2007 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY. AS RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BRUISING AND A CONTUSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM AT A LATER DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

AT 73 MILES AN HOUR I SLAMMED I SWERVED TO AVOID A CAR THAT HAD COME IN TO MY LANE, I LOST CONTROL AND SLAMMED IN TO THE CENTER DIVIDE, COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR AND THEN MY VEHICLE ROLLED 2-3 TIMES AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. NOT A SINGLE AIR BAG DEPLOYED (FRONT OR SIDE). CAR WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED, FRONT WAS SEVERELY SMASHED IN BACK WAS DESTROYED WINDSHIELD AND ROOF OF CAR COMPLETELY CAVED IN ALSO. *TR

FILLED GAS TANK AS USUAL. ON LEAVING GAS STATION HEARD CLANKING NOISE. WENT HOME AND THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS LOOSE IN MY TRUNK. CHECKED- NOTHING WAS. MY HUSBAND WENT UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND THE HEAT SHIELD FOR THE GAS TANK LOOSE. THE NEXT DAY I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE HAD TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK HANGER. THE PLASTIC WHERE THEY PUT THE BOLT HAD SPLIT APART. THE BOLT WAS BROKEN IN HALF AND RUSTED. THE NEW GAS TANK HANGER HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DESIGN SO I AM SURE TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND AS USUAL IS BEING VERY "QUIET". THIS WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR ME. TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER WAY TO SECURE THE GAS TANK AND HEAT SHIELD. *TR

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. LAST FRIDAY, I WAS DRIVING AT A REGULAR SPEED ABOUT 35 MPH AND MY COROLLA ACCELERATED. I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FOR AWHILE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO; SO, I PRAYED. I WAS COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN NOT KNOWING IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO STOP, AND I TRIED THE BRAKE AGAIN. FINALLY, THE CAR SLOWED DOWN. I DROVE IT 10 MPH UNTIL I REACHED MY HOUSE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THEY BLAMED ME. I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN AND TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP KEPT THE CAR AND KEPT IT FOR FOUR DAYS. THE MECHANICS AT THE DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE THE CAR AND SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD NOT DRIVE IT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD BRING IN A SPECIALIST THAT WOULD BE IN ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY. THEY CALLED ME ON MONDAY AND SAID THAT THE MASTER MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT IT INSTEAD AND A SPECIALIST WOULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN TO LOOK AT THE CAR. THE MASTER MECHANIC SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT. THEY DID A STATE INSPECTION ON THE CAR AND PASSED IT. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, MY DAUGHTER SPOKE TO A SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISOR. SHE SHOWED HIM ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT SHE FOUND ON THE INTERNET ABOUT PROBLEMS OWNERS' HAD WITH TOYOTA CARS ACCELERATING OUT-OF-CONTROL. THEY LISTENED AND STILL SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WHEN THEY CHECKED THE CAR, BUT COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE REALIZED THAT TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS MUST HAVE SENT A SCRIPT TO ALL DEALERS BECAUSE THEIR DEALERSHIP ALONG WITH OTHERS SAID THE EXACT SAME THING. SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE JUST WANTED IT DOCUMENTED THAT I SPOKE UP AND CONFRONTED THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE AND TOLD HIM HOW CONCERNED I WAS ABOUT MY SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHERS. I AM 73 YEARS OLD AND WANT TO BE SAFE FOR ME AND OTHERS.

BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, ATTEMPT TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN STILL RESULTS IN PEDAL MOVING TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING. HIT CAR IN FRONT. 2ND OCCURRENCE. FIRST OCCURRENCE IN JUNE 2011. DEALER SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON 2/21/2012. BRAKES THEN WORK AFTER INCIDENT. FAILURE SEEMS INTERMITTENT. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAYS HE THINKS THE PROBLEM COULD BE A MASTER CYLINDER. TOYOTA INVESTIGATING. SO FAR HAD INVESTIGATOR INSPECT CAR BUT HAVE NOT YET AUTHORIZED DEALER TO DO ANY REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN STOP FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. AS A RESULT, THE CLOCK SPRING AND THE AIR BAG SPIRAL SPRING CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,078.

DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP DUE TO A WRECK ON INTERSTATE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE BACK AND THEN WAS PUSHED FORWARD BY THE IMPACT INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. THE CAR WAS THEN HIT IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO SPIN 180 DEGREES. NOT ONE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR ANY OF THESE THREE IMPACTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER OUTLET WAS DEFECTIVE. WHEN THE POWER OUTLET WAS USED, A BURNING ODOR WOULD PENETRATE THROUGH THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER OUTLET FUSE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED AND THE POWER OUTLET FUSE CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ALMOST TO THE PARKING BUMPER, WHEN SUDDENLY, SHE HEARD A CLICK AND THEN A NOISE. SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED THE BUMPER, WENT THROUGH SOME GRASS TO A DRIVEWAY AND ENTERED THE PARKING LOT. SHE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR BACK PAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL SPEEDS. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS AGAIN INFORMED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.