1998 Toyota Corolla complaints

THE SUN VISOR FLIPPED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHICH CAUSED THE SUN TO SHINE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. TS *JB

I WAS LEAVING AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH. CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. WHEN I PUT CAR IN GEAR, IT TOOK OFF ON IT'S OWN. I TRIED TO BRAKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE CAR. MY CAR WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND HIT A SMALL TREE. THE CAR WAS TOWED AWAY AND LATER WAS TOTALED. WHEN THE MECHANIC TRIED TO START THE CAR, IT IMMEDIATELY WENT UP TO 2500 RPMS MR

WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE DURING A RAINING DAY, MY CAR SUDDENLY WENT TO THE SIDE. THIS KIND OF SCENARIO HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE ( ON LOCAL STREETS WHILE DRIVING AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR). I FELT THAT THIS CAR'S BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE OTHER CARS I OWNED BEFORE. SHOULDN'T THE ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM HELP THE CAR STAY STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD? ON 09-20-2002, IT WAS RAINING, I DROVE THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE SPEED AROUND 50 MILES PER HOUR, ON THE FIRST LEFT LANE. AFTER I APPLIED THE BRAKE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE SPEED FURTHER, MY CAR WENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE, AND THEN LEFT SIDE, AND THEN CRASHED TO THE MIDDLE CONCRETE. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768012

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. AIR BAG COULD BE INOPERATIVE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2002, AT ABOUT 10:00AM WE WERE DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 5 ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF EUGENE OREGON WHEN WE HAD A BLOWOUT ON OUR REAR PASSENGER-SIDE TIRE. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND WARM AND THE ROADWAY WAS DRY. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH AND DID NOT HIT ANY OBJECT, BUMP, OR DEPRESSION PRIOR TO THE BLOWOUT. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE BLOWOUT. WE WERE DRIVING A 1998 TOYOTA COROLLA. *AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON ALLDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN AIR BAG DEPLOYING PERMATURELY OR NOT DEPLOYING AT ALL.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE WAS INJURED BY COLLIDING WITH THE WINDSHIELD AS THE RESULT OF SEAT BELT FAILING, TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *YH

AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING COOLANT/ OIL. NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AS A WARNING. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AFTER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS ON NEWER CARS ARE TOO BRIGHT AND THE LIGHTS ON SUVS ARE TOO HIGH -- BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE INTERFERRING WITH MY ABILITY TO SEE WHEN I'M DRIVING AT NIGHT. THESE NEW LIGHTS ARE TOO BRIGHT AND BLIND ME, EVEN WHEN I SWITCH MY REAR VIEW MIRROR TO THE NIGHT POSITION.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 30-35 MPH, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ON IMPACT RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL POP OUT OF 5 TH GEAR INTO NEUTRAL INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

REAR STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED. RUINED REAR TIRES AS WELL.*AK

HAD TO REPLACE POWER STEERING PRESSURE LINE AND RACK AND PINION THANKS TO DEFECTIVE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.*AK

REAR END HITS THE GROUND WHEN GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS AND DIPS IN THE ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITH A MOD-SPEED FRONT RIGHT CRASH BY ONCOMING VEHICLE. DRIVERS FRONT AIRBAG STARTED SMOLDERING EMITTING AN ACRID GRAY SMOKE (ELECTRICAL WIRING?) FROM THE BASE OF THE AIRBAG; STOPPED SMOKING WHEN DISCONNECTED BATTERY. PASSENGER AIRBAG BROKE FRONT WINDSHIELD WHEN IT DEPLOYED (HAD NO PASSENGER). ARE EITHER OF THESE SITUATIONS COMMON/NORMAL WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT? *AK

WHEN TRYING TO EXIT VEHICLE DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE WILL NOT OPEN, CAN BE OPENED FROM OUTSIDE USING A KEY TO LOCK AND UNLOCK. HAD NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

AFTER BEING CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLEIT HIT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF CAR, AND SIDE DOOR PANEL OF SECOND CAR AT 30MPH. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONT NOR SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

THE INNER BEARING RACE WAS BROKEN PREMATURELY, AND THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING CASE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *YH

TIRE COLLAPSED WHILE IN MOVEMENT. *AK

TIRE BLOWOUT. TREAD SEPARATION APPARENT. CAR IS UNABLE TO REPAIR.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY,RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

ENGINE STARTED RATTLING AND VIBRATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO STATED THAT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONTROL ARM HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND HAD CAUSED VEHICLE EARLY WEAR ON TIRES, EVERY 20,000 MILES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, VEHICLE WAS HIT ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPARIED. CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC

WHILE INCLINING AT 40-50 MPH AND APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO CHANGE LANES, SUDDENLY VEHICLE COMMENCE TO ACCELERATE AND RUN AWAY. WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEAR IN NETURAL, AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF ROAD, DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

UPON BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON PASSENGER SIDE, THE DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS BOLT PULLED OUT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE THROWN ABOUT. *YH

WHEN GOING UP ON AN INCLINE, WITH THE SPEED CONTROL ACTIVATED, VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTS AND ACCELERATED SUDDENLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

REAR RIGHT WHEEL BROKE OFF AT THE AXLE WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. TOYOTA HAS NOT BEEM CONTACTED AS OF YET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING ABOUT 30 MPH HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. *AK THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. *YH

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT PUT CAR IN PARK AND VEHICLE JUMPED CURVE. SECOND TIME WHILE IN A PARKING LOT PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT JUMPED CURVE,AND CONSUMER LANDED IN A DITCH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY DUPLICATED PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE JUMPING FORWARD.*AK

BRAKES SQUEAKING AND GRINDING, REPLACE ALL FOUR BRAKES

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THE PANELTWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE. SHE TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, AND CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIGHT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY. THEN, VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE AND HERAD A NOISE. FRONT RIGHT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL.*AK THE TREAD FLEW OFF OF THE RIM OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *YH

AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY ON DASHBOARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. *AK

ALL FOUR DOORS LET IN WATER WHEN IT RAINS. YH

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN MOVING AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT WOULD FLASH INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHRE INFORMATION.*AK

OCTOBER 1999 - BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR INSP. - SERVICE DEPART. SAID MY BRAKES NEEDED CLEANED AND ADJUSTED - TOPPED OFF MASTER CYLINDER - NOW IT PASSED STATE INSP. ON 1/11/00. 2/29/00 BROUGHT BACK FOR NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES - SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM BRAKES NEEDED CLEANED & ADJUSTED WHEN I LEFT SERVICE DEPT. PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURING - CALLED SET UP ANOTHER APPT - 3/8/00 SERVICE DEPT FOUND REAR DRUMS RUSTED - REAR SHOES CRACKED - A RENT A CAR WAS GIVEN 3/7/00 RETURNED IT ON 3/8/00 - THEY REPLACED REAR BRAKE DRUMS AND SHOES - NOW COULD THIS HAPPEN IN A FEW DAYS ON 2/29 YOU SAID NO PROBLEM? 4/11/00 BROUGHT CAR BACK FOR INSP DUE TO SAME NOISE BUT NOW WORSE HAD SERVICE MGR NOW DO A TEST RUN WITH ME - SERVICE DEPT FOUND FRONT BRAKE PADS CRACKING AND ROTORS SCORED LEFT FRONT AXLE SHAFT INTERNAL DEFECT - FRONT BEARING INTERNAL PROBLEM - BOTH FRONT HUBS NEED REPLACED - RENT A CAR WAS GIVEN TO ME AGAIN. NOW 6/00 NOISE IS BACK ON 7/14/00 TOOK CAR FOR ANOTHER UNDER CARRAGE INSP, OIL- FILTER CHANGE, 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT, ETC.. THEY SAID NO PROBLEM ITS JUST BRAKE DUST. THE NOISE IS STILL CURRENT AS OF TODAY 7/23/00. I NOW HAVE TO CALL THEM & THEY ALREADY TREAT ME WITH IGNORANCE, I'M LOOKING INTO FILING FOR THE LEMON LAW I NEED SOME SATISFACTION - HOW COULD ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS BE OVERLOOKED? - I FEEL MY LIFE IS IN THE HANDS OF TOYOTA'S SERVICE DEPT - AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT ALL. THEY GAVE ME AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 6 YEAR OR 100,000.00 MILES AFTER I ASKED FOR IT. I S

EVERYTIME IT RAINS ALL 4 DOORS LEAK. CONTACT DEALER, AND NOTHING THEY COULD DO. VEHICLE IS SMELLING MOLDY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EXPERIENCE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. LOCAL FIRE DEPTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT A FUEL LEAKAGE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PARKING BRAKE FAILS (2 COMPLETE FAILURES). TAKEN TO DEALER, FIXED, BUT FAILED AGAIN. MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR, SO I NEED THE PARKING BRAKE. CAR NEARLY ROLLED INTO TRAFFIC NUMEROUS TIMES. MADE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PARK ON STEEP HILLS.*AK

THIS CAR HAS VISITED AT THE DEALER'S SERVICE STATION FOR ALMOST A TOTAL OF 3 WEEKS COMBINED SINCE I BOUGHT IT APRIL 2000. GAS LEAKED WHEN PUTTING GAS IN TANK AND THE CAR SMELLED OF GAS ON THE INSIDE. THE TANK WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED BUT JUST RECENTLY STARTED LEAKING AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. PLUS THE RIGHT FRONT AND REAR WHEELS MAKE NOISE. I JUST WANT THE CAR FIXED BECAUSE COROLLA'S ARE GOOD CARS BUT THE CONSTANT VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ONE THING OR ANOTHER IS REALLY STARTING TO ANNOY ME AND HAS BECOME A HUGE INCONVENIENCE. *AK

THE CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM THE DASHBOARD AND SMELLED OF BURNING WIRE. NLM

DUE TO HEIGHT THE CONSUMER MUSH THE DRIVERS SEAT AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE FOR COMFORT, WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS RETRACTED IT TWIST 90% OF THE TIME AN CANNOT RETRACT CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS DUE TO THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE DOOR. NLM

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED DUE TOO OVER HEATING OF FAILED STARTER CABLE WHICH IGNITED A PLASTIC GAS LINE. YH

JUST MINUTES AFTER DRIVING IN HEAVY DALLAS TRAFFIC, STOPPED AT A GROCERY STORE AND WAS PULLING INTO AN ANGLED PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ALMOST STOPPED, WHEN CAR SURGED FORWARD (REPEAT-WITH MY FOOT ON BRAKE). THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. I HIT THE VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT OF ME; VERY LITTLE DAMAGE AS MY CAR WAS ALMOST STOPPED WHEN IT SURGED FORWARD AND BRAKE FAILED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY CAR PORT. THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAR SURGED FORWARD. THAT TIME I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND JUST THOUGHT MY FOOT MUST HAVE SLIPPED. THIS TIME, I HAD TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CAR AND WE ALL WITNESSED THE SURGE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAR (USELESS). AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE HAS STOPPED (BY HITTING SOMETHING EACH TIME), THE BRAKE GOES BACK TO ITS USUAL POSITION. I TOOK THE CAR TO CLASSIC TOYOTA HERE IN TYLER THE NEXT DAY WHEN I DROVE BACK HERE. THEY SAID THEY INSPECTED IT AND COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. I WAS VERY UPSET AND IT WAS ANNOTATED ON THE JOB TICKET. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND LEFT MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER WITH THE DRIVER OF THE CAR I HIT IN THE GROCERY STORE LOT. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED JUST MINUTES BEFORE AS I STOPPED FOR THE NUMEROUS RED LIGHTS IN DALLAS, MY CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPELLED OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION AN

ON AUGUST 26, 1999 OUTER TIE ROD NEEDED REPLACEMENT, AND LEFT CAM BOLT ALSO NEEDED REPLACMENT.DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WAS IN AN ACCIDENT GOING 45MPH A TRUCK RAN A STOP SIGN AND I HIT THEM IN THE SIDE MY SON WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND HIS SEAT CAUGHT WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES BUT RELEASED WHEN WE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE. THE SEATBELT ALSO RELEASED WHEN WE HIT THE DITCH. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WINSHIELD 2 TIMES AND IS NOW DEALING WITH POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME. I CALLED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND NO DEFECTS AND THAT THE SAFETY SYSTEM DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSE TO. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/65R14 )

AIRBAG AND SEATBELT LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, IN JULY OF 1999 THE FRONT AND RIGHT SEATBELT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. *SLC