2000 Toyota Corolla

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

I BOUGHT A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA VE IN SEPT. 2001 WITH 28,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY, . THE ENGINE HAS BEEN CONSUMING EXCESSIVE OIL. MY FRIEND HAS 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA. HER CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO, SHE WENT TO A TOYOTA DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT SOME TOYOTA COROLLA CARS AROUND 1998-2001 HAVE THE GASKET PROBLEM INSIDE ENGINE. AFTER SHE TOLD ME, I GOT MY CAR CHECKED AND THE DOCUMENT SAID THAT OIL LEAKS AT HEAD GASKET ON THE BACK SIDE OF ENGINE. I DEALT WITH TOYOTA COMPANY AND THEY DENIED. I HAVE SEEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT YOUR WEBSITE. I FILE THIS COMPLAIN AND HOPE THAT A RECALL CAN BE ORDERED. *JB

I BOUGHT A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA VE IN SEPT. 2001 WITH 28,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY, . THE ENGINE HAS BEEN CONSUMING EXCESSIVE OIL. MY FRIEND HAS 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA. HER CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO, SHE WENT TO A TOYOTA DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT SOME TOYOTA COROLLA CARS AROUND 1998-2001 HAVE THE GASKET PROBLEM INSIDE ENGINE. AFTER SHE TOLD ME, I GOT MY CAR CHECKED AND THE DOCUMENT SAID THAT OIL LEAKS AT HEAD GASKET ON THE BACK SIDE OF ENGINE. I DEALT WITH TOYOTA COMPANY AND THEY DENIED. I HAVE SEEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT YOUR WEBSITE. I FILE THIS COMPLAIN AND HOPE THAT A RECALL CAN BE ORDERED. *JB

OIL SLUDGE IN MY 2000 COROLLA AT 60,135 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES WITH RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP THE DAY AFTER THE OIL PRESSURE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT NOTHING THEY CAN DO BUT REPLACE MY ENGINE BUT SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY WITH ALMOST 40,000 MILES LEFT ON IT. THEY ALSO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME TO COVER IT SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE MY OIL CHANGED AT THEIR DEALERSHIP AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME $8,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. I HAD TO HAVE MY ENGINE REPLACED ELSEWHERE FOR $2,500. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND TOYOTA IS REFUSING RESPONSIBILITY!*AK

IT HAS BEEN "PURE HELL". YES, THEY PULLED A FAST ONE ON ME, AND I'M NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW. WHEN I LOST OIL COMPLETELY OUT OF MY ENGINE THE FIRST TIME, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE ENGINE BY REBUILDING BECAUSE OF THE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM, AND BESIDES THAT, I WAS UNDER THE 60,000 MILES WARRANTY. THE SECOND TIME IT WAS THE REAR END SEAL IN THE ENGINE THAT THEY SAY WAS CAUSING FURTHER OIL LEAKS, THAT I PAID FOR BECAUSE I WAS OVER THE 60,000 ON THE SECOND RETURN TO TOYOTA. THEY ORIGINALLY CHARGED ME $850, BUT THEN SAID THEY WOULD GIVE ME A BREAK BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, THEY CHARGED ME $336. WHEN THEY GAVE ME THE LOANER, I THOUGHT IT WAS COVERED TOO, BUT FOR 9 DAYS I END UP PAYING $330 FOR THE RENTAL. I SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER TO THE OWNER, BUT YET NO RESPONSE.

THE CAR WAS GREAT UNTIL 01/22/03 WHEN OUT OF THE BLUE IT DECIDED CHOKING DOWN, WHITE AND BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAILPIPE. TOYOTA OF HOLLYWOD (FL) THE DEALERSHIP SWEARS IT IS FROM MY FAILURE TO PERFORM REGULAR OIL CHANGES. I PROVIDED THEM WITH OIL RECEIPTS FROM MY LICENSED MECHANIC OF 30+ YEARS. THEY ACCUSED ME OF DUMMYING UP THE RECEIPTS, IN ESSENCE CALLING MYSELF AND MY MECHANIC A LIAR. WE MET WITH FACTORY REPS ON 01/29/03. THEY \\RAIDED\\ MY MECHANICS GARAGE ARMED WITH CAMERAS, DEMANDING TO SEE INVOICES -- OLD, NEW, NUMBERED AND NUMBERED. OF COURSE, MY MECHANIC REFUSED. THEY CONTINUE TO REFUSE TO PUT A NEW MOTOR IN MY CAR EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE DETERMINED THE REASON MY MOTOR BLEW IS FROM \\SLUDGE\\.