2003 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

INTERIOR NOISE, SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED, BUT NOISE IS NOT GONE YET. NOW RIGHT FRONT DOOR AND DASHBOARD STARTED MAKING A NOISE. EVERYTIME I TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TELL ME THAT NOISE CAN'T BE DUPLICATED. AS A RESULT I USUALLY HAVE TO RIDE WITH SOMEONE FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO PROVE THAT NOISE IS THERE. IN MY OPINION SOME INTERIOR PARTS DO NOT FIT CAR'S STRUCTURE. *LA

THE GAS USED IN THE STATE CONSUMER LIVED IN CAUSED VEHICLE TO ACCUMULATE SULFUR. WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SULFUR. WHICH INDICATED THAT EXHAUST WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE EXHAUST GETTING CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH THE MANUFACTURER/ DEALERSHIP WERE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE A REMEDY HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. THERE WAS A TSB ON ON THIS ISSUE, NOT FOUND IN ARTEMIS.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER TURNED THE VEHICLE VERY SLOWLY AND HEARD A SHARP NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BEGUN TO SHAKE. THE MOTOR HAD GONE WILD. THE BRAKES HAD GONE OUT. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO SHUT OFF THE IGNITION AND TRIED TO PLACE IN NEUTRAL, THEN PARK, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN WITH NO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *SCC *NLM

I PURCHASED A NEW 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA AND FROM DAY ONE IT HAS HAD A HORRID ODOR IN COLD WEATHER MONTHS, A SMELL LIKE ROTTEN EGGS. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP REPEATEDLY AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, THAT IT IS THE GAS. NOT TRUE! THE SMELL IS SO BAD THAT AT TIMES I CANNOT STAND TO RUN THE HEATER, AND PEOPLE DRIVING BEHIND ME CAN SMELL IT TOO. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOTALLY IGNORED ALL COMPLAINTS. *LA

WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE IDLE POSITION. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *SCC *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED A ROTTEN EGG SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING . DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED, TECHNICIAN SAID IT WAS A GASOLINE PROBLEM. *AK

PURCHASED 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA IN OCTOBER 2002. CAR IS EMITTING A VERY NOTICEABLE SULFUR ODOR ESPECIALLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS PARTICULARLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM IS THE GASOLINE I PURCHASE. ACCORDING TO MY DEALER, SOME GAS STATIONS PUT AN ADDITIVE IN THE GAS THAT CREATES THIS SMELL. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER CAR.

2003 TOYOTA COROLLA HAD EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST FROM DAY 1. *MR THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE OUT BY 15K MILES. (THE CONSUMER OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR ONLY 6 MONTHS. *SCC *JB

MY BRAKES AND ROTORS WENT OUT AT 15,000 MILES ON MY 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU EMAIL ME AT [email protected]. *JB

WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH OUR TOYOTA COROLLA (2003) CREATING A "ROTTEN EGG" SMELL. WE HAVE COMPLAINED MULTIPLE TIMES TO TOYOTA, INCLUDING FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THEIR NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD 1)THE SMELL IS NORMAL, 2) WE'RE USING THE WRONG TYPE OF GAS (WE HAVE TRIED ALL KINDS) AND 3) WE NEED TO RUN THE CAR WITH THE AIR RECIRCULATING AT ALL TIMES. WE ALSO DO NOT GET THE GAS MILEAGE AS EXPECTED. WE ARE GENERALLY GETTING 29 MPG WITH MOSTLY INTERSTATE DRIVING. THE TWO MAY BE RELATED. THIS STARTED LAST FALL SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. THE PURCHASE DATE IS LISTED BELOW. *AK