Toyota Corolla Complaints (1998)

225 consumer complaints on file.

#725323July 12, 2000
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
PARKING BRAKE FAILS (2 COMPLETE FAILURES). TAKEN TO DEALER, FIXED, BUT FAILED AGAIN. MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR, SO I NEED THE PARKING BRAKE. CAR NEARLY ROLLED INTO TRAFFIC NUMEROUS TIMES. MADE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PARK ON STEEP HILLS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865330July 12, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EXPERIENCE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. LOCAL FIRE DEPTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT A FUEL LEAKAGE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725236July 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THIS CAR HAS VISITED AT THE DEALER'S SERVICE STATION FOR ALMOST A TOTAL OF 3 WEEKS COMBINED SINCE I BOUGHT IT APRIL 2000. GAS LEAKED WHEN PUTTING GAS IN TANK AND THE CAR SMELLED OF GAS ON THE INSIDE. THE TANK WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED BUT JUST RECENTLY STARTED LEAKING AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. PLUS THE RIGHT FRONT AND REAR WHEELS MAKE NOISE. I JUST WANT THE CAR FIXED BECAUSE COROLLA'S ARE GOOD CARS BUT THE CONSTANT VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ONE THING OR ANOTHER IS REALLY STARTING TO ANNOY ME AND HAS BECOME A HUGE INCONVENIENCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784653May 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
THE CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM THE DASHBOARD AND SMELLED OF BURNING WIRE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552324May 19, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
DUE TO HEIGHT THE CONSUMER MUSH THE DRIVERS SEAT AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE FOR COMFORT, WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS RETRACTED IT TWIST 90% OF THE TIME AN CANNOT RETRACT CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS DUE TO THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE DOOR. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552133May 4, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED DUE TOO OVER HEATING OF FAILED STARTER CABLE WHICH IGNITED A PLASTIC GAS LINE. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720900April 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
JUST MINUTES AFTER DRIVING IN HEAVY DALLAS TRAFFIC, STOPPED AT A GROCERY STORE AND WAS PULLING INTO AN ANGLED PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ALMOST STOPPED, WHEN CAR SURGED FORWARD (REPEAT-WITH MY FOOT ON BRAKE). THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. I HIT THE VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT OF ME; VERY LITTLE DAMAGE AS MY CAR WAS ALMOST STOPPED WHEN IT SURGED FORWARD AND BRAKE FAILED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY CAR PORT. THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAR SURGED FORWARD. THAT TIME I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND JUST THOUGHT MY FOOT MUST HAVE SLIPPED. THIS TIME, I HAD TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CAR AND WE ALL WITNESSED THE SURGE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR (USELESS). AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE HAS STOPPED (BY HITTING SOMETHING EACH TIME), THE BRAKE GOES BACK TO ITS USUAL POSITION. I TOOK THE CAR TO CLASSIC TOYOTA HERE IN TYLER THE NEXT DAY WHEN I DROVE BACK HERE. THEY SAID THEY INSPECTED IT AND COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. I WAS VERY UPSET AND IT WAS ANNOTATED ON THE JOB TICKET. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND LEFT MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER WITH THE DRIVER OF THE CAR I HIT IN THE GROCERY STORE LOT. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED JUST MINUTES BEFORE AS I STOPPED FOR THE NUMEROUS RED LIGHTS IN DALLAS, MY CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPELLED OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION AND WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM, AND THE CAR IS A POTENTIAL DEATH TRAP FOR ME AND MY PASSENGERS OR THE VEHICLE I MIGHT HIT BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE FAILURE AND SURGE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A TWO-YEAR LAPSE BETWEEN THE TWO INCIDENTS, WHICH IS WHY THE DEALER COULDN'T TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY SUGGESTED MY FOOT HAD SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR. THIS ABSOLUTELY WAS NOT WHAT HAPPENED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855669January 27, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON AUGUST 26, 1999 OUTER TIE ROD NEEDED REPLACEMENT, AND LEFT CAM BOLT ALSO NEEDED REPLACMENT.DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717071January 8, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WAS IN AN ACCIDENT GOING 45MPH A TRUCK RAN A STOP SIGN AND I HIT THEM IN THE SIDE MY SON WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND HIS SEAT CAUGHT WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES BUT RELEASED WHEN WE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE. THE SEATBELT ALSO RELEASED WHEN WE HIT THE DITCH. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WINSHIELD 2 TIMES AND IS NOW DEALING WITH POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND NO DEFECTS AND THAT THE SAFETY SYSTEM DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSE TO. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/65R14 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#558526January 3, 2000
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION
AIRBAG AND SEATBELT LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, IN JULY OF 1999 THE FRONT AND RIGHT SEATBELT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550148December 29, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUED INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT, THREE REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER CONTINUES. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852904November 15, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714774November 14, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I HIT A TRUCK AT AN INTERSCTION AT 55. I DID NOT SEE HIM. I WAS ALONE, AND DID NOT SEE THE TRUCK SOON ENOUGH. MY DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE. THE PARA-MEDIC WHO REACHED ME FIRST NOTED THAT THE BAG HAD NOT INFLATED. THEY ARRIVED IN 5 MINUTES. THE PASSENGER SIDE DID INFLATE. I SUFFERED SEVERE BRUISING AND BROKEN RIBS AND HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. MY INSURANCE COMPANY ASKED ME TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#714501November 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER WHO CONTACTED TOYOTA...ALTHOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY DEALER AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO REPAIR. SAID THAT CAR WAS ABUSED, BUT OIL CHANGES WERE MADE AND DOCUMENTED. CAM SEIZED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713611October 20, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
TRANSMISSION AND DOOR PROBLEM FIXED, STEERING WHEEL STILL NOISY (I GIVE UP). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713464October 18, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ON WET PAVEMENT, AUTOMOBILE GOES INTO A SKID WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED ON 10-13-99 AT 11,802- LOW BRAKE FLUID LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON. REPORTED LOUD NOISES FROM THE BRAKES TO TH DEALER AT 5000 MILES ( BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON THEN, AS WELL). NEW BRAKES ARE NEEDED NOW, AT 11,802 MILES. NOTE TOO THAT AUTOMOBLE SWAYS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS( I.E., HIGH SPEED AND WIND COMBINATION). AND, BRAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS (55 MILES PER HOUR) CAUSE THE CAR TO PULL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850693October 14, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP
MAKING NOISES IN FRONT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. HAD AN OIL CHANGE 12-OCT-99, NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT. ALSO, REPLACED AND SURFACED ROTORS. DEALER SAID THAT CONSUMER WOULD NEED NEW BRAKES IN ABOUT 12000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713255October 13, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS CAR CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. FIRE OFFICIALS AT THE SCENE NOTICED SMELL OF GAS. THEIR INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT EITHER A FUEL LINE RUPTURED OR A FUEL INJECTOR FAILED AND SPRAYED FUEL ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712862October 5, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
HIGH SPEEDS CAR HARD TO CONTROL, CORNERS HORRIBLY,PITCHING MOTION OVER BUMPS, CRUNCHING NOISE ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844883September 21, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES 45MPH IT ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES ON ITS OWN. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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