Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||||
| 01005 | 08/01/2005 | 10016637 | A541e transmission solenoid identification. *tt | 09/26/2005 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| 00504 | 08/26/2004 | 10009397 | Proper identification of the 5 solenoids used in the u240e/u241e automatic transaxles. *tt | 09/29/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 07/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle jumped into gear when driving .the dealership was unable to duplicate the problem. *la *sc *jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 06/02/2002 | 0 | 05/05/2002 | |
| I bought a 2002 toyota solora in may of 2002. i have had 3 new transmissions in the car. it needs another. i will be filing lemon law on my car. | |||
| 12/09/2003 | 14000 | 2 | 12/28/2002 |
| I was in reverse and backed into a concrete pole in my office parking garage. i applied the brakes to stop the vehicle. the car jumped into drive, and rapidly accelerated, and would not respond to my efforts to brake. i then hit a concrete pole head on, which totaled my vehicle.*ak on a prior occasion that happened in february 2003, the consumer was driving for several minutes with the cruise control set to 60-65 mph. without input, the vehicle speed increased rapidly to 80-85 mph. the consumer cancelled the cruise by applying the brakes, then turned off the cruise master switch. | |||
| 02/12/2002 | 10 | 0 | 01/25/2002 |
| Transmission linkage problems. when slowing at traffic lights or while in motion, upon acceleration, transmission downshifts and then upshifts abruptly in a very disturbing abnormal way. it happens constantly during normal city driving. you must be very careful to be gentle when accelerating after slowing down. this will be my very last toyota. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - TORQUE CONVERTER | |||
| 03/02/2004 | 17183 | 1 | 08/16/2003 |
| At just over 17,000 miles on the spedometer, the check engine light illuminated. i took it to my dealership, which informed me that the problem was a shift solenoid. upon replacing the shift solenoid, the check engine light continued to illuminate, and i was told that the problem may be the torque converter on the transmission, but the technical expert was contacting toyota becuase he could not definitively pinpoint the problem. i enquired whether the problem could be related to the current investigation of the throttle valve on 2002 solara's and could not get a straight answer from the service manager. in the meantime, i had been told the vehicle was drivable when the problem seemed to be the shift solenoid so i had been driving the vehicle for a week with the check engine light illuminated, assured by the dealership that the problem had nothing to do with the drivability of the vehicle. upon discovering the problem may be related to the transmission, they insisted on keeping the vehicle, and have been running tests on it since yesterday, with still no answer as to the exact problem. meanwhle, i am without a vehicle.*ak | |||