2003 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN I WAS IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT .. MY VEHICLE IS UNDRIVABLE! THE POLICE AT THE SCENE WAS SURPRISED IT DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

MY 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA WHICH WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN MAY OF 2002 HAS HAD SEVERAL DASHBOARD AND RADIO ISSUES. TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE THE WHOLE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTERWHICH MY RADIO NO LONGER WAS FLUSH WITH DASH, THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL CONTACTED TOYOTA DIRECTLY, THEY SENT A MANFACTURING REP WHOM FIXED THE RADIO HOWEVER CREATED A BIGGER GAP B/W RADIO AND REST OF CONSOLE. TOYOTA IS CONSIDERING THIS A MANUFACTURING DESIGN NOT A DEFECT. WAS TOLD WOULD "ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL" IN ORDER TO FIX. NOW DASH IS FALLING APART AGAIN AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE FRONT CONSOLE. LOOKS AS THOUGH WAS GLUED TOGETHER.*AK

MY 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA EMITS AN OVERPOWERING SULPHUR SMELL WHEN I COME TO A STOP. THE SMELL ENTERS THE PASSENGER CABIN AND LINGERS FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES. THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS ONLY 13,000 MILES ON IT.*AK

IN NOVEMBER 2002, I PURCHASED A TOYOTA COROLLA 2003. WHEN THE HEAT IS ON, THE CAR EMITS A NAUSEATING ROTTEN EGG SMELL THROUGH THE VENTS. I BROUGHT THE COROLLA INTO A TOYOTA DEALER TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. IMMEDIATELY, THE TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE HANDED ME A MEMO EXPLAINING THAT THIS "ROTTEN EGG" SMELL (AS THEY ALSO REFERRED TO IT) CAN OCCUR FROM LOW-OCTANE BRANDS AND THAT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CAR ITSELF. THIS ADVICE CONTRADICTED WHAT THE SALESMAN TOLD ME WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR -- THAT I COULD USE 87 OCTANE GASOLINE. I ASSUME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM SINCE THEY HAD A MEMO READY FOR COROLLA OWNERS WITH THIS SPECIFIC COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I HAVE BEEN PUMPING 89-93 OCTANE GASOLINE INTO MY CAR WITH NO LUCK -- THE SMELL STILL EXISTS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SMELLED STRONG CHEMICAL FUMES. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER WOULD SMELL A ROTTEN EGG SMELL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *NLM BOTH OF THE CONSUMER TOYOTA COROLLAS EXHIBITED A ROTTEN EGG/FUEL SMELL. THE SMELL CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO FEEL NAUSEATED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE CONSUMER WENT THROUGH ARBITRATION BUT WAS DENIED HER REQUEST FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE OR REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE. (SECOND VEHICLE'S VIN- [XXX] - PURCHASED 5-27-03). *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

HAVE NOTICED A STRONG SULFUR/ROTTEN EGG SMELL FROM THE EXHAUST THAT ENTERS THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO CHANGE MY BRAND OF GAS. NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN NOTICED.

CAR MAKING KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS FROM NOT RECEIVING OIL CHANGES ON TIME. THE CAR ONLY HAS 22,456 MILES, AND I HAVE HAD 3 OIL CHANGES. THEY TELL ME I WILL NEED A NEW ENGINE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR IN MARCH 2002. THE CAR ALSO HAS A ROTTEN EGG SMELL.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LEFT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT.*MR *TS TIRE EQUIPPED ON A 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA . *CB

BRAKE SHOES, ROTORS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR.*AK *TS *NLM