2001 Toyota Corolla

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. HE WAS DRIVING A 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIM WAS GOING SLOW-SO HE DECIDED TO PASS THE GUY. AS HE WAS DOING SO-THE TRUCK TURNED LEFT. MY HUSBAND HIT HIM HEAD-ON AND THEN THE CAR ROLLED ONTO ITS TOP. NEVER DID THE AIRBAGS GO OFF. FORTUNATELY HE HAD HIS SEATBELT ON. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. THE MOST DAMAGE HE RECEIVED WAS HIS LEFT HAND AND ARM WERE BADLY INJURED. HE STILL HAS TO HAVE SURGERY THIS NEXT WEEK. WHY DIDN'T THE AIRBAG DEPLOY? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A BURNT GROUND WIRE AND THE DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHT WHICH FAILED DUE TO THE BURNT WIRE. THE RELAY ASSEMBLY AND RUNNING LIGHT WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE, THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE. A SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BUMPER SUSTAINED DAMAGES, AND NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP WITH REPAIRS PERFORMED. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A POLICE REPORT FILING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. ACCORDING TO THE LETTER THE CONSUMER SENT IN, SHE CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE, WHEN HER VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE RESTAURANT BUILDING. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED SHE OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA AND HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT FIVE PARKED CARS. UPDATED 06/17/10*JB

DRIVING CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH OIL LIGHT AND ENGINE RATTLED. SHUT CAR OFF AND HAD TOWED TO TOYOTA. THEY CHANGED CAM GEAR. DROVE CAR HOME OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE RATTLED. DEALER DID HAVE IT TOWED BACK. DEALER STATED THAT IF THEY FIND THIS PART WAS NOT THE FIX THEY WOULD CREDIT ME COST. THEY THEN CHANGED OIL CONTROL VALVE, AND CHARGED ME $100.00 MORE ALONG WITH STATING THE CAM GEAR WAS STILL NECESSARY FOR FIX. BROUGHT CAR HOME AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. CHANGED OIL AND OIL LIGHT HAS NOT COME BACK ON, BUT DON'T FEEL THAT CAR IS REALLY FIXED. PAID $900.00 FOR ALL THIS AND NOT COMFORTABLE THAT CAR IS REALLY FIXED. CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP, JUST STATED THAT THIS IS IN THE DEALERS HANDS. GREAT THE DEALER WATCHING OUT FOR ITSELF WITH TOYOTA HAVING A HANDS OFF APPROACH TO TAKING CARE OF THIS. *TR

I NOTICED THAT TOYOTA ONLY RECALL 2009/2010 COROLLA. BUT MY COROLLA HAD FATAL PROBLEM ON 2001 MODEL, AND CRASHED ON 2004/03. ON HIGHWAY 680 ON 03/19/2004, DOVE AS NORMAL SPEED. THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME WERE FAR AWAY, MAYBE ABOUT 200 METERS. THERE IS NO CAR WAS CLOSELY ASIDE OF MY LANE. I DIDN'T STEP BRAKE OR TRY CHANGE LANE, JUST KEPT THE LANE AND SPEED AS NORMAL. SUDDENLY, THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF CONTROL. IT RUSHED TO RIGHT, THEN LEFT, THEN RIGHT, LEFT, I TRIED VERY HARD BUT COULDN'T CONTROL THE STEERING. AT THE FIRST SECOND WHEN I NOTICED THE CAR WENT WRONG DIRECTION, I STEPPED THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD, NO USE. STEERING AND BRAKE WERE OUT OF CONTROL. THE CAR HIT THE BARRIER WALL WITH HIGH SPEED, ROLLING OVER AND OVER. MILPITAS OR SAN JOSE CHP WAS ON SITE, AND HAD A ACCIDENT REPORT. THE CAR WAS TOTAL DAMAGED, MY HEAD GOT HIT AND START BLEEDING INSIDE BUT DIDN'T CHECK IT OUT AFTER ACCIDENT. 2 MONTHS LATER I HAD A HEAD SURGERY TO STOP THE BLEEDING INSIDE AND TOOK OUT A BIG CHUNK OF BLOOD. AFTER YEARS, TILL TODAY, I AM STILL SUFFERED BY THE HEAD WOUNDS/HIT. BUT THE RECALL IS ONLY FOR 2009/2010 MODEL, LEAVE SO MANY DRIVERS STILL IN DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

THE ENGINE ON MY 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA S HAD THE TIMING CHAIN JUMP, THE ENGINE SUFFERED DAMAGED VALVES, 3 PISTONS WERE BROKEN AND DAMAGED OTHERS. MY CAR HAD ONLY SLIGHTLY OVER 66,000 MILES ON IT. THE TOYOTA DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A TOYOTA ENGINE GOING BAD WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. IT WAS LUCKY THIS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET AND NOT ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

WE HAVE A 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA THAT WE PURCHASED IN JULY 2000 FROM DON MCGILL TOYOTA IN HOUSTON. IN NOV 2008 WE NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON EVERY MONTH AND SO I TOOK THE CAR TO AUTOZONE FOR A FREE DIAGNOSTIC TEST EACH TIME WITH THE RESULT SHOWING THAT THE CAR HAS AN ELECTRIC SHORT CIRCUIT PROBLEM. THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE TIMING CHAIN AND A PART CALLED A CAM. TO FIX THE PROBLEM IT WOULD COST ME AROUND 800 DOLLARS. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER DON MCGILL IN HOUSTON AND THEY SIMPLY IGNORED ME. I THEN CALLED UP TOYOTA IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY TOO IGNORED ME. THE RESULT IS I HAVE TO DO AN OIL CHANGE EVERY 1200 MILES AS THERE IS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE AFTER 1200 MILES. NORMALLY ONE WOULD HAVE AN OIL CHANGE DONE EVERY 3000 MILES. SO THE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON EVERY 1000 MILES INTERVALS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY PEOPLE ON FORUMS ABOUT THE 2001 COROLLA, BUT TOYOTA NEVER BOTHERED FIXING. IN ADDITION TO THIS PROBLEM THE PLASTIC LINING AROUND OUR CAR WINDOWS, ON ALL FOUR DOORS HAS PEELED OFF. I REPORTED THIS TO THE TOYOTA DEALER LAST SPRING. THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THIS LINING PROBLEM AND YET THE DEALER IGNORED ME ON THIS. INSTEAD THEY ASKED ME TO COUGH UP $450 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IF THIS IS NOT A RIPOFF ON THE AMERICAN CITIZENS THEN WHAT IS? HERE ARE SOME URLS OF FORUMS, OF THE CHECK ENGINE PROBLEM ON THE 2001 COROLLA HTTP://WWW.COROLLAND.COM/FORUMS/INDEX.PHP?/TOPIC/18973-2001-COROLLA-CHECK-ENGINE-LIGHT-ISSUE/ HTTP://WWW.FIXYA.COM/CARS/T1082872-CHECK_ENGINE_LIGHT_2001_TOYOTA_COROLLA HTTP://WWW.TUNDRASOLUTIONS.COM/FORUMS/COROLLA-MATRIX/69501-2001-COROLLA-CHECK-ENGINE-P0446/ HTTP://WWW.2CARPROS.COM/FORUM/2001-TOYOTA-COROLLA-CHECK-ENGINE-LIGHT-IS-ON-VT126177.HTML THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON COROLLAS 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,... WILL THE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION ACT AGAINST TOYOTA AND HELP US FIX OUR CARS? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 MPH APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT HE WAS REAR ENDED AND PUSHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE DRIVERS SEAT BASE FAILED CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD PUSH HIM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE DRIVER?S FRONTAL AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. HE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS BACK AND KNEE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY SOLD THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. REPORT NUMBER 0908117300 WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THAT AN INSPECTOR WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THEY HAVE DENIED THE CLAIM SINCE THE CONTACT NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE AND THEY ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO SO. THE WACO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT NUMBER WAS 09-18449. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 106,268.