2010 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

ON 08/30/2019 I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SUBURBAN CITY STREET GOING 40MPH AND SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE IS HADU LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT TURN. I WAS TERRIFIED BECAUSE I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BECAUSE THE CAR KEPT MOVING STRAIGHT AHEAD. I WAS AFRAID OF BEING HIT, BECAUSE I COULD GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN. OUT OF DESPERATION AND FEAR, I GRABBED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS AND TRIED TO PULL DOWN TO MAKE THE STEERING WHEEL TURN...I WAS USING EXTREME FORCE, PULLING NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL FINALLY MOVED THE WHEELS TO THE LEFT SO I COULD MAKE THE LEFT HAND TURN. BUT WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT TO STRAIGHTEN THE WHEELS AND CONTINUE MOVING STRAIGHT AHEAD, THE SAME THING OCCURRED....THE STEERING WHEEL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE, USING TWO HANDS PULLING DOWN ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL REPEATED TIMES TO GET THE CAR IN POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, NO TRAFFIC CAME DOWN THE ROAD IN EITHER DIRECTION. I CONTINUED TRAVELING DOWN THE STRAIGHT ROAD FOR TWO MILES, UNTIL I CAME TO A STOPLIGHT WHERE I HAD TO MAKE ANOTHER LEFT TURN. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THE SAME THING OCCURRED...I HAD TO REPEATED APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN, WHICH SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY. THIS TIME THERE WAS TRAFFIC BEHIND ME BEEPING THEIR HORNS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, BUT SINCE THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING, IT TOOK ABOUT 1-2 MINUTES PULL THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN THE CAR. I TURNED ON THE FLASHER LIGHTS, DROVE 10MPH AND CONTINUED HOME. THE CAR DROVE STRAIGHT: STEERING WHEEL LOCKED-UP AND REQUIRED EXESSIVE FORCE FOR NEXT FOUR RIGHT/LEFT TURNS I HAD TO MAKE TO GET HOME. AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR; INJURED RT ROTOR CUP USING SUCH FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL.TAKING TO TOYOTA DEALER TOMORROW FOR DIAGNOSIS.

TAKATA RECALL- THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT RECENTLY CAME ON IN MY CAR AND I AM BEING TOLD THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG INFLATOR AND/OR SENSOR CAUSING THE LIGHT TO STAY ON. ALSO THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR THAT MY HORN HAS GONE OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V168000 (STEERING) IN JUNE OF 2019. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OURISMAN FAIRFAX TOYOTA (10441 FAIRFAX BOULEVARD, FAIRFAX, VA 22030, (703) 359-1010) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RECALLED PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER. THERE WAS NO ESTIMATED DATE OF DELIVERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RAPIDLY DEPRESSED TO STOP THE VEHICLE DUE TO AN ONCOMING TRAIN AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHICH DIAGNOSED THE AIR BAGS TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT CALLED LANCASTER TOYOTA DEALER (43301 12TH ST W, LANCASTER, CA 93534 (661) 948-0731) INQUIRING ABOUT THE AIR BAG REPLACEMENT, TO WHICH THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO AIR BAGS AVAILABLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SWITCH IS NOT WORKING GOOD. WHEN USING IT TO PULL DOWN DRIVER SIDE WINDOW IS BEING SCRATCHED UP DUE TO I THINK LACK OF LUBRICANT. WINDOW SWITCH WORKS BUT IS MAKING MARKS ON MY WINDO AND I AM SCARED IT WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SLOWING DOWN AT 3 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE REAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK, NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF ANY INJURIES FROM THE OTHER VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE VEHICLE INSURANCE DECLARED THE VEHICLE DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) A YEAR BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. *BF *TR

COLD START RATTLING. WHEN CAR SIT THERE FOR COUPLE HOURS THEN START UP, ENGINE RATTLES FOR A BRIEF 1-2 SECONDS CAMSHAFT FAILURE/CHAIN TENSIONER IMPROPER INSTALL

ELECTRIC STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND ALL WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP. I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED AND RETURNED HOME. CAR IS IN THE DRIVEWAY SINCE.

TAKATA RECALL KEPT GETTING RECALL NOTICES TRIED TO GET FIXED BUT DIDNT HAVE PARTS WE FINALLY GOT APPOINTMENT AND GETTING FIXED 4 6 2019

SUDDEN FAILURE OF STEERING WHILE DRIVING. CURRENT MILEAGE AROUND 116,000. HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 30MIN AROUND 15-35MPH ON CITY STREETS WHEN STEERING SUDDENLY LOCKED UP AT ABOUT 15MPH WHILE I WAS MERGING LANES. BECAME INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO TURN STEERING WHEEL. AFTER 3 STRAIGHT BLOCKS AND NO CARS IN THE ROAD, I HAD TO USE 3 LANES AND ALOT OF FORCE TO ATTEMPT TO TURN RIGHT IN ORDER TO GET OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND ON TO A SIDE STREET. I LET RUNNING CAR SIT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHILE I TRIED TO CALL FOR HELP...THEN THE STEERING SUDDENLY STARTED TO WORK AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON A FREEWAY.