2000 Toyota Corolla

I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA WITH A 1.8L ENGINE THAT IS FULL OF SLUDGE AND NOW VISIBLY BURNS 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 200-300 MILES AND WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE OIL BEING BURNED IN THE EXHAUST. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL CATALYTIC CONVERTERS DUE TO BECOMING CLOGGED FROM THE AMOUNT OF OIL BURNING THROUGH THE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE THE CAR HAD ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON IT AND LOCAL TOYOTA GARAGE HAS EITHER DENIED THERE BEING A PROBLEM OR THEY HAVE TRIED TO SELL ME ON NUMEROUS OTHER EXPENSIVE REPAIRS SUCH AS FRONT AND REAR MAIN BEARINGS AND SEALS, ALLEGEDLY WARPED HEAD, ETC. VEHICLE NOW HAS CLOSE TO 100K MILES. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT NOW PASS STATE EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND IS ESSENTIALLY WORTHLESS. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF LIKE REPORTS IN RESEARCHING BUT NEVER SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. OTHER MODELS AND YEARS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A CLASS ACTION SUITS THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, BUT I CAN'T FIND THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESSED. *KB

SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION INVOLVING YEAR 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA. OCCUPANT IN VEHICLE INDICATES DECEDENT DRIVER MADE STATEMENT THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL THUS CAUSING COLLISION. INDEPENDENT WITNESS FOLLOWING BEHIND THE VEHICLE INDICATES THAT VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO COLLISION CONSISTENT WITH A MOVEMENT WHICH WOULD BE CAUSED BY A LOCKING AND NON-FUNCTIONING STEERING WHEEL. WE UNDERSTAND OTHER YEAR 2000 TOYOTA VEHICLES ARE BEING RECALLED WITH A DEFECT INVOLVING A LOCKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL. COLLISION CAUSED ONE DEATH (DRIVER), TWO CHILDREN WERE SENT TO THE TRAUMA CENTER AT UC DAVIS HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA, ONE ADULT FRONT PASSENGER REMAINS AT UC DAVIS HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA IN SERIOUS CONDITION. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS INFORMATION BUT APPEARS NOT TO BE TAKING ANY ACTION REGARDING INSPECTION OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE AND COMPONENT ARE PRESERVED INTACT NEAR SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA COROLLA AND EVERYTHING WORKED. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE, BRAKE, LISTEN TO THE RADIO, AC ON HIGH AND GET 30MPG IN THE CITY. SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH MY CAR. NHTSA AND THE MEDIA HAS CONVINCED ME THAT I MIGHT DIE WHILE DRIVING MY TOYOTA AND YET I FEEL JUST AS SAFE AS EVER. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU. *TR

AT 70,000 MILES ON MY 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, WHEN REVIEWING THE CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH MY CERTIFIED MECHANIC, I MENTIONED THAT I WAS USING A QUART OF OIL ABOUT EVERY 600 MILES. HE SAID THAT IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $3,000-6,000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IN UNDER 2,000 MORE MILES IT BECAME ADD A QUART OF OIL EACH TANK. AT 84,000 MILES THE HEAD WENT OUT ON THIS MOTOR, THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS FROM DIFFERENT SHOPS COULDN'T BELIEVE A TOYOTA MOTOR WOULD NEED A NEW HEAD AT THIS DISTANCE. I REPLACED THE HEAD. THE KNOCKING SOUND DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE, THE OIL CONSUMPTION WENT DOWN FOR A WHILE. AGAIN WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AND BACK TO A QUART PER TANK. AFTER A WHILE THE CAR STARTED TO SHUT OFF BY ITS SELF. NO STEERING, SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME. I LIVE IN A REGION WITH EMBANKMENTS WHICH REACH OVER 200' WITH TREES. I HAD TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE COROLLA MOTORS HAVE SUCH A BAD REPUTATION. THE TOYOTA TRUCK I OWNED RAN LIKE A CHAMP AT 200,000 WHEN I SOLD IT, IT STILL RUNS TODAY. WHILE THE COROLLA NEEDS A NEW MOTOR. THERE MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW TO CREATE SO MANY SIMILAR OIL PROBLEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS LOOSE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF 'PLAY' FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE WHEEL. THE WHEEL ALSO SHOOK AND MADE A LOT OF NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) DAUGHTER WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM A MAJOR INTERSECTION IN HER 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA [XXX] . TOOK HER FOOT OFF GAS, BUT GAS PEDAL STUCK AND ENGINE KEPT REVVING, ACCELERATING. SHE HIT BRAKES HARD, CAR WOULDN'T STOP. SHE APPLIED E-BRAKE, CAR DIDN'T STOP. PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED CAR OFF. COASTED THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THANK GOD, NOBODY HIT HER. CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW. NO RESOLUTION YET. *TR

MY CAR USED EXCESSIVE OIL, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AFTER A WHILE THAT I BOUGHT IT, AND ON FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010, I PARKED MY CAR AT 4:00 PM AND DID NOT USE IT ANYMORE AND THEN ON SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010 AT 5:00 AM THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE BY ITSELF, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT OUT THE FIRE AND THEY SAID THAT PROBABLY THE FIRE STARTED ON THE FUSE SYSTEM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE MAYBE BECAUSE OF A RELAY THAT MAY HAVE HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT. *TR