Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 06/06/2011 | 38760 | ||
| On june 6th 2011 i brought my 2009 carolla to the toyota dealer, i lost complete power of the electronic power steering, ac and power windows, after inspection they sugest i replace the altenator at $965 charge, i declined the repair, i bought a new battery and drove the car home i still have not fixed it, i repleace the alternator and that did not fixed the problem either, the toyota dealer also sugestet to change the water pump they say thay change it but i still see the old some what dirty old water pump. | |||
| 05/22/2011 | |||
| I was currently on 1 and 9 north of jersey city nj. i was on a stop light and when it turned green, the car did not accelerate as much as it was suppose to when you press on gas pedal. it was literally moving 5 miles per hour. i was pressing the gas pedal for the car to go but it was still not even moving up. i turned on the hazards and pulled over. then the check engine light came on. i turned off the car first. i checked the gas tank and the engine but i couldn't find anything wrong with it. the check engine light was lit until the next day. i brought it to the car dealership and they said they are not 100% sure what is wrong with it but they disconnected the alarm wire to see if that was the problem. the second problem of this car is when you press on the brake, it still moves a little bit. when you start going and pressing on the gas pedal, you have to press on it harder for it to go but it gases up than it normally does. i have recently saw the previous owners receipts for its car service and he had the same problem. he always had to fix the accelerator but until now, it is still the same and still needs to be fixed. i don't know what to do and where to go to fix this problem. | |||
| 12/17/2010 | 40000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 toyota corolla. while driving approximately 40 mph under rainy conditions the vehicle began to hydroplane and was involved in a crash. the contact thought the electronic stability control should have prevented the crash. a police report was not filed but the driver was injured. the vehicle was towed to a towing lot and was not examined for the cause of failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileages were 40,000. sm. | |||
| 02/01/2009 | 6000 | ||
| I have two related concerns about the 2009 corolla s with traction and stability control. it is my belief that there is an unresolved software issue with the abs / stability system. i noticed the first issue at only 6000 miles, right after my second service at the toyota dealer. they performed the brake manifold recall related to nhtsa campaign id number: 09v338000 during that service. the front brakes began to shake violently during braking from 65 mph. it felt like the rotors were severely warped when this occurred. this does not occur every time. the toyota dealer examined the vehicle and they stated they could not find any issues and would not test the vehicle above 55 mph. each time i took the vehicle in for a scheduled service, the problem would suddenly get worse again. they like to tighten the rear brakes each time. i asked them to leave the rear brakes alone and did not see the normal aggravation of the front disk pulsation issue. i do still see severe vibration periodically. this symptom appears to occur most when the ambient external temperature is lower than 2 degrees below freezing and all the lights are fully lit. due to the sporadic nature of the vibration, my concern is that the abs system is unable to keep up or there is a voltage fluctuation with all the lights on that triggers the system to pulse the brakes intentionally. i have found others are seeing the same type of issue and noticed that you have a similar request odi id number: 10359202 from someone that has the same year and model with many identical vin number digits. i currently have the original parts on the vehicle, if you need to inspect them. my secondary concern occurred when i tested the emergency (hand) brake on a long straight road. the stability control system threw the vehicle from side to side violently which could easily cause complete loss of control. this appears to be a software issue due to an | |||
| 06/15/2010 | 26000 | ||
| Vehical 2009 toyota corola twitching and grinding in the elictric steering have had vehical back to dealers several times they say they cannot find anything to fix dunnah i feel verry unsafe in it only 26000 klix help' would you please forward this info. to hiway safety traffic administration. | |||
| 12/17/2008 | 1600 | ||
| We have a 2009 corolla. the vehicle has been jumping right from the time of purchace when we mention to dealership they have told us there is nothing wrong with the vehicle several times. they dont even document it unless we are demanding it. we have not had an accident as of yet but the spring has been put under the pedal and it still wants to take off at times. it is not consistant but frequent enbough to be concerned. towne toyota refuses to own up to this problem, the date is the first date we experienced it | |||
| 02/01/2010 | 200 | 1 | |
| Driving on a highway or roads the is above 50 mph, my car steering wheel started to make a unusual movements ,it feels like don't have any control over the vehicle i recently had a incident, it was a monday morning went i was driving on a parkway about 55 mph went my vehicle star to pull to my right them left and was very hard to stay in a straight line so i stop and call my dealer and have them check it out but nothing have been done to my car.since i buy my car i felt this problem and i took my car back to the dealer three times all ready and they say is a engineer problem and because is a sport car ,so after i read about this issue over the internet i'm very sure i wasn't the only one with this problem. please i willing to provide my car for a deep inspection because i don't feel secure with this car. *tr | |||