2000 Toyota Corolla

SUDDEN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF ENGINE OIL LOSS. AT 120,000 KM (~72,000 MILES) THE ENGINE STARTED BURNING OIL AT A RATE IN EXCESS OF 1 QT. PER 2,000 MILES. ENGINE AND CAR SERVICED AT TOYOTA DEALER PER ALL SCHEDULED SERVICE SINCE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW (ALL OIL CHANGES ON TIME PER SCHEDULE). THE RAPID CHANGE FROM BURNING NO OIL BETWEEN CHANGES TO BURNING A 4 QUARTS BETWEEN SCHEDULED CHANGES REMAINS UNEXPLAINED. INVESTIGATING WITH DEALER/SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR CAUSES AND REMEDIES.

I PURCHASED A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA FROM DRY RIDGE TOYOTA ON APRIL 6, 2005. THE SALESMAN SAID THE CAR HAD BEEN THROUGH THE DEALER'S USUAL PROCESS TO READY THE CAR FOR SALE AND ENSURE EVERYTHING WAS IN SAFE WORKING ORDER. THE CAR HAD JUST UNDER 51,000 MILES ON IT. THREE WEEKS LATER MY DAUGHTER NOTICED IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND SHE BEGAN TO HEAR NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. TODAY, MAY 4, WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL MECHANIC, LESS THAN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. THE MECHANIC TOLD US WE WERE VERY LUCKY THE ENGINE HADN'T SEIZED OR BLOWN UP--THE OIL WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE. THERE IS NO PUDDLE ON THE DRIVEWAY AND NO TELL-TALE SMOKE AS IF IT WERE BURNING OIL, BUT STILL THE OIL WAS GONE. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE FOR THIS MODEL YEAR AND AM FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY. TRUSTING TOYOTA'S REPUTATION, I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO DRIVE. NOW I AM NOT CONFIDENT SHE IS SAFE IN THIS CAR, BUT I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, EITHER. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP, THOUGH JUDGING FROM THE POSTS HERE I ALSO HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT ANYTHING WILL COME OF THAT. WE WILL MONITOR THE OIL LEVEL.

COMPLAINT REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CARBON CANISTER ON THE 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FILL UP GASOLINE TANK AT THE SERVICE STATION, COULD ONLY GET IN 1 OR 2 GALLONS OF GASOLINE. THE CONSUMER WAS ASTONISHED TO DISCOVER IT WAS NOT A PUMP MALFUNCTION SINCE THE PUMP WOULD SHUT OFF. TRIED ANOTHER PUMP, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CARBON CANISTER HAD FAILED. *BF *NM

THE PROBLEM I NOTICED WITH THIS VEHICLE, WAS WITH THE BRAKES EVERY TIME I WOULD BRAKE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ON COMMAND THE CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO GLIDE. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED WAS BASICALLY I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I WAS IMAGINING THIS PROBLEM. UNTIL THIS DAY THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN MY FIANCE WAS IN AN HEAD ON COLLISION IN MY CAR, THE FRONTAL AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AS A RESULT HE INJURED HIS NECK AND BACK. THE REPAIRS WERE DONE ON MY CAR BY THE DEALERSHIP ,AND KNOW MY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THAT ALSO HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WHICH HAD OCCURRED AFTER MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THEM FOR REPAIRS. THE LIGHTS IN MY DASH BOARD HAVE ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE OUT. *JB

MY COROLLA STARTED USING EXCESSIVE OIL AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES. WHEN I TOOK IT TO OUR REGULAR MECHANIC WHO SEE THAT THE OIL IS CHANGED AT RECOMMENDED TIMES (I HAVE THE RECEIPTS) HE COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE ENGINE WAS BLOWING OIL OUT THE BACK TAILPIPE AND SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE CAR, MADE COPIES OF MY RECEIPTS, TOOK A PICTURE OF THE OIL ON THE BACK BUMPER, AND TOLD ME IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THAT TOYOTA HAD AGREED TO COVER $600 OF THE $5400 NEW ENGINE. THEY CHARGED ME $90 FOR THE INSPECTION. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WHEN TOYOTA CLEARLY KNOWS IT IS THEIR DEFECTIVE ENGINE, THAT THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A NEW ENGINE AT 70,000 MILES ON A CAR THAT HAS HAD PROPERLY MAINTAINED MAINTENANCE. I REFUSED TO HAVE AN ENGINE PUT IN, WE ARE JUST ADDING OIL EVERY DAY.*AK

1) EARLIER IN THE YEAR, I TOOK CAR FOR ITS ON-TIME OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC SAID THE CAR HAD NO OIL IN IT. DID NOT GIVE MUCH THOUGHT UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE NEXT OIL CHANGE. AFTER THIS OIL CHANGE, I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC. THE ALSO TOLD ME THE CAR WAS OUT OF OIL & PROBABLY JUST LEAKING. THEY CHANGED THE OIL & TOLD ME BRING IT IN ANOTHER DAY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES BEFORE THE NEXT OIL CHANGE WAS DUE, I NOTICED A CLICKING NOISE. I CHECKED THE OIL ( THE DIP STICK WAS DRY) I PUT A QUART OF OIL IN IT & DROVE IT TO THIS SECOND MECHANIC. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR HAD NO OIL LEAK, BUT THE CAR HAD NO OIL IN IT. ICALLED THE DEEALERSHIP & WILL BE TAKING THE CAR IN THIS WEEK!*AK

I PURCHASED A 2000 COROLLA I HAD TO HAVE THE CHARCOAL CANNISTER REPLACED AND THE PURGE VALVE EMISSION UNIT REPLACED AT GREAT EXPENSE...THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON REGULARLY AND I AM TOLD IT IS THE PURGE VALVE OR THE GAS CAP...I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TOYOTAS AND I HAVE SPENT MORE ON THIS VEHICLE IN ONE YEAR OF DRIVING THAN ANY OTHER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED ON ITS OWN. CONUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INFORMED MECHANIC THAT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS ALMOST KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AT A RATE OF 55 MPH. *TC

MY AUTOMOBILE IS A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA. I WAS DRIVING ON AN ORDINARY ROAD AT PERHAPS 35 - 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOUD BANG AND MY DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED INTO HUNDREDS OF PIECES SCATTERING GLASS ONTO MY LAP AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. I DID NOT HIT A BUMP AND DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER VEHICLES THAT COULD HAVE THROWN A STONE AGAINST THE WINDOW. I DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE BACK TO MY HOME AND CALLED THE POLICE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIT BY A BULLET. THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER STATED THAT THIS OCCURS OCCASIONALLY AS A SPONTANEOUS EVENT. I AM NOT SURE THAT IS THE EXPLANATION AND WONDER IF YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS ANY SIMILAR CASES ON FILE ? THE WINDOW INVOLVED WAS MY LEFT SIDE - I COULDN'T SEEM TO CORRECT THE COMMENT THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT SIDE. *JB