2000 Toyota Corolla

2000 TOYOTA COROLLA - OIL CONSUMPTION. I, LIKE A NUMBER OF OTHER OWNERS, HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT I CONSIDER HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. MY MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 62,000 MILES. CARBON BUILDUP OCCURS ON VALVES RESULTING IN LOUD RATTLING (DETONATION) UNDER ACCELERATION, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 RPM. DEALER SAID THERE SHOULD BE AN EXPECTED AMOUNT OF OIL CONSUMPTION BETWEEN CHANGES BUT I AM ADDING CLOSE TO 2 QUARTS PER CHANGE. COMPRESSION TEST WAS FINE, ONE CYLINDER SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN PRESSURE. DEALER SAID THIS INDICATED A POSSIBLE STICKING RING. SUGGESTED A GM COMBUSTION CHAMBER CLEANER MADE BY AC DELCO TO BLOW OUT THE CARBON. TRIED IT. IT WORKED GREAT FOR 3 MONTHS. THE DETONATION IS BACK ALONG WITH THE OIL CONSUMPTION. OWNED A 1995 COROLLA WITH PORTED AND POLISHED ENGINE AND IT NEVER USED A DROP BETWEEN CHANGES. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE HAS BEEN A TAPPING NOISE IN THE ENGINE FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD THE NOISE WAS LOUD. BUT, AS THE ENGINE WARMED UP THE NOISE BECAME SOFTER. HOWEVER, THE TAPPING NOISE BECAME LOUDER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, AND HE SUGGESTED HE LOOK UP TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) 628673 CONCERNING THE BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. *AK

I HAVE NOTICED MY RIGHT REAR WINDOW IS NOT SLIDING DOWN OR UP. WHEN I TOOK FOR 60K MILES SERVICE DEALER TOLD ME MOTOR FAILED AND IT COST ME $500. AND IT IS VERY COMMON IN TOYOTA COROLLA. AT 66K CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED GLOWING. DEALER SAID I NEED TO REPLACE CHARCOAL EVAPORATOR CANISTER WHICH IS PART OF EMISSION SYSTEM AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME $400. I WILL NEVER BUY TOYOTA AGAIN. *NM

(1) MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING UNDER 35 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR (A TOYOTA COROLLA CE) TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT, NEW, IN THE SUMMER OF 2000. (2) THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CHARCOAL CANISTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. (3) THE DEALER REPLACED THE CHARCOAL CANISTER AT A COST OF $460.20, PARTS AND LABOR. I'M REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT LOTS OF OTHER COROLLA OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CANISTER IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM BUT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WAY TOO MANY TOYOTA'S ARE AFFECTED FOR THIS TO BE PASSED OFF AS A COINCIDENCE. I CALLED TOYOTA TO COMPLAIN BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HELP. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA IN MAY OF 2000. OTHER THAN POOR FINISH TRIMPARTS WHICH ARE CRACKING AND FALLING OFF, IT HAS BEEN A GOOD CAR UNTIL NOW! T THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 102000 AND THE CAR IS BLOWING OIL OUT THE TAILPIPE IN QUANTITIES OF ONE(1) QUART PER 100-150 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY DEALER( RALPH HAYES TOYOTA OF ANDERSON), THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY RECALLS OF THIS VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RECALL ON CAMERY, SEINNA AND ANOTHER ONE. AFTER VIEWING THE NUMBER OF POSTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM ON YOUR SITE, I SEE THAT MY PROBLEM IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. I KEPT THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3500 TO 5000 MILES(FILTER INCLUDED), AS I HAVE WITH ALL MY VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AS THIS( MY 1986 NISSAN PU HAS 296000 MILES ON IT WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM? IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM.

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.

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