Toyota Corolla electrical problems

RE: 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA CE, PURCHASED IN JULY 2007, APPROX. 15,000 MILES. ON 7/29/09, CAR STALLED TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE DRIVING. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (I-95) AS I NORMALLY DO. STALLED ON MY BLOCK AFTER I MADE TURN INTO STREET. AFTER A MINUTE, WAS ABLE TO RESTART WITH MINIMAL ENGINE POWER TO TRAVEL ANOTHER 100 FEET. HAD TO REPEAT THIS UNTIL I REACHED MY DRIVEWAY. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A DEFECT (WIRE FOR THE COMPUTER DISLODGED OR FELL OFF AND CAUSED THE PROBLEM). THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. NO TIME TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONLY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT APPEARED WHEN TRYING TO RESTART ENGINE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WITHOUT SOME INDICATION THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY OR WORSE. DEALER REPLACED THE PART THAT DAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL FOLLOWED BY AN UNEXPECTED ENGINE STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 50. UPDATED 01/05/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE CONSUMER WAS IN THE FAST LANE WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND HE HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALER FOUND AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE ECU. UPDATED 01/07/10.*JB

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA. ON NOVEMBER 11TH, AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST TOYOTA DEALER. THE COMPUTER, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE, HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE I HAD APPROXIMATELY 81,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THE WARRANTY COVERED THE COMPUTER UP TO 80, 000 MILES. I PAID TO HAVE THE COMPUTER REPLACED AND TOYOTA SHOULD BE REIMBURSING ME $300 OF THE TOTAL $978 BILL. *TR

WE PURCHASED OUR 2007 COROLLA LE BRAND NEW. WE REALIZED THAT AFTER PARKING AND RESTARTING THE CAR AND COMMENCING TO DRIVE, A LOUD "CLICK" WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE CLICKING NOISE WAS NORMAL AND IS MENTIONED IN THE MANUAL. I INFORMED THEM THAT OUR PREVIOUS COROLLA NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID NOTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. IF I WANTED, A NEW COMPUTER WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED BUT THE WAITING TIME WAS EXTENSIVE. I REFUSED THIS EXPLANATION AND NOTHING WAS DONE. IN ADDITION, THE CAR SURGES WHEN THE AIR CON OR DEFROSTER IS ON BUT AGAIN, THE DEALER "FOUND NOTHING". RECENTLY, ONE OF THE BELTS WAS SQUEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, AN OIL CHANGE AND BUILD-UP ON THE BATTERY REMOVED. THE COST - OVER $320. I TOLD THE DEALER OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WE PURCHASED AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS COVERED. WE FEEL THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS USELESS AND THE COROLLA DEALER JUST LOOKING TO MAKE MONEY. THESE INCIDENTS STARTED IN 2007 AND CONTINUED TO 2009. *TR

ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA LE. ONCE THE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR HAD A "HARD SHIFT". ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 2009, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE DIAGNOSTICS RUN, WHICH INDICATED A FAULTY P2716 PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID "D" ELECTRICAL. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE COMPUTER REPLACED ($900) AND THAT THE CAR COULD SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE IN OPERATION IF I DID NOT. AFTER I HAD IT REPLACED, I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET. TURNS OUT THAT TOYOTA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BASED ON A 9/2006 SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT CHOSE TO NOT ISSUE A RECALL. I HAVE A 110 MILE ROUND TRIP COMMUTE DAILY AND AFTER READING HUNDREDS OF POSTING FROM OTHERS THAT HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM, I COUNT MYSELF LUCKY. MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE CAR STOP ON THEM GOING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS LUCKY, BUT IT COULD HAVE TURNED OUT DEADLY. THERE ARE INCIDENTS OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING DUE TO FAULTY P2716'S. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF IT GOES OUT, BUT WHEN. I THINK TOYOTA SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY THE OWNERS OF THE 2006 COROLLA LE'S THAT THE PART IS FAULTY AND TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

2009 TOYOTA COROLLA, "S" AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM WAS INITIALLY IDENTIFIED BY ME WHEN MY CAR WOULD NOT CATCH WHILE ON A SLOPE IN DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ROLL BACK. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS NORMAL DUE TO A LOSS OF PRESSURE, HOWEVER IT WOULD DO IT EVEN IF I BARLEY STOPPED ON A GRADUAL INCLINE FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO ROLL BACK UNLESS I HAD ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ONE FOOT ON THE GAS WHILE TO KEEP ME STEADY TO START. THIS HAPPENED AT FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED THE CAR. RECENTLY, I MY ENGINE HAS BEEN RUNNING REALLY ROUGH AND WINDING AT A HIGH PITCH WHILE DRIVING. IT NOW INTERMITTENTLY GOES BETWEEN GEARS AND DOWNSHIFTS AUTOMATICALLY INTO GEARS THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPEEDS TRAVELING. THIS CAUSES A DRASTIC DOWN SPEED, AND EXAMPLE IS I WILL BE ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELING SPEEDS BETWEEN 50-65 AND IT WILL DOWNSHIFT AND REDUCE MY SPEED TO 40 MPH OR LESS, THEN I WILL TRY TO ACCELERATE AND IT WILL REDLINE OUT, AS IF I AM IN NEUTRAL AND I WILL HAVE NO CONTROL TO REGAIN SPEED UNTIL IT AUTOMATICALLY PUSHES ITSELF BACK INTO GEAR, AND THEN INCREASES MY SPEED AT A RAPID PACE, WITHOUT ME PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE GAS. AT THIS POINT, I AM REQUIRED TO PLACE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO CONTROL MY SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TAKEN MY CAR BACK TWICE AND CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED IT TWICE BASED ON THE READS, BUT I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE READS ON THE COMPUTER WILL SAY THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION... HOWEVER THEY CAN NOT IDENTIFY WHERE THE MALFUNCTION IS COMING FROM. PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FIX THIS AT THIS TIME. TOYOTA IS NOT ASSISTING WITH THE RECALL AND I AM LEFT WITH LOTS OF SHOP HOURS. THINKING ABOUT REGISTERING FOR THE LEMON LAW ABOUT MY CAR, I DRIVE APX. 1000 MILES WEEK AND MY CAR IS NOT SAVING, CONSISTENT, AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE HAVE NO CONTROL WHILE MY CAR MALFUNCTIONS. I CAN ONLY REACT TO WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT ALSO MAKES A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND, AND A HIGH WINDING SOUND WHEN REDLINING. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA. THIS YEAR AND MODEL OF VEHICLE HAS WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS WITH AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO CEASE ACCELERATION DURING DRIVING. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON INTERSTATE 77 WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. LUCKILY, HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT A CAR ACCIDENT. TOYOTA WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM, YET REFUSES TO RECALL THIS PART SAYING THAT IT IS NOT A "SAFETY ISSUE." I PERSONALLY KNOW OF OTHER DRIVERS WHO HAVE INCURRED THE SAME PROBLEM IN THEIR VEHICLES. I ALSO WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE RESPONSE IS DIFFERENT IN CARS WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS WHAT WE OWN. KNOWING THE DETAILS OF THE CASE, THE COMPANY STILL REFUSED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE, EVEN THOUGH THE REPAIR CALLS FOR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PART, AND THAT THE OLD PART IS DEFECTIVE. OWNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM COULD BE SURPRISED BY A SUDDEN STOP IN THEIR VEHICLE, AND COULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS THE PROBLEM DOES OCCUR DURING DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE ENGINES COMPUTER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. UPDATED 11/17/09 *BF THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32336. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32340. THE DEALER FOUND A CODE FOR AN ECM MALFUNCTION. UPDATED 11/18/09

CURRENTLY I OWN 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA , MODEL -CE WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY USED VEHICLE AND WAS @8500 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. CAR WAS IN GOOD RUNNING CONDITION UNTIL ON 8/29/09 CAR STOPPED SUDDENLY WHILE MOVING AND SMOKES CAME OUT FROM ENGINE HOOD. WITHOUT WASTING TIME, INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY AND CAR WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. REPAIR SHOP PERSONNEL INSPECTED QUICKLY AND I WAS TOLD THAT WIRING OF THE HARNESS CABLE NEAR THE ENGINE HAS BEEN OVERHEATED AND SOME HAVE MELTED DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING OF SOLENOID ON THE STARTER WHICH ALSO CAUSED BATTERY TO BE OVERHEATED. I TOUCHED HOOD AND IT WAS VERY HOT. WE WERE LUCKY ON THAT DAY OTHERWISE BATTERY COULD HAVE EXPLODED SHOULD WE WOULD HAVE TRIED ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO START A VEHICLE. I HAD MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS IN THE CAR. AS OF NOW, REPAIR SHOP IS NOT SURE ABOUT TOTAL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE AND ASKING @$736.00 INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF BATTERY AND STARTER AS WELL AS LABOR TOWARDS FINDING, REPLACING BY SOLDERING MISC HARNESS CABLES. AFTER DOING THIS MUCH, THEY WILL CHECK AGAIN THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, OTHERWISE THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CHASE UNTIL CAR IS FIXED. THIS LEADS TO UNCERTAINTY OF COST AND RELIABILITY OF THE VEHICLE EVEN AFTER REPAIR. THIS EVENT COULD HAVE RESULTED INTO TRAGIC INCIDENT FOR MY FAMILY WHERE MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS WERE IN THE CAR DURING THE EVENT. AS OF NOW, I WAS ADVISED BY ORIGINAL CAR SELLER REP, REPAIR SHOP AND FEW FRIENDS TO SELL IT OFF IN AS IS CONDITION OR AFTER REPAIR. AS OF NOW, CAR SELLER IS OFFERING $300.00 FOR THE CAR IN AS IS CONDITION. I AM STILL WONDERING WHILE WIRES OVERHEATED SUDDENLY AND SMOKED. I JUST DID OIL CHANGE A FEW DAYS AGO. PER INSURANCE COMPANY, THIS DAMAGE IS NOT COVERED UNDER INSURANCE AND HAVE TO TAKE CARE PERSONALLY. THIS IS A HUGE COST BURDEN WITH UNKNOWN REASON. *TR