2003 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE SLIGHTLY DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS AS THE ENGINE BECAME LOUDER THAN USUAL. THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE CONTACT COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OR STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE UP HILL, CRASHING INTO A TREE AND IMMEDIATELY ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES FROM THE FORCE OF IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WAS STILL EXHIBITING HIGH RPMS AND THE UNUSUALLY LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS 45,000.

I HAD UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON TOYOTA COROLLA 2003 LE MODEL. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED TO ME TWO TIMES DURING ONE YEAR OF 30,000 MILES DRIVE. I SUSPECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) PURCHASED 2003, TOYOTA, COROLLA, VIN: [XXX] WITH DAUGHTER. VEH WAS PURCHASED FROM TOYOTA OF ORANGE IN CA. TWO DAYS LATER A HIT AND RUN DRIVER FORCED VEH TO SKID ACROSS FIVE LANES ON INTERSTATE 10 IN ONTARIO, CA, AND LANDED ATOP CENTER DIVIDER. THE VEHICLE WAS SENT TO REPAIR SHOP AND "REPAIRED" AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5-8 MONTHS. HOWEVER, THE CAR WAS NEVER PROPERLY REPAIRED, AND I COMPLAINED TO BOTH TOYOTA , AND TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, ALLSTATE, BUT TOYOTA ADAMANTLY STATED THE VEH WAS WITHOUT PROBLEMS. THE CAR WAS CONTINUALLY IN THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKES. EVENTUALLY THE CARPET CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR TO BECOME STUCK AND THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL. I WAS FORCED TO REACH DOWN WHILE THE CAR MOVING AND PULL THE CARPET WITH BOTH HANDS TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR. STEPPING ON THE BRAKES DID NOT HELP. NEITHER TOYOTA REPAIR NOR ALLSTATE WOULD HELP RESOLVE OUR COMPLAINTS SINCE 2003, WE WERE SIMPLY TOLD THAT THE VEH WAS FINE. ADDITIONALLY I BELIEVE THE FRAME IS BENT, LACK OF INTERLOCKING BRAKES CAUSING SKIDS, BRAKES ARE SOFT AND DROP TO FLOOR, AND POOR STEERING COLUMN. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT INVOLVING NEAR MISS ACCIDENT EPISODES. THE CAR SKIDS IF GOING AS LITTLE AS 5-10 MILES PER HOUR. I OFFERED TO GIVE THE CAR AWAY TO ANYONE WHO WAS WILLING TO INVESTIGATE MY COMPLAINTS, ALL TO NO AVAIL. I JUST RECENTLY LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I HEARD IN THE BRAND NEW CAR WAS A HOLE IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. TOYOTA CONTINUALLY DENIED THIS FOR 5-6 YEARS, THEN BY ACCIDENT A VERY YOUNG NEWLY EMPLOYED STAFF AT TOYOTA OF ORANGE, INFORMED US THAT OUR COMPLAINT ABOUT LOUD AIR SOUNDING NOISE WAS A HOLE IN THE EXHAUST, WHICH HAD BEEN CONTINUALLY MAKING THE NOISE, AND BURNING OF EYES (MIGRAINES). THE BRAKES WERE REPAIRED EVERY 2-4 MONTHS OR LESS UNTIL I JUST REPORTED LESS FREQUENTLY. THE CAR IS NOW NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. CURRENTLY IT NEEDS SOME BRAKES, ROTORS, DRUMS, CALIPERS, AND SHOCKS AS ALWAYS. *TR

ON JULY 9, 2005, I WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE CAR COLLISION DRIVING A 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA TYPE S, IN WHICH THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

I HAD A 2003 COROLLA THAT I PURCHASED IN 2002, ONE OF THE FIRST DELIVERED TO A WORCESTER MA DEALERSHIP. IN 2003 WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GOING UP A HILL THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE. FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD HIT THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON BUT I HADN'T. I WAS PROBABLY GOING AT LEAST 65MPH WHEN IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE, I HAD TO KEEP HITTING THE BRAKES TO MAKE IT STOP ACCELERATING. *TR

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAR STARTED SPEEDING UP. DESPITE PUSHING THE BRAKE, THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. DRIVER LOST CONTROL DUE TO SPEED AND WENT OFF THE ROAD ROLLING THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

IN NOVEMBER OF 2009 I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 93 FROM ANDOVER IN BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC WHEN I SUDDENLY FOUND THAT MY CAR, A 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA, WAS ACCELERATING DESPITE MY USING ALL MY ENERGY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. FOR SOME SCARY MOMENTS I WAS CERTAIN THAT I WAS GOING TO COLLIDE WITH THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. JUST AS SUDDENLY MY CAR STARTED TO BRAKE. HOWEVER, THERE HAD BEEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL INVOLVED. I HAD NOT HAD SUCH AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE CAR BEFORE AND HAVE NOT HAD ONE SINCE. *TR

MY CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN A ROTARY AND RESULTED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A GUARD RAIL. IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER IT HIT THE FIRST GUARD RAIL AND CAUSED ME TO HIT A SECOND GUARD RAIL. THIS CRASH RESULTED IN INJURIES AND COMPLETELY TOTALED MY 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA AS WELL AS AN ACCIDENT REPORT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MASSACHUSETTS RMV AND INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2003 COROLLA. VEHICLE CAME WITH ALL SERVICE RECORDS AND IT HAD BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. I ALSO CHECKED ALL FLUIDS. MILEAGE WAS 133,065 AT THE TIME I PURCHASED IT. I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD BECAUSE TOYOTAS ARE SUPPOSE TO LAST FOREVER, RIGHT? A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT IT I NOTICED A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. I CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS OUT. I HAVE TO PUT 3-4 QUARTS OF OIL IN MY CAR EVERY 7-8 DAYS. IT DOES NOT LEAK, IT BURNS IT. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE EMISSIONS LIGHT STAYS ON AND I HAVE ALSO LOST A HUBCAP COVER. I'VE NOTICED THAT EVERY OTHER 03 COROLLA I PASS ON ROAD IS ALSO MISSING AT LEAST ONE. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS ON HERE, I AM VERY CONCERNED AND KNOW I WILL NEVER BY TOYOTA AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE DRIVER STATED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING 30 MPH AND APPROACHED A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE WHEN SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND TO COAST TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. THE DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT FAILURE CAUSED HER AXLE TO BREAK. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE AROUND 90,000.