1999 Toyota Corolla

I RECENTLY HAD MY MECHANIC PUT NEW BRAKES ON MY CAR AND HE SAID MY ENGINE WAS RUNNING RATHER LOUDLY. I TOOK IT TO DENBIGH TOYOTA FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. THEY PUT A TENSIONING UNIT ON IT AND THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. UPON FURTHER DIGGING IN THE CAR, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CHAIN WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE ENGINE AND LEAVING METAL SHAVINGS IN THE ENGINE. MY CAR ONLY HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TOYOTA PLACE SAID THEY DONT' SEE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL THERE ARE AT LAST 150,000 TO 200,000 MILES ON THIS TYPE OF 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 1998 AND THOUGHT I WOULD NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

CORROSION CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE BOLT HOLDING THE MUFFLER STRAP ON BOTH MY 1998 AND 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA IN APRIL 2004 AND APRIL 2005 RESPECTIVELY. FORTUNATELY I WAS AT LOW SPEED IN 2004 SO THE DAMAGE WASN'T GREAT AND IN 2005 MY WIRE FAIL SAFE PREVENTED AN EXHAUST DROP. STAINLESS STEEL IS REQUIRED FOR THIS FASTENER OR MORE MUFFLER HOLDING DEVICES.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA LE (BOUGHT IN TAMPA, FLORIDA IN AUGUST 1999), WHICH CAME EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC LOCKS AND REMOTE DOOR ENTRY. ON OCTOBER 1, 2003, I CAME INTO TOYOTA OF ROSWELL TO HAVE THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR MECHANISM REPAIRED. A DAY BEFORE, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE HAD LOST ITS RIGIDITY, AND I WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE POSSIBLY COULD BE MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF I DID NOT FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE, SO IT WAS ORDERED, AND THE WORK WAS COMPLETED THE NEXT DAY (FOR $124.50). THE REPAIR WORK ENABLED THE DOOR HANDLE TO FUNCTION MORE OR LESS NORMALLY, BUT THE MECHANICAL FEEL AND FUNCTION OF THE DOOR HANDLE WAS NOT THE SAME AS BEFORE, OR EVEN SIMILAR TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE. I CAME IN ON OCTOBER 7TH TO HAVE THE HANDLE ADJUSTED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THE MECHANISM WOULD EITHER STICK IN THE LOCKED POSITION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE OPENING THE WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE (WHICH SOMETIMES DID NOT WORK EITHER); OR THE DOOR MECHANISM WOULD STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION, AND NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO CLOSE PROPERLY. I CAME IN TWO MORE TIMES ON NOVEMBER 24TH, TO TRY TO ADJUST THE DOOR HANDLE. AFTER THE LAST TIME, I GOT TIRED OF GOING IN TO JUST BE TOLD ?IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, AND WE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT CAUSED IT, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING NOW?. THIS PROBLEM, I BELIEVE, IS A LATENT DEFECT IN THE DOOR LOCK CASTING OF THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY. NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS STATED ABOVE EXISTED PRIOR TO MY COMING TO TOYOTA OF ROSWELL FOR RECTIFICATION OF A LATENT DEFECT IN THE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY. I NOW LIVE IN NEW YORK, AND THE DOOR CAUSES PROBLEMS DURING THE COLD WEATHER ? IT HAS SEIZED IN THE LOCKED AND UNLOCKED POSITION, WHICH WOULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN AN EMERGENCY. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE TOYOTA OF HUNTINGTON, AND THEY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE INTERNAL LOCK MECHANISM AND NOT THE HANDLE. BUT, THE HANDLE APPEARS TO HAVE A CRACK IN IT, AND I SUSPECT WILL BREAK SOON. *AK

BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NOT ON. ALSO, SOMETIMES AT THE SAME TIME OF THE BRAKE LIGHT, VE ENCOUNTERED THE INTERIOR LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING AND THE DOOR LIGHT COMING ON/OFF, WHEN ALL DOORS ARE OBVIOUSLY SECURE AND I AM DRIVING THE CAR. WAS TOLD BY ADVANCE AUTO IT WAS MOST LIKELY A WIRING ISSUE AND NOT A FUSE PROBLEM.*AK

1. NORMAL DRIVING AND USE OF CAR, REGULARLY MAINTAINED, STILL UNDER CERTIFIED PREOWNED WARRANTY (DOESN'T SEEM TO COVER WHAT SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW?). 2. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CODE SCAN PRODUCES PO-441/441 (VAPOR CANNISTER AND VSV NEEDS TO BE REPLACED [EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM ERRORS]). 3. NOTHING DONE YET. IT SEEMS THAT OTHER COROLLAS EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM (FROM WEB SEARCHES [WWW.GOOGLE.COM].*AK

I HAVE A 99 TOYOTA COROLLA VE AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL A WEEK AGO WHEN A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP LIT UP. I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC WHERE THE CAR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WAS CHECKED. IT SHOWED THAT MY CAR HAS A EVAP CONTROL SYSTEM VENT CONTROL CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANICS, IT WOULD COST ME 400-500 DOLLARS TO FIX IT BESIDES A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. AFTER THE CHECK UP, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WAS OFF BUT THEN COME BACK LATER. I LEARNED THAT MANY OTHER TOYOTA CARS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AND ALSO THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT STILL ON EVEN AFTER FIXING THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A PROBLEM OF A FAULTY CIRCUIT THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CANISTER TO VENT AND THAT CAUSES GAS TO BECOME TRAPPED IN THE CANISTER AND MAKES IT BREAK DOWN. THUS, RESULTING IN THE CHARCOAL CANISTER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW SAFE DRIVING MY CAR IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AND IT WOULD CAUSE PROBLEM WITH SMOG CHECK, GAS, FIRE... *LA