2007 TOYOTA COROLLA Complaints

UNEXPECTED, SUDDEN, FULL ACCELERATION WHILE BRAKING/SLOWING AND LITTLE OR NO RESPONSE FROM BRAKES. *TR OCCURS WHILE BRAKING, BOTH SLOWING AS WELL AS WHILE STOPPED. *SMCH

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED POWER STEERING FAILURE ON OCTOBER 4, 2009. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITH PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIBRATE. ALTHOUGH, IT WAS RAINING WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER ON OCTOBER 5, 2009. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND THAT HE COULD ROTATE, AND BALANCE THE TIRES. THE CONTACT REFUSED TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED BUT ACCEPTED HAVING THEM BALANCED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

STEERING ISSUE - OCCURS FREQUENTLY - FEELING OF LESS CONTROL IN TURNS AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BRAKES - OCCASIONAL - SUDDEN INCREASE IN BRAKE POWER WHEN BRAKING LIGHTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DOES NOT CONTINUE AFTER RELEASING BRAKE PEDAL BUT IS VERY NOTICEABLE. HAVE HAD THE BRAKES (DRUMS, PADS) REPAIRED / REPLACED TWICE (ONCE AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP) USING TOYOTA PARTS AND THE ISSUE PERSISTS. *TR

IN THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS I RENTED TWO TOYOTA COROLLA'S FROM HERTZ CAR RENTAL. THEY BOTH HAD SEVERE STEERING PROBLEMS. THEY WOULD VEER ONE WAY, SAY RIGHT FOR EXAMPLE. A SMALL STEERING WHEEL TURN TO THE LEFT DID NOTHING AND THE CAR KEPT GOING RIGHT. THEN ANOTHER SMALL TURN TO THE LEFT AND THE CAR WOULD VEER SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. IN THE FIRST CASE, IN CALIFORNIA, WHEN THE CAR VEERED LEFT I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER CAR IN THE LANE TO THE LEFT. AFTER STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT WITH THE OTHER DRIVER AND THE POLICE, I TOOK THE STILL-DRIVABLE CAR, NO LONGER WITH A LEFT SIDE MIRROR TO A HERTZ AGENCY AND EXCHANGED IT FOR A FORD AUTOMOBILE. IT STEERED FINE. FOR THE SECOND TIME, A YEAR LATER, I THOUGHT (INCORRECTLY) THAT THE FIRST CAR WAS ACCIDENTALLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND I RENTED ANOTHER TOYOTA COROLLA FROM A HERTZ AGENCY IN FLORIDA. IT VEERED ALL OVER THE ROAD TOO. POLICEWOMAN STOPPED ME AND SAID I HAD BEEN REPORTED AS DRIVING ERRATICALLY. WHEN SHE LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CAR SHE TOLD ME TO GET TO THE NEAREST PHONE AND CALL HERTZ (80 MILES AWAY) AND HAVE THEM BRING ME ANOTHER CAR. ACTUALLY, I WENT TO THE NEAREST MOTEL AND CALLED HERTZ FROM THERE. IT TOOK UNTIL THE NEXT DAY FOR THEMTO BRING A DIFFERENT CAR, NOT A TOYOTA. IT STEERED FINE. THOSE COROLLA'S WERE DANGEROUS. I RENTED THEM BECAUSE I OWNED AN OLD 1993 TOYOTA COROLLA AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL CAR AND CERTAINLY HAD NO STEERING DIFFICULTIES. DATES BELOW ARE APPROXIMATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CRASHED INTO A CURB AND NEARLY HIT THE PASSENGER THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP PRIOR TO SHIFTING INTO PARK GEAR WHEN IT ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER WAS FORCED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE HAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 57,645. UPDATED 4/13/10 *CN THE CONSUMER PULLED TO A STOP IN A PARKING SPACE AT A CURB WHERE SHE WAS MEETING A FREIND WHO WAITING ON THE SIDEWALK. SHE BRAKED TO STOP AT THE CURB BUT HAD NOT SHIFTED INTO PARK , WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH NO WARNING. UPDATED 07/01/10.*JB

I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA COROLLA 2007 GOING BACK HOME, I WAS DRIVING APPR. 45 M/HR ON HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY MY I FELT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING AND SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OVER MY CAR, I HIT THE RIGHT HIGHWAY WALL AND THEN THE LEFT HIGHWAY WALL. I CAN NOT EXPLAIN HOW THIS HAPPENED, I ONLY KNOW THAT I LOST CONTROL OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING, THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT FOR MY 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA CAME ON, AND THE CAR BEGAN TO 'JERK' OR 'STUTTER', AS THOUGH IT WAS SWITCHING GEARS OR LOSING POWER. MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER, AND THEY FOUND CODES P0441, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY P2716 -- CORRECTION WAS R&R ENGINE CONTROL MODULE, AND THE PEOPLE WORKING ON IT SEEMED TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE 60 FREEWAY WITH MY 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. IT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT FOR MORE THAN 100 YARDS. WHEN I CORRECTED IT, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED TO THE LEFT AND I ENDED UP RUNNING INTO THE CENTRAL DIVIDER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. IN OCTOBER OF 2008 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 80 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. HE COLLIDED INTO A TREE AND THE DRIVER FRONTAL AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION, OR THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE POLICE REPORT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 10,000.

MY WIFE WAS DROPPING OFF OUR CHILDREN AT OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSE (WHERE THEY CATCH THE SCHOOL BUS) AND WHEN SHE TURNED THE CAR AROUND IN THEIR DRIVEWAY IT UNEXPECTATLY TOOK OFF ON HER. OUR COROLLA CRASHED INTO OUR NEIGHBORS LARGE SUV WHICH WAS NO MORE THAN 10 FEET OR SO IN FRONT OF THE COROLLA AND PUSHED IT THROUGH THE WALL IN THEIR GARAGE. THE COROLLA, THEIR SUV, AND THE WALL OF THEIR GARAGE WERE ALL DAMAGED (ABOUT $8,000 TOTAL). *TR