2005 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

TAKATA RECALL FOR MY AIR BAG. THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON THEN IT WILL GO OFF AGAIN AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS. THE LIGHT COME ON WHEN YOU START THE CAR. AFTER EVERYONE HAS PUT ON THEIR SEAT BELTS, THE LIGHT REMAINS ON, ON THE DASHBOARD. BELOW I HAVE SOME PICTURES.

TAKATA RECALL: THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS REPLACED UNDER A RECALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS NOW ON. ALSO, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST SIX TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN DECEMBER, 2008. THE FIRST TWO OR THREE WERE REPLACED WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR TIMES THEREAFTER AT MY OWN EXPENSE. THE LAST TIME I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHEEL BEARING WAS IN DECEMBER, 2016, WHILE ON VACATION. IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM JUST HASN'T BEEN PERMANENTLY SOLVED. SO FRUSTRATING AND EXPENSIVE FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL VEHICLE.

IT TOOK WAY TOO LONG FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PARTS AND CALL US FOR THE REPAIR, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS NERVOUS FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY.

TAKATA RECALL MY SON HIT BY INFLATED DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG ON 18TH DEC2014 AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON RESULTED DUE TO PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HIT THE CURB RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD CURB . THIS MAY HAPPEN DUE TO PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW AFTER HITTING THE CURB ( GUESS) BECAUSE CAR PASSENGER END STRUT TOUCHED THE CURB AND GOT DAMAGED . IT ALSO DAMAGED THE FIRE WALL . THE CAR WAS WITH NORMAL IN CAMPUS SPEED 25 MPH . TIRES WERE NEW & HAD REPLACED JUST THREE MONTHS BEFORE ACCIDENT . POLICE CALLED 911 & HE HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL , DOWNTOWN - HOUSTON DUE TO SEVER INJURIES DUE TO AIR BAG INFLATE . I WAS SHOCKED DUE TO DEEP CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD , FEW FACIAL CUTS & FRACTURED NOSE . I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER CENTER IN FIRST WEEK ON JAN 2015 TO INFORM ABOUT AIR BAG INJURY & INVESTIGATE PROBABLE CAUSE , BUT THEY DENIED AND TOLD ME SUCH INJURY CAN TAKE PLACE DUE AIR BAG IMPACT . MY INTENTION WAS TO AVOID SUCH INJURIES TO ALL OTHERS BUT NO POSITIVE RESPONSE I RECEIVED FROM TOYOTA . IN 1ST WEEK OF JULY 2017 , I RECEIVED THE NOTICE ABOUT RECALL OF AIR BAG AT MY PREVIOUS RESIDENT ADDRESS . AFTER READING THE NOTICE , I GOT SHOCKED BECAUSE OF TOYOTA'S STAND IN 2015 . I CALLED TOYOTA & ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER BUT THE CASE MANGER INFORMED THAT THE RECALL IS ASSOCIATED WITH PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG & NOTHING TO DO DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG . ATTACHED CASE NUMBER & LETTER FOR YOUR REFERENCE . I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM , NEED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE . CAR IS STILL RUNNING WITHOUT DRIVER END AIR BAG .

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CAR APPEARED TO BE RUNNING FINE. WENT TO GET A SMOG, " CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ON, AS A RESULT I FAILED SMOG. CODE REVEALED WAS PO741( TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE OR STUCK OFF) UPON VEHICLE INSPECTION FROM CANAL TRANSMISSION IN EL CAJON, CA. OWNER REVEALED THAT HE HAD COME ACROSS THIS PROBLEM ABOUT 10 TIMES WITH TOYOTA COROLLAS. HE REVEALED THAT EACH TIME HE TRIED TO FIX TORQUE CONVERTER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STILL REMAIN WITH SAME CODE AFTER REPAIR. HE SAID THEY FINALLY REALIZED THAT IT WAS AN ECM ISSUE AND NOT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IN 2010 TOYOTA DID A RECALL ON ECM. SO WHAT DO I DO? CODE IS PREVENTING ME FROM GETTING A SMOG, YET WHEN REPAIR OF TORQUE CONVERTER ATTEMPTED CHECK ENGINE CODE PO741 STILL REMAINS. I CONTACTED DEALER REGARDING CODE, THEY SCANNED CAR, THE SAME CODE APPEARED. ALL THEY OFFERED WAS 400 TO TEAR INTO TRANSMISSION TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND ISSUE. SO IN CLOSING , WE HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REVEALING CODE P0741; THAT WHEN REPAIRS ATTEMPTED ,REPAIR CANT SEEM TO BE FIXED SATISFACTORILY TO CLEAR THE LIGHT, BECAUSE THROUGH EXPERIENCE OF TRANSMISSION SHOP IT IS A FAULTY CODE AND THE REAL PROBLEM LIES WITHIN THE ECM, WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED DURING TOYOTA RECALL. SO WHAT DO I DO? I NEED MY CAR SMOGGED TO DRIVE.WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS WILL THE ECM CREATE IN THE FUTURE? TOYOTA NEEDS TO RECALL ECM AGAIN FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND OTHER PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE CREATED DUE TO THE FAULT Y ECM.

TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SOLENOID PERFORMANCE. MY 18 OLD DAUGHTER JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM THIS MAN WHO HAD RESET THE CAR SO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF. AFTER US DRIVING IT HOME AND SERVER MILES LATER IT WENT OFF. HE SAID HE HAD FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND THAT HIS MECHANIC HAD TOLD HIM TO JUST RESET IT AND IT WOULD BE FINE OBVIOUSLY IT WAS NOT FINE. WE TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC WHO IS A VERY HONEST MECHANIC HAD STATED THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE . HE PULLED UP SOME RECALLS AND INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL DONE ON MODELS 04305 COROLLA UNFORTUNATELY THE VIN NUMBERS WERE 1ZZ -FE. I'M CALLING THE DEALERSHIPS AND ALL THEY CAN TELL ME IS THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXPIRED RECALL ON MY VEHICLE THEREFORE IT'S NO LONGER UNDER THE WARRANTY OF THE RECALL . THEY'RE NOT TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS THEY'RE JUST SAYING THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR VIN NUMBER . WITH ALL THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THIS ISSUE HAS ARRIVED WITH OTHER VIN NUMBERS BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN OPEN . AT THIS POINT I'M NOT EVEN TOO SURE WHAT TO DO OTHER THAN GET A NEW TRANSMISSION OR REBUILT THIS TRANSMISSION.

TAKATA RECALL (POSSIBLY) SRS AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS BLINKING AND NOW IT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES AFTER STARTUP. ALSO, PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG STATES "OFF" AT ALL TIMES. IT APPEARS ALL AIRBAGS ARE DISABLED. VEHICLE WENT TO LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER 3/2/16 FOR AIR BAG RECALL/ISSUES. APPEARS PROBLEM NOT RESOLVED. ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT DEALER AGAIN.

THE VEHICLE STARTED SHOWING THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" AND THE ERROR CODE SHOWN WAS P0741. THE ERROR CODE SUGGESTS ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH CONVERTER SOLENOID. THIS ISSUES SEEMS TO BE COMMON ON THE 2005 COROLLA AND COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE TRANSMISSION DIES IMMEDIATELY WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY OR HIGH-SPEED ROAD.

MY CAR IS BLACK COLOR, AND ITS PAINT STARTS PEELING. THE MOST SEVERE SPOT IS ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF.