILED TO DO SO. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR MY VEHICLE LAST YEAR AND BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE AIRBAGS FIXED. HOWEVER, THEY STILL FAILED TO DEPLOY.
- Crash:
- Yes
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 1
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11397539February 23, 2021AIR BAGS
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE CAR'S AIRBAG. IT HAS BEEN A FEW MONTHS AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO REMEDY THIS RECAL , AS IT IS STATED IN THE RECALL NOTICE THIS IS AN URGENT SAFETY RECALL. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER WHERE I ORIGINALLY LEASED MY CARE, AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS IS A POPULAR CAR , AND THAT WE DONT HAVE THE ITEM IN STOCK , THE DEALER ALSO HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME NOT TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTILL IT IS FIXED. THIS RECAL HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AND THEY STILL DONT HAVE THE PART TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT BUT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL IT IS FIXED, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY TOYOTA DEALER.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0