Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE | |||
| 08/17/2008 | 1 | ||
| Paint starting to fade progressively. *tr | |||
| 08/11/2008 | 119170 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 toyota corolla. while driving 55 mph, the front hood of the vehicle released, blocking the contact's view of the highway. the hood smashed against the windshield, which caused it to bend out of shape and become destroyed. the contact pulled over and stopped the vehicle. the windshield was cracked and the roof above the windshield was also damaged. the vehicle was no longer under warranty and the dealer stated that the contact was responsible for the repair costs. the failure and current mileages were 119,170. | |||
| 05/15/2001 | 2 | 1 | 05/15/2001 |
| Dt: the dashboard has a black background and the letters are red, and with certain lighting it is almost impossible to read. can't see quickly. has to concentrate and study, which takes the consumer's eyes off the road. contacted toyota, they can't do anything about it. however, on 2005 models they have changed it back to white.*ak *jb | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||
| 07/02/2012 | 180000 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| 07/02/2012 | 180000 | ||
| 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? | |||
| 06/05/2011 | 420000 | ||
| This is a 2001 toyota corolla with 420,000 km on it. it was driven on the highway on sat june 4th. on june 5th while approaching 60 km on an in town road in newmarket on the front hood released and flew backward smashing the windshield and damaging the hood, and some of the chassis | |||
| 11/01/2008 | 100000 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||
| 07/15/2006 | 2 | ||
| Interior door handles: in october of 2002, the front driver-side interior door handle broke (the spring inside the door handle broke through the plastic), and had to be replaced. the front passenger-side interior door handle broke. about a week later the driver's side back sear door handle broke as well. both, during normal usage of opening the door. *nm | |||
| 05/24/2003 | 48000 | 2 | 09/09/2000 |
| Interior door handles: in october of 2002, the front driver-side interior door handle broke (the spring inside the door handle broke through the plastic), and had to be replaced. in may of 2003, the front passenger-side interior door handle broke (the plastic molding around the door handle broke), this also had to be replaced. both door handles broke during normal usage of opening the door. *jb | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - TRUNK LID | |||
| Curious about the inside trunk release on my vehicle, one of my friends sat in the trunk to see if he could get himself out. to our surprise, he couldn't because the handle which is supposed to glow in the dark didn't because it is almost never exposed to natural light. i think the glow in the dark trunk release handles are an excellent idea and a step in the right direction but without a method to keep them glowing (perhaps an electric light which turns on when the car is running), they are useless to a person trapped inside a trunk. you can contact me at phs11@cornell.edu. *ak | |||