2000 Toyota Corolla

MY DADS 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA WAS BOUGHT NEW AND WAS DRIVEN FOR FOURS YEARS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. HE TOOK CARE OF THE CAR RELIGIOUSLY AND HAS 60 MILE COMMUTE BOTH WAYS TO GET TO WORK AND HOME. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UP TO THE MIDDLE OF 2004 WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED USE OIL AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE AND THEN, OUT OF NOWHERE, IT DEVELOPED A ROD KNOCK. HE ENDED UP BUYING A NEW CAR BUT THE COROLLA STILL HAD THE ROD KNOCK AND IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. FINALLY, THE ENGINE GAVE OUT AND THREW THE CONNECTING ROD END AND CAP THROUGH THE BLOCK, DISABLING THE CAR AND BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN A BUSY INDUSTRIAL AREA OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. THE COROLLA ENDED UP SITTING AT MY UNCLE'S FARM FOR TWO YEARS UNTIL MY FAMILY AND I COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE CAR. WE ENDED UP GETTING A USED 2001 PRISM MOTOR WITH 88,000 MILES ON IT AND SWAPPING THAT MOTOR FOR THE BLOWN ONE. UNFORTUNATELY, I KNEW THE RISK OF BUYING A MOTOR FROM A JUNK YARD BUT THE RISK WAS ALSO A DOUBLE RISK DUE TO THE ENGINE'S PREVIOUS HISTORY. AFTER TWO WEEKS AND THE MOTOR WAS JUST BEING RUN UNDER LIGHT LOAD CONDITIONS AND EVEN WITH FRESH MOTOR OIL AND FILTER, THE PRISM MOTOR ALSO DEVELOPED A ROD KNOCK. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND I HAVE FOUND OTHER CARS WITH THE SAME MOTOR HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS MY FAMILY HAD WITH OUR COROLLA. THIS ENGINE HAS SHOWN TO BE UNRELIABLE AND A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

ME 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA HAS A LEAK IN THE PIPE CONTAINING THE CAT CONVERTER AND RESONATOR. WHEN MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CONTAINED THESE PARTS IN ONE LONG PIECE. BEING THAT THE LEAK IS IN THIS PIPE, NEAR THE RESONATOR, I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER TO BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. MY CAR IS WELL WITHIN THE YEARS AND MILEAGE FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER SAYS THAT TOYOTA NOW MAKES THE REPLACEMENT PART ONLY IN 2 PIECES, NOT IN ONE PIECE AS WAS INSTALLED IN MY CAR. THEY TELL ME THAT BECAUSE OF THIS, I MUST PAY TO HAVE THE PIPE REPLACED. I FEEL THAT BECAUSE TOYOTA MADE THIS PIPE IN ONE PIECE ON MY CAR, THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PIECE, WEATHER BY ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED METHOD OR BY THE NOW TWO PIECE METHOD, SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE FEDERAL EMISSION WARRANTY AND BE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO ME. PLEASE RESPOND AS TO WEATHER TOYOTA CAN DO THIS OR IF THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE COVERED. THANK YOU *TR

MOTOR DEFECT - THE MILLIONS OF TOYOTA VEHICLES WITH THIS MOTOR DEFECT DESTROYING OUR AIR... EXCEEDING KNOWN POLLUTION LIMITS. YOU MUST RECALL THESE MOTORS, AND HAVE TOYOTA FIX THEM. THEY REFUSE TO FIX MINE... HOW MANY MILLIONS OF VEHICLES WILL YOU ALLOW TO DESTROY THE AIR WE BREATHE? THIS MOTOR BURNS AND DUMPS OUT THE EXHAUST 3 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 200 MILES. IT HAS COATED THE O2 SENSOR... IT HAS DESTROYED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER... HOW MUCH OIL NEEDS TO BE DUMPED INTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BEFORE A FIRE STARTS? IT IS A KNOWN MOTOR DEFECT. WHY HAVE YOU NOT RECALLED. THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS MOTOR... HOW MANY VEHICLES WILL YOU ALLOW TO DO THIS? PLEASE SAVE OUR CITIES!*AK

WE BOUGHT A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA VE IN SEPTEMBER. IT HAS THE BASE 1.8L ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND ABOUT 63,000 MILES. ONE THING THE SELLER DIDN'T TELL US WAS THE CAR WAS AN OIL BURNER. NOW HERE'S THE KICKER. ON HOT OR COLD, AS IN 10 F COLD, STARTS, THERE IS NO SMOKE OR ODOR. THERE ARE NO DRIPS, PUDDLES, OR SPLASHES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR ON THE GROUND. I HAD A SERVICE GARAGE LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID THE COMPRESSION WAS EQUAL ACROSS ALL FOUR CYLINDERS AND WELL WITHIN MANUFACTURER??S TOLERANCES. THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER CLAIMED THE RINGS WERE BAD. THE CAR IS, HOWEVER, GOING THROUGH ABOUT A QUART OF OIL EVERY 250 ?? 300 MILES. I SWITCHED TO 10W ?? 40 FROM 5W ?? 30 AND DUMPED SOME RESTORE IN THE CRANKCASE, BUT NO CHANGE. CHECKING WITH SEVERAL AUTO AND TOYOTA FORUMS INDICATES THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH COROLLAS. *NM