Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 30000 | 4 | 03/30/2003 |
| Interior door handles are plated with a chrome metallic plating. metal plating is poorly attached and starts flaking off of plastic door handle. when metal plating starts peeling off, it is very thin and sharp. it has resulted in numerous fingers being cut / sliced open. one handle was replaced under warranty. since the warranty ran out, the other three handles have flaked and peeled as well. in order to fix two of the handles, i cut and scraped any remaining metal plating off of the handles to leave only the ivory colored plastic handle. the third handle is getting to the point where i will need to remove the metal plating soon. *jb | |||
| 05/26/2006 | 35000 | 2 | 05/04/2003 |
| On passenger vehicles with vehicle identification numbers (vin) starting with 1nx only and built from january 8 through february 13, 2002, it is possible for the bolts that join the rear brake and hub assembly to the rear axle carrier to be loose due to insufficient tightening during the assembly process. after experiencing a noise from the rear of the car, i brought my 2003 toyota corolla to the dealer. one interesting not, is i never had the estimated gas mileage on my corolla, and brought this to the dealers attention numerous times. i would only get 31-33 mpg on the highway and worse in the city. i think the bearings on the 2003 corolla are defective. i have a friend who also has a 2003 corolla and had the same problem after only 2 years of driving. our vehicles did not make the recall, but all 2003 corollas should be included. *jb | |||
| 06/10/2004 | 33000 | 02/23/2004 | |
| When back windows are down in the car, it creates a sonic pressure and hurts your ears, which could lead to permanent earing loss. this was not disclosed to me when i bought the car. | |||
| 04/03/2003 | 02/10/2003 | ||
| The car has a rotten egg smell. it happens sporadically. i've called both the dealer and toyota a number of times. they tell me it is the gas - and to try different brands of gas. i called the epa and spoke with jim caldwell and he said it was not the gas. i called the wi dept of transportation and jim chaja said that another lady from appleton called in on monday about the same thing. she was getting ready to file under the lemon law. she bought hers from gustman, i bought mine from kolosso. toyota claims they stand by their research and believe the epa is wrong. *nlm | |||