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Engine And Engine Cooling
07/01/2011
I OWN A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA WITH A 1.8L ENGINE THAT IS FULL OF SLUDGE AND NOW VISIBLY BURNS 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 200-300 MILES AND WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE OIL BEING BURNED IN THE EXHAUST. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL CATALYTIC CONVERTERS DUE TO BECOMING CLOGGED FROM THE AMOUNT OF OIL BURNING THROUGH THE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE THE CAR HAD ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON IT AND LOCAL TOYOTA GARAGE HAS EITHER DENIED THERE BEING A PROBLEM OR THEY HAVE TRIED TO SELL ME ON NUMEROUS OTHER EXPENSIVE REPAIRS SUCH AS FRONT AND REAR MAIN BEARINGS AND SEALS, ALLEGEDLY WARPED HEAD, ETC. VEHICLE NOW HAS CLOSE TO 100K MILES. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT NOW PASS STATE EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND IS ESSENTIALLY WORTHLESS. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF LIKE REPORTS IN RESEARCHING BUT NEVER SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. OTHER MODELS AND YEARS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A CLASS ACTION SUITS THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, BUT I CAN'T FIND THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESSED....
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Seat Belts
02/08/2011
TOYOTA COROLLA 2000 GIVES FALSE SEAT BELT WARNING. SEAT BELT WARNING BLINKS EVENTHOUGH SEAT BELT IS SECURED. FALSE WARNING (IN ALL THE SAFETY REGULATIONS THAT I HAVE STUDIED) IS JUST AS BAD SINCE TRUST CAN NOT BE RELIED ON. *TR
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Steering
07/16/2010
SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION INVOLVING YEAR 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA. OCCUPANT IN VEHICLE INDICATES DECEDENT DRIVER MADE STATEMENT THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL THUS CAUSING COLLISION. INDEPENDENT WITNESS FOLLOWING BEHIND THE VEHICLE INDICATES THAT VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO COLLISION CONSISTENT WITH A MOVEMENT WHICH WOULD BE CAUSED BY A LOCKING AND NON-FUNCTIONING STEERING WHEEL. WE UNDERSTAND OTHER YEAR 2000 TOYOTA VEHICLES ARE BEING RECALLED WITH A DEFECT INVOLVING A LOCKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL. COLLISION CAUSED ONE DEATH (DRIVER), TWO CHILDREN WERE SENT TO THE TRAUMA CENTER AT UC DAVIS HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA, ONE ADULT FRONT PASSENGER REMAINS AT UC DAVIS HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA IN SERIOUS CONDITION. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS INFORMATION BUT APPEARS NOT TO BE TAKING ANY ACTION REGARDING INSPECTION OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE AND COMPONENT ARE PRESERVED INTACT NEAR SACRAMENTO CALIFO...
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Electrical System, equipment
07/27/2010
I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA COROLLA AND EVERYTHING WORKED. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE, BRAKE, LISTEN TO THE RADIO, AC ON HIGH AND GET 30MPG IN THE CITY. SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH MY CAR. NHTSA AND THE MEDIA HAS CONVINCED ME THAT I MIGHT DIE WHILE DRIVING MY TOYOTA AND YET I FEEL JUST AS SAFE AS EVER. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU. *TR
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Engine And Engine Cooling
09/15/2006
AT 70,000 MILES ON MY 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, WHEN REVIEWING THE CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH MY CERTIFIED MECHANIC, I MENTIONED THAT I WAS USING A QUART OF OIL ABOUT EVERY 600 MILES. HE SAID THAT IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $3,000-6,000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IN UNDER 2,000 MORE MILES IT BECAME ADD A QUART OF OIL EACH TANK. AT 84,000 MILES THE HEAD WENT OUT ON THIS MOTOR, THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS FROM DIFFERENT SHOPS COULDN'T BELIEVE A TOYOTA MOTOR WOULD NEED A NEW HEAD AT THIS DISTANCE. I REPLACED THE HEAD. THE KNOCKING SOUND DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE, THE OIL CONSUMPTION WENT DOWN FOR A WHILE. AGAIN WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AND BACK TO A QUART PER TANK. AFTER A WHILE THE CAR STARTED TO SHUT OFF BY ITS SELF. NO STEERING, SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME. I LIVE IN A REGION WITH EMBANKMENTS WHICH REACH OVER 200' WITH TREES. I HAD TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE COROLLA MOTORS HAVE SUCH A BAD REPUTATION. THE TOYOTA T...
