2007 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

CAR : 2007 COROLLA CE FIRST INCIDENT : ACCELORATOR WOULD GET STUCK AND IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN UNTIL I PRESS THE BREAKS REALLY HARD. IT KEPT SHAKING THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER INCIDENT I TOOK TO CABE TOYOTA OF LONG BEACH (562) 595-7411 . AND CABE TOYOTA WASTED MY TIME AND KEPT THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS AND SAID NO WORK WAS DONE BECAUSE NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY DID SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CAR BECAUSE WEIRD NOISES STARTED HAPPENING. SECOND INCIDENT: 03/24/2010 BREAK FAILURE ON WARDLOW BLVD TOWARDS ATLANTIC AVENUE. BREAKS DID NOT WANT TO GO DOWN. CAR KEPT GOING AFTER TRYING TO PRESS BREAKS! HAD TO SHUT DOWN CAR BY TAKING KEY OUT OF IGNITION AND PULL EMERGENCY BREAK. LUCKILY NO CAR WAS IN FRONT AND BACK. STERRING WHEEL LOCKED. AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED I CALLED CABE TOYOTA AND FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT. THEY TOOK THE CAR FOR LESS THEN A DAY AND TOLD ME TO PICK UP MY CAR. THE MECHANIC SAID "WE HAD IT FOR TWO DAYS AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT." AND THEY HAD A MEETING WITH THE TOYOTA AND SAID GIVE THE CAR BACK. TIME OF SUBMITTING CAR 2 PM ON 03/24/2010 . TIME I CALLED TO ASK ABOUT CAR AROUND 1:30ISH 03/25/2010. THEY ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ONE DAY. AND ISSUED THE CAR BACK TO ME. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WAS SHAKING DRASTICALLY AFTER IT HAPPENED. LUCKILY MY DAUGHTER WASN'T IN THE CAR. OR I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY.

I TOOK MY 2007 COROLLA TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 1/18/2010 IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF THROTTLE SURGES, AND AT ONE POINT, LOSS OF THROTTLE CAPABILITY. THEY REPLACED 1 PART RELATED TO THE THROTTLE THAT COST OVER 1100 DOLLARS. IT CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME THINGS, AND I RETURNED IT ON 3/23/10, ONLY TO FIND OUT A COMPUTER BOARD AND OXYGEN SENSOR NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 1,000 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN TOYOTA'S LACK OF OWNERSHIP REGARDING THESE ISSUES. IF I CHOOSE TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE, I WILL THEN DRIVE IT OVER TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, TO PURCHASE A COMPARABLE REPLACEMENT.

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER STATES REPEATED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WAS RANDOM AND INTERMITTENT. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS BRAKING FROM NORMAL ROADWAY SPEEDS OF 30-60 MPH AND JUST WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST STOPPED, THE ENGINE WOULD RACE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAINST THE BRAKES. FORTUNATELY, THE BRAKES HELD ITS POSITION AND THE CONSUMER WAS BALE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, THE ENGINE RACING OCCURRED, HE TRIED TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO PARK TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING, HOWEVER THAT RESULTED IN THE ENGINE RPMS ACTING ERRATICALLY, SO HE THEN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. *JB

MY 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA ENGINE STALLED. I STARTED THE ENGINE AND WENT BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE AND WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR I NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS OFF (WHICH WAS BIZARRE BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD TURNED IT ON). OF COURSE THE RADIO WAS STILL ON. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START IT EITHER RESULTED IN THE CAR NOT STARTING AND IN OTHER INSTANCES IT WOULD START FOR A SECOND AND THEN SHUT OFF. I HAD TO BORROW MY HUSBAND'S CAR FOR THE DAY. WHEN I GOT HOME, MY HUSBAND AND I TRIED STARTING THE ENGINE AGAIN AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS STALLING, ALSO THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON. MY HUSBAND TOLD ME HE READ AN ARTICLE RECENTLY ABOUT COROLLAS AND MATRIX PROBLEMS SO HE WENT BACK AND READ THE ARTICLE ONLINE AND REALIZED THAT THIS WAS THE SAME ISSUES MY CAR WAS EXPERIENCING. I ALSO CHECKED THE COROLLA MANUAL AND SAW THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT SAYS TAKE THE CAR TO TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I OWNED A TOYOTA COROLLA 2007 AND THE ENGINE STALLED ONCE. IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GETTING OFF A HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE TOOK A 180 DEGREE TURN ON THE RAMP. THANK GOD THAT THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME. I THOUGHT IT DID SOMETHING WRONG TO CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL. THIS WEEK I READ THE NEWS THAT TOYOTA ADMITTED THAT THERE MAY BE A ENGINE DEFECT. I HOPE THAT TOYOTA IS TAKING STEP TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

ON FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010, I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA HOME ON MY LUNCH HOUR AND MY CAR STALLED TWICE ON A SHARP TURN. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL ON THE TURN BECAUSE THE STEERING BECAME (QUITE UNEXPECTEDLY) VERY DIFFICULT. AT FIRST I DIDN'T REALIZE THE CAR HAD STALLED, CAUSING THE STEERING PROBLEM. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CAR STALLED. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID IT COULD BE A COMPUTER PROBLEM, BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, ETC., AND THEY'D RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON IT. AFTER BEING THERE OVER FOUR HOURS, ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT THE BATTERY WAS "MARGINAL" BUT IT TOOK A CHARGE. I ASKED ABOUT PUTTING IN A NEW BATTERY AND THE SERVICE REP SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. I WASN'T CHARGED FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC OR BATTERY CHARGE. I BELIEVE, NOW THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE STALL ISSUE TODAY IN THE NEWS, THAT THIS PROBLEM IS WHY I WASN'T CHARGED FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOWEVER, I WAS NOT INFORMED THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH STALLING. *TR

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA LE 41K MILES BOUGHT USED A MONTH AGO.. I BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY SIMILAR BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS AS NOTED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: PE09054 . WHILE DRIVING THE CAR NORMALLY AROUND 40MPH+ AND SOMETIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VERY RANDOMLY ENGINE STALLS OR SLOWLY LOWERS TO ABOUT 2000 RPM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON.. I TRIED TO GIVE IT MORE GAS BUT ENGINE WON'T PICK UP ABOVE 2000RPM. I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE. SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. THEN RESTARTS THE CAR WITH NO ISSUES, ENGINE LIGHT TURNS OFF AND I CONTINUE DRIVING NORMALLY AGAIN.. THIS HAPPENS AT LEAST 2 TIMES IN MY DAILY COMMUTE (30 MINUTES ONE WAY) .. AND IS GETTING MORE AND MORE FREQUENT. *TR

THE CAR ACCELERATED INSTEAD OF STOPPING WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP. THE CAR SPED OFF ON ITS OWN AND CRASHED AGAINST THE FENCE ON MARCH 10, 2010. THE ACCELERATION OF THE CAR ON ITS OWN IS NOT NEW, BUT HAS NOT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH ATTEMPTING TO PARK AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATION, THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THREE PEOPLE DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND ALL OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCED THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 40,000. UPDATED 04/22/10 *BF UPDATED 05/05/10.*JB

2-17-10 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA STALLED ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO RENT A CAR. WENT BACK TO THE CAR AND IT STARTED AND RAN FINE FOR A FEW DAYS. THEN STARTED STALLING AGAIN. ONCE WHEN ON INTERSTATE I-26 I WAS IN PASSING LANE DOING 65 MPH AND IT STALLED AND I HAD TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD. I WAS ALMOST RUN OVER BY IRATE MOTORIST. IF THAT'S NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. PROBLEM BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND IT WOULD STALL EVERY 10-15 MILES. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC ON 3-15-10 AND HE INSTALLED A NEW OXYGEN SENSOR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR THE NEXT 100 MILES. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON AND THE MECHANIC SUSPECTS THE ECM IS THE PROBLEM. NOW I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. DON'T KNOW IF USED PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR