Toyota Corolla Complaints (2005)

854 consumer complaints on file.

#10354986September 11, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA WOULD NOT START ONE MORNING. I KEPT TRYING TO START IT AND NO CLICKING OR SOUND OF THE CAR TRYING TO TURN OVER HAPPENED. EVENTUALLY IT DID START BUT HAD A VERY HESITATING SOUND TO IT. THE NEXT DAY, IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS SO I TRIED CHARGING THE BATTERY FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS SEEMED TO WORK AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR TO WORK. AS I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHIFT HARD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED TOYOTA AND A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AFTER DISCOVERING THAT MY CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL. TOYOTA THEN GAVE THE GO AHEAD TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE ECM, THE PART BEING RECALLED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART FREE OF CHARGE AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BE "FIXED". TWO DAYS LATER... MY CAR WILL ONCE, NOT START. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10355336September 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LETTER FROM SENATOR SCHUMER ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS WITH HER 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE ON HER WAY TO WORK, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IMMEDIATELY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS DETERMINED, THE VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE ECM. *JB UPDATED 10/01/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10354474September 8, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN I SPEEDED UP AND PRESSED GAS FROM 30 TO 55 MILE PER HOUR AT THE FREEWAY, I FOUND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN. I WAS AT 55 MILE PER HOUR WHEN I FOUND IT AND TRIED TO PRESS THE BRAKE HARDLY. HOWEVER, THE BRAKE COULDN'T BE PRESSED HARDLY AND THE CAR COULD NOT BE STOPPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE CAR SLOWED DOWN SLOWLY AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO PRESS THE BRAKE HARDLY. THE BRAKE DIDN'T WORK WELL WHEN THE CAR IS IN THE PROCESS OF SPEEDING UP FROM LOW SPEED TO HIGH SPEED AT THE FREEWAY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10354476September 8, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE ENGINE STALLED LOTS OF TIME WHEN I USED BRAKE TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, OR WHEN I DROVE AT LOW SPEED IN TRAFFIC, SUCH AS 1 TO 5 MILE PER HOUR. I HAD TO PRESS GAS AT A STOP SIGN WHILE I PUT THE CAR IN PARKING POSITION TO KEEP THE ENGINE ALIVE. IT TOOK THE DEALER MORE THAN ONE MONTH TO FIX IT. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER RETURNED IT TO ME AND TOLD ME THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED, THE CAR STALLED WITHIN 200 FT AFTER I LEFT THE DEALER. I WALKED BACK AND TOLD THE DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT BACK TO HOME AND "LET THE COMPUTER LEARN BY ITSELF". I DID AS THE DEALER TOLD ME BUT THE CAR STALLED AS BEFORE. I HAD TO BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALER. DEALER CHANGED THE COMPUTER FOR ME. THE ENGINE-STALL PROBLEM IS SOLVED. RIGHT NOW, THE CAR (MOST PROBABLY THE ENGINE) STILL VIBRATES/SHAKES STRONGLY WHEN I STOP THE CAR AT THE STOP SIGN, AT THE RED LIGHT, AND DRIVE THE CAR AT VERY LOW SPEED (SUCH AS 1 TO 5 MILE PER HOUR). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351682August 25, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2005 TOYOTA COROLLA LE MODEL STALLED AND WOULD NOT RE-START AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES. FORTUNATELY IT HAPPENED PULLING UP TO THE HOUSE, AND NOT ON THE STREET OR FREEWAY. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY THE OWNER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. NO AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMPS WERE AVAILABLE, AND SINCE TOYOTA WANTED $1039 FOR A NEW UNIT ( IE., THE WHOLE IN-TANK MODULE), AN AUTO DISMANTLER WHO SPECIALIZED IN LATE-MODEL TOYOTAS WAS FOUND AND THE PART WAS OBTAINED FOR ABOUT $100. AFTER INSTALLATION, THE CAR HAS PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY FOR A MONTH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351709August 25, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP, MY 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED (STALLED). I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR TRY TO FIX IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351738August 25, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ROUGHLY A MONTH AGO, OUR 2005 COROLLA WITH ABOUT 40,000 MILES SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON A MAJOR ROAD. THE ENGINE CUT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ENGINE TROUBLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TURNING THE IGNITION AGAIN, THE CAR WOULD START FOR A FEW SECONDS AND STALL OUT AGAIN. A FEW TIMES, UPON TRYING TO START THE CAR AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. THE CAR WOULD NOT RUN AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE CAR GAVE NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE BEFORE THE STALLING INCIDENT. THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR, CRANK SENSOR AND ENGINE CONTROL COMPUTER ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ACCORDING TO OUR MECHANIC. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE OLD PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351869August 25, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BOUGHT A USED TOYOTA COROLLA IN TEXAS AT A TOYOTA DEALER, ON THE WAY HOME TO NY, AFTER A FEW HUNDRED MILES, IT DIED ON THE INTERSTATE AND MYSELF AND MY SON SPENT THE NIGHT IN IT, LIKE THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. LOADED ON A ROLL-BACK, AND TAKEN TO A TOYOTA DEALER, THEY SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY, BUT THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. NOW, $60 DOLLARS POORER, DOWN THE ROAD I GO, ANOTHER COUPLE HUNDRED MILES, AGAIN IT DIES ON THE INTERSTATE, SPENT ANOTHER NIGHT IN IT, ONTO ANOTHER ROLL-BACK TO ANOTHER TOYOTA DEALER. THESE FOLKS TELL ME THAT I HAVE BAD COMPUTER SENSORS IN THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY INSTALL A NEW ONE, CHARGE ME $1,300 DOLLARS, AND OFF I GO, UNTIL A HUNDRED MILES DOWN THE ROAD, IT QUITS AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE, THIS TIME ON A DANGEROUS SPOT ON A BLIND CURVE. A POLICE OFFICER PROVIDED PROTECTION FROM ON COMING TRAFFIC UNTIL THE TOW ARRIVED. ANOTHER ROLLBACK RIDE TO THE TOYOTA DEALER. THEY DO SOMETHING MORE TO IT, DOWN THE ROAD I GO, FINALLY MAKING IT HOME. NOW I KNOW THAT ITS NOT JUST MY CAR. I THINK THE TOYOTA COMPANY SHOULD HAVE REPAIRED THE COMPUTER SENSORS IN THE THROTTLE BODY AT NO CHARGE. ALL THREE TIMES THAT THE COROLLA QUIT, WE WERE IN A HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A MULTI-LANE INTERSTATE, AND MOVING AT THE SPEED LIMIT. WE WERE EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351457August 24, 2010
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OUR 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA (102,000 MILES) EXPERIENCES VERY HARD AUTOMATIC SHIFTING THAT MAKES IT SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. THIS JUST HAPPENED SUDDENLY. AT FIRST THE PROBLEM WAS JUST INTERMITTENT, BUT NOW IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE CAR CHANGES GEARS. WE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND SAW THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 05-07 TOYOTAS OF CERTAIN MODELS, AND THAT IT'S DUE TO A FAULTY ECM. UNFORTUNATELY, TOYOTA REFUSES TO REPLACE THE ECM, WHICH IS THE ONLY ($1000+) SOLUTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351514August 24, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO - WHILE SHIFTING MY 2005 COROLLA (TYPICALLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND THEN FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR). IN ORDER TO NOT MAKE MY CAR STALL - I WOULD JUST GIVE IT A LOT OF EXTRA GAS TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULDN'T STALL. THE PROBLEM OCCURS REGULARLY - ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE (ABOUT 1 TIME A WEEK). THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS WHEN STARTING AND STOPPING AND SHIFTING IN THE LOW GEARS. AFTER THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN FEB OF 2010 - I TOOK THE CAR TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THEY HOOKED THE CAR UP TO A COMPUTER AND SAID IT WAS FINE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY ALSO TOOK THE CAR ON A DRIVE TO SEE IF IT WOULD DO IT THEN, AND THEY CLAIMED IT DIDN'T. SO NOTHING WAS DONE AT THE THAT TIME. WHEN I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP, THE CAR CONTINUED TO SHIFT HARSHLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351540August 24, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN DECELERATING. THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY YET THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351548August 24, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1. DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA AT 55MPH THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE AND DEAD STOP AND WOULD NOT START. 2. THE FAILURE OCCURED ONCE. 3. THE CAR HAD TO HAVE A BRAND NEW COMPUTER "BRAIN" CHIP INSTALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10350684August 19, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2005 TOYOTA COROLLA, 99,000 MILES. CAR STOPPED DRIVING . ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS THE ECM. COST $735 TO REPLACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10349393August 15, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SUDDENLY MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN I WENT TO GET IT CHECKED OUT I WAS TOLD IT WAS A DTC P2716 CODE, A HARSH SHIFT AND M.I.L. "ON" PROBLEM. SINCE I HAD DONE MY RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS PROBLEM TO BE COMMON IN 2005 TOYOTA COROLLAS, I EXPECTED THEM TO REPLACE THE ECM FOR ME. HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT MY CAR WAS JUST PAST 89,000 MILES AND THE WARRANTY ENDED AT 85,000, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING TOYOTA WOULD DO. MY CAR EXHIBITS THE HARSH SHIFT PROBLEM REGULARLY AND NOW MY PLATES HAVE COME UP FOR RENEWAL AND I CANNOT PASS AN EMISSIONS TEST GIVEN MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT BEING ON. I CANNOT AFFORD TO JUST REPLACE THE UNIT AND I BELIEVE THAT SINCE TOYOTA IS AWARE IT IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, THEY SHOULD BE RECALLING THE PART FOR CONSUMER SATISFACTION. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL TOYOTA CONSUMER SINCE I BEGAN DRIVING BUT I HAVE LOST MY RESPECT FOR THE COMPANY GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MY NEWEST TOYOTA AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNCOOPERATIVE IN HELPING RECTIFY THE SITUATION (KNOWING IT IS A DEFECT ON THEIR PART). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348501August 10, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BREAK PEDAL AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE GAS CAP, THE TRANSMISSION AND AN UNKNOWN CHARCOAL CANISTER WERE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AND A HALF LATER THE VEHICLE AGAIN BEGAN TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED HER THEY BELIEVE THE AMPLIFIER WAS DRAINING POWER FROM THE BATTERY WHICH MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE AMPLIFIER WAS REMOVED BY THE AUTHORIZED DEALER. UPON RECEIVING THE VEHICLE IT CONTINUED TO INTERMITTENTLY STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT SHE WAS UNSURE IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURES CONTINUE TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,816 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,955.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348569August 10, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VISIBILITY
THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE CLOUDED AND YELLOWED AND, AS A RESULT, OBSCURES THE BRIGHTNESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVING AT NIGHT AS THE HEADLIGHT IS DIMMED TO ONCOMING CARS AS WELLS AS IT LESSENS VISIBILITY FOR THE DRIVER. IT SHOULD NOT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE VEHICLE OWNER TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHT LENSES REPLACED WHEN THE CLOUDINESS COULD BE DUE TO POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AS THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ANY OTHER CAR THAT I'VE OWNED AND ANY THAT BELONG TO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. THE LENSES HAVE GRADUALLY CLOUDED STARTING ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347575August 5, 2010
POWER TRAIN
BAD ENGINE COMPUTER 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA ROUGH SHIFTING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347670August 4, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A SIGNIFICANT DEFECT WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO INSPECT AN UNDERCARRIAGE RATTLE THAT STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. THE DEALER FOUND THE GAS TANK LOWER BRACKET HAD RUSTED OUT AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS DANGEROUS WAS DRIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347312August 4, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN STALL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR PRODUCE ANY FAILURE CODES FOR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER UNTIL THE VEHICLE COULD BE PROPERLY DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,770
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10346995August 3, 2010
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA LE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH WHERE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK AT A CERTAIN ANGLE FOR THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SEND PICTURES OF THE CRASH. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 42,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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