Toyota Corolla electrical problems

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED A CLICKING SOUND RESULTING FROM THE NEEDLE ON THE RPM METER DROPPING TO 0. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON, AND MY ENGINE STALLED. I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKING, AND COASTED ON MOMENTUM TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF A FEW SECONDS LATER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME.

APRIL 2010 - TACHOMETER STARTED 'JUMPING' AROUND. CEL WOULD ILLUMINATE ON AND OFF AND THE CAR WOULD OCCASIONALLY ACT LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL AND ACTED SLUGGISH. JUNE 2010 - BROUGHT TO LOCAL SHOP THAT SAID IT MIGHT BE A COMPUTER ISSUE AND TO TAKE TO TOYOTA. TOOK TO TOYOTA, TOYOTA SAID THAT IT WAS JUST A BAD TACHOMETER AND THAT I COULD CHOOSE TO REPLACE IT. I DID NOT. CEL LIGHT CONTINUED TO GO ON AND OFF. VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SHIFT VERY HARD OR SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE. SEPTEMBER 2010 - THE VEHICLE ALMOST STALLED AT 45MPH WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS (AUTO TRANSMISSION). WHEN GOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE RPMS WOULD NOT GET OVER 1800 WHEN NORMALLY IT RUNS AROUND 2300 (AT 65MPH) WHEN I WOULD STEP ON BRAKE, RPMS WOULD DROP TO AROUND 1000 AND THEN TO THE POINT OF STALLING. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH THE LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE RIGHT FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR TO NOT HAVE IT STALL IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES AT A LIGHT, I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND CONTINUE TO REV THE ENGINE. SOME DAYS THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING FINE, OTHER TIMES IT IS VERY STRESSFUL TO DRIVE WHEN IT IS HAVING ISSUES. OCTOBER 2010 - RECEIVED RECALL LETTER FROM TOYOTA REGARDING THE ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) AND THAT PARTS WILL START TO BE COME AVAILABLE THE END OF NOVEMBER. CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE IT IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. *TR

MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. SHE HAD TO STEER THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PARK THE CAR. THE ALTERNATOR ON THE CAR HAD QUIT WORKING AND CAUSED HER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT A COLLISION. THE REASON WE BOUGHT A NEW CAR WAS TO TRY NOT TO HAVE PROBLEMS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH OLDER MORE WORN VEHICLES. *TR

2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING FILING COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA CORPORATION FOR HEADLIGHTS MELTING AND ENTIRE ASSEMBLY NEEDING TO BE REPLACED *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK WHEN SHE TRIED TO USE THE REMOTE. THE DEALER HAD TO DISMANTLE THE DOOR PANEL AND INSTALL A NEW LOCK DEVICE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAULTY WORK ON THE PART OF TOYOTA. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEADLIGHTS CONTINUED TO GO OUT, UNTIL FINALLY, THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL PORTION OF THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH IN HER DRIVEWAY THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A CLANKING NOISE. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, OBSERVED THE NOISE, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. AS SHE ENGAGED THE BRAKES, THEY DID NOT RESPONDED AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DEALERS WHO WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. SHE STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST BUT THE LONGER SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE THE MORE CONSTANT THE FAILURE BECAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE SHIMS WERE MISSING WHICH HE ADDED ADDITIONAL ONES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN YOU ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL EVERYTHING THAT WAS ELECTRICAL BEGAN TO DIM LOW AND THEN NORMAL. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,027.

LETTER FROM SENATOR SCHUMER ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS WITH HER 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE ON HER WAY TO WORK, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IMMEDIATELY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS DETERMINED, THE VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE ECM. *JB UPDATED 10/01/10*JB

MY COROLLA 2006 STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH OUT WARNING. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY OTHER CARS WHILE TRYING TO GET MY COROLLA TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BAD ECM. THE ECM WAS REPLACED AND WE WILL SEE IF THIS ONE WILL WORK. THIS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT BAD IF THERE WAS MORE TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY! *TR

MY DAUGHTER'S 2007 COROLLA "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING BACK TO COLLEGE ON 8/29/10. SHE STATED THAT THE CAR STARTED TO JERK PERIODICALLY ALSO. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SAFELY THE FOLLOWING DAY AND I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC ON 8/30/10. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN RELEASED REGARDING A RECALL ON THE ECM AND TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA MALL OF GEORGIA AND HANDED THE SERVICE REP THE PRINTOUT OF THE BULLETIN AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I ASKED HIM IF THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE RECENT RECALL - HE SAID THAT THIS WASN'T RECENT SINCE THE DATE ON THE BULLETIN WAS 2007. HE SAID PROBABLY THE ECM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD CALL WHEN HE KNEW FOR SURE. A FEW HOURS LATER HE SAID THAT THE ECM WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. IN THE INTERIM, I HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BULLETIN ISSUED ON 8/26/10 SO WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR LATER THAT EVENING, I QUESTIONED A DIFFERENT SERVICE REP AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ANY RECALL! HUH? DIDN'T THE OTHER REP TELL ME THAT THIS WAS FROM 2007? I SAID WHY DID YOU REPLACE THE ECM THEN, HE SAID BECAUSE THERE IS A START UP ISSUE WITH THE ECM. I TOLD HIM WE WEREN'T HAVING START UP TROUBLE, BUT THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO JERK. I TOLD HIM WHAT I HAD LEARNED ABOUT THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND ASKED HIM IF THESE ISSUES WERE FIXED WITH THIS REPLACEMENT AND HE SAID NO, JUST THE START UP ISSUE!! HE SAID SINCE THERE WASN'T A RECALL ON THE STALLING ISSUE, THEY COULDN'T FIX THIS. I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED AND DID NOT FEEL SAFE PUTTING MY DAUGHTER BACK IN THAT CAR. NOW I SEE ALL THESE COMPLAINTS GOING BACK TO 2007 REGARDING THIS. TOYOTA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR 3 YEARS AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. MEANWHILE MY DAUGHTER HAS BASICALLY BEEN DRIVING A TIME BOMB FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS!! I DON'T FEEL THAT THE REPLACEMENT HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM, SO NOW WHAT IS MY RECOURSE? PLEASE HELP! *TR

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THEN TURNED OFF. MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ROUGH AND JERKING BETWEEN GEARS - PARTICULARLY GOING IN AND OUT OF REVERSE. A FEW WEEKS LATER MY DASH LIGHT WENT OUT, AND MY TAIL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. I CALLED TOYOTA, AND THEY HAD ME COME IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MY ECU RE-CALIBRATED. RATHER THAN RE-CALIBRATING IT, I WAS TOLD AFTER THE APPOINTMENT THAT THEY HAD REPLACED THE ECU. THE REPLACEMENT ECU WAS INSTALLED ON AUGUST 7, 2010. THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME WITH THE LIGHTING PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS A FUSE PROBLEM. NONE OF MY FUSES ARE BLOWN. THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE AS HARD OF A TIME SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS AS IT DID BEFORE THE ECU REPLACEMENT, BUT NOW I AM HARDLY ABLE TO ACCELERATE UP THE HILL TO MY HOUSE. MY ENGINE REVS UP TO ALMOST 4000RPM JUST TRYING TO GET UP TO 30MPH. THE ENGINE IS WORKING HARD AND IS LOUD, THE CAR HAS BEEN VIBRATING DURING ACCELERATION, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR. THERE WAS A RECALL ANNOUNCED ON MY CAR, AND I WENT TO TOYOTA.COM TO CHECK MY VIN. IT IS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL, BUT I ALREADY HAD THE NEW PART THEY SAY I NEED INSTALLED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I WANT TO RETURN THIS CAR. *TR