2003 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER SITTING FOR 30 PLUS MINUTES. TOTAL LOSS. TOYOTA HAS NOT YET RETURNED NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS, AND THE SELLING LOCAL DEALER WANTS IT OFF THEIR LOT. 14,500 MILES. PURCHASED EXTENDED SERVICE POLICY, WHICH TOYOTA IS NOT HONORING. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

RECALL CAMPAIGN 02V074000, WHILE DRIVING THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY MAKES A RUMBLING NOISE ,AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES A GRINDING NOISE WAS PRODUCED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

REAR HEAD RESTS TOO BIG AND BLOCK VIEW IN THE REAR WINDOW. I NEED TO REMOVE THE REAR HEADRESTS TO DRIVE THE CAR IN THE SUMMER TIME WHEN AIR CONDITION IS ON. CAR SEATS ARE NOT COMFORTABLE. *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHEN TRYING TO BRING CAR TO STOP, HE HAD APPLY AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FORCE TO THE BRAKE, EVEN THOUGH RIGHT FOOT REMOVED FROM GAS PEDAL ENGINE DID NOT STOP. BF THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY DURING THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE HE WAS BACKING THE VEHICLE UP AT LESS THAN 35 MPH THE FAILURE OCCURRED. AFTER THE CONSUMERS FOOT WAS MOVED FROM THE GAS PEDAL HE HAD TO FORCEFULLY APPLY THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. THE CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND DROVE HOME WITH NO INCIDENT. *TC

THE CONSUMER WANTED TO ROTATE THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS JACKED UP FOLLOWED BY CHANGING THE TIRES. WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE AN ATTEMPT TO DISMOUNT THE TIRES FROM THE DRUMS, THE WHEEL/RIM WAS STUCK. THIS WAS A CHARACTERISTIC FOR ALL THE WHEELS. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE AXLE END WAS THE SAME SIZE AS THE CENTER HOLE IN THE WHEEL AND WAS FROZEN TOGETHER. THERE WAS A LITTLE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE DRUM, THAT WAS ADDING TO THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER HAD TO GET A HAMMER AND REPEATEDLY BEAT UPON THE WHEELS TO DISLODGE THEM. *AK *SC

THE PASSENGER'S REAR SEAT BELTS LOCK GOES THROUGH THE SEAT. SEAT COVER HAS BEEN CHANGED, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT MADE FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE CONSUMER.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER TWO PIECES OF CARPET INTO CIRCLES AND A SLIT IN THE CENTER AND PUSHED THE REAR SEAT BELT LOCKS THROUGH THE CARPET AND NOW IT LAYS ON THE TIP OF THE REAR SEAT. *TC

ENGINE REPLACED AT 55874 MLS DEALERSHIP SAID "VEHICLE WAS NOT MANTAINED". EVEN THOUGH OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 55 TO 7500 MLS. 3 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON HWY CAR SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN, WHEN I TRIED TO SLOW IT DOWN THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. AFTER ABOUT 5 MILES & 3 NEAR COLLISIONS I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF HWY AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. THE BRAKES WERE STILL LOCKED UP AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL ACCELERATING, CAR WOULD NOT STOP! I THEN THREW CAR IN PARK AND CUT ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO AVOID INJURING SOMEONE ELSE OR MYSELF . SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER HOOD. HAD TOWED TO DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE SAID THEIR WAS NOTHING WRONG! 2ND INCIDENT 3 DAYS AFTER GETTING CAR BACK TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN AND THEY ONCE AGAIN SAID COULD NOT DUPLICATE AND THAT THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM!THIS CAR ALMOST KILLED ME AND IS VERY DANGEROUS!!!!*AK

BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED SINCE THE BRAKES FAILED ONCE BEFORE, CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CAUSED BY POORLY FITTING GAS CAP. CONCERNED ABOUT BURNED OIL DEBRIS IN NEW OIL CHANGED. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ONE INCH OF THE ENGINE OIL HAD BEEN LOST OVER 1800 MILES ENOUGH THAT THE ENGINE COULD BE COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL OVER A 4000 MILE PERIOD. *TC

VEHICLE IS LETTING OUT FUMES FROM THE ENGINE AND THROUGH THE VENTS INTO THE VEHICLE. DRIVER TENDS TO GET DROWSY, AND HER ASTHMA TENDS TO GET WORSE BECAUSE OF THE FUMES.*AK