2001 Toyota Corolla

OWN COROLLA 2001 WITH 45,000 MILES, ENGINE LIGHT ON. I TOOK IT FOR DIAGNOSTIC, IT WAS CHARCOAL CANISTER. EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER PART & LABOR. SEARCHING IN THE NET ME MANY SAME MODEL OWNERS WITH EXACT SAME PROBLEM. TOYOTA IS DEFINITELY IGNORED THIS ISSUE WHILE SELLING THE CARE. AWARE THAT AFTER 35,000 MILES THE PART MUST BE REPLACED. LABOR AND PART EVERYWHERE OVER $400.*AK

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY TOYOTA COROLLA 2001. I DO NOT KNOW WERE THE ENGINE OIL GOES, I HAVE THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES BUT WHEN I CHECK THE OIL DIP STICK THERE IS NO OIL AND THEN THE OIL LAMP COMES ON. I CHECK FOR LEAKS AND MY CAR DOES NOT LEAK OIL.. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT BUT I STILL GET THE CHECK OIL LAMP IN DASHBOARD. WHERE DOES THE OIL GO? *JB

THE DASHBOARD IS SHOWING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AND VSV HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL TOYOTA 800-331-4331, IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CANISTER AND IS DELIBERATELY IGNORING INSTEAD OF RECALL OR FREE PARTS AND LABOR. I FOUND A SIMILAR KIND OF ISSUES RAISED BY OTHER COROLLA OWNERS ON THE NET. PLEASE DO THE NECESSARY INVESTIGATION IN THIS MATTER. *NM

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES: IN OCTOBER OF 2002, THE FRONT DRIVER-SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE (THE SPRING INSIDE THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC), AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FRONT PASSENGER-SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE DRIVER'S SIDE BACK SEAR DOOR HANDLE BROKE AS WELL. BOTH, DURING NORMAL USAGE OF OPENING THE DOOR. *NM

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OF MY 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA LE REPEATEDLY COMES ON. WHEN CHECKED IT STATES THERE'S AN PROBLEM WITH THE O2 SENSORS OR CONVERTER SYSTEM. I HAVE HAD THESE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. I AM TOLD OTHER YEARS OF THE TOYOTA COROLLA HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE STATED THE SENSORS ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER AND THUS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GETS TRIGGERED ON. I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS REPLACING BOTH O2 SENSORS THREE TIMES, AND THE CONVERTER AT LEAST TWICE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL COMES ON WITH THE SAME CODES FOR THESE SAME ISSUES. *JB

ON MY 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA LE WITH ABOUT 60,000 MILES, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD MY MECHANIC RUN THE OBD CODE, WHICH RETURNED THE CODE OF P0446 (EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM VENT CONTROL CIRCUIT). MY MECHANIC DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CHARCOAL CANNISTER SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE EMISSIONS OF THE COROLLA. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THAT MANY COROLLA OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SITUATION. THE REPAIR OF THIS PART ON MY COROLLA TOTALLED ABOUT $640 AND I FEEL THAT TOYOTA NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE AS IT BEING REPORTED BY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS OWNING COROLLA'S (AND OTHER MODELS OF TOYOTA). MY HOPE IS THAT TOYOTA WILL BE REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF REPAIRING THIS PART DUE TO THE LACK OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO A MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEM. *NM

HAVE A COROLLA 2001, 65K MILES ON IT TODAY. AT 56K MILES, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, STARTED MISFIRING, TOOK TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, CHANGED OUT POINTS AND PLUS. ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON, DEALERSHIP PERFORMED "INDUCTION" THROUGH ENGINE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND CAUSE BECAUSE COMPUTER READINGS VAGUE; GOT FRUSTRATED AND TOOK CAR TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP THAT SPECIALIZES IN FOREIGN CARS; THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A COIL. REPLACED COIL. CAR STARTED BURNING OIL PROFUSELY (1 QUART A WEEK IN IN-TOWN DRIVING). NOW SAME SHOP HAS DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET ON ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED. (CAR HAS 65K MILES). CAR IS SCHEDULED TO GO IN FOR A COMPLETE ENGINE TEAR-DOWN AND HEAD GASKET REPAIR/REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $1500-$1600. THIS 01 COROLLA IS THE 5TH TOYOTA AUTO I HAVE OWNED AND I HAVE HAD AN SUPERIOR EXPERIENCE WITH ALL -- EXCEPT THE 2001 COROLLA WHICH I BROUGHT BRAND NEW FROM A TOYOTA CAR LOT.