Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 200 | ||
| The steering of the automobile becomes difficult at highway speeds. the car continually drifts to the right and left requiring constant adjustment. free play in the steering wheel is excessive and the wheel is stiff and unresponsive. windshield wiper speed is not fast enough to clear the windshield in downpours. | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 5000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla le. the contact stated while the vehicle was parked in the garage he saw his drivers side window shatter without warning. the vehicle had not been inspected by a dealer nor was it repaired. the dealer was contacted and advised him that it happens and to bring the vehicle in. the failure and current mileages were approximately 5,000. | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 5000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla le. the contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in the garage he saw his drivers side window shatter without warning. the vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer nor repaired. the dealer was contacted and they advised him that it happens and to bring the vehicle in. the failure and current mileages were approximately 5,000. tb | |||
| 08/04/2010 | 5000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. the contact stated that while driving 60 mpg, they lowered the two rear windows and the vehicle started to shake violently. the vibration from the shaking so loud the contact was unable to hear see anything through the rear view mirror. the faster the vehicle was driven, the more violent the shaking became. the contact stated this has caused the key less entry locator not to work at first. when the key did start to work, the contact was unable to turn the alarm off. the contact test drove another corolla to see if the problem was with other vehicles instead of just theirs, and the test vehicle did the same shaking. the dealer who went along for the test drive stated that they had never seen this failure before. the failure mileage and current mileages was 5000.rl | |||
| 10/22/2009 | 1 | ||
| I bought a 2010 toyota corolla s on oct. 22, 2009. at bitterroot motors in missoula, montana. the day after i bought the car i drove it to ovando, montana, north of missoula, on a tryout road trip. i noticed that it was flighty on the road and seemed to waver without reason (no wind, no semi trucks, wind shear, rain, etc). being a new car to me, i passed it off as the nature of a lighter and smaller vehicle than what i was accustomed to driving (my other vehicle is a 2004 ford f150). since that time, i have continually experienced this with no external explanation (ie: weather, road conditions, etc). this problem seems to happen at speeds of 50 mph and over and it is a consistent issue. i commute regularly between stevensville, mt., and missoula, mt., for work (28 miles one way), and i often find that the car will drift left or right when i am at a steady speed. this is in addition to the fact that my vehicle is on the list of recalls for the recent accelerator issue. i need to add here that the second day after buying the car, i was getting fuel and as i turned from the pump to re-enter the car, pop!! and the driver side window totally shattered. i immediately called the dealer at bitterroot motors and drove it to their service dept to get it fixed. they replaced the window under warranty, and told me they suspected it was a preexisting stress fracture in the glass that finally gave. i bought this car based on safety ratings, consumer reports ratings, and to get better gas mileage on my necessary trips to and from work. it isn't hard to understand the stress of this situation, not to mention economic hardship. i paid for the car outright ($18,075) and it physically sickens me to think that such serious issues exist. i haven't even owned it 5 months! at this point i am fearful of even driving the car. if the world worked in good ways, toyota would replace this vehicle completely, and preferably with something other than another toyota. *tr | |||
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM | |||
| 09/20/2009 | 100 | 1 | |
| Rear window defogger on 2010 toyota corolla is extremely slow, cannot see out back window for close to 20 minutes. dealer refused to fix, said that's the way it is. was brought back to dealer when car was 1 month old. *tr | |||