Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, MISSISSIPPI, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1145
Model: Corolla
Model Year: 2012
Note: Manufactured by NUMMI, but marketed by Toyota for 1NX.
Plant Company Name: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Mississippi
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: ZRE142L / AZE141L
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER STATES ISSUES WITH SCREECHING NOISE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE NOISE WOULD OCCUR, WHEN SHE STARTED THE VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE BATTERY LIGHT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO OFF AND THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE THE SCREECHING NOISE AGAIN. THE PROBLEM STARTED INTERMITTENTLY IN OCTOBER AND ONE DAY IT COMPLETELY DRAINED THE BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND THE ISSUE CONTINUED, BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY INFORMED HER THE PROBLEM WAS THE DRIVE BELT, WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE NOISE CONTINUED AND A HOT BURNING SMELL APPEARED AFTER THE SCREECHING NOISE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO GET A SECOND OPINION AND WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS THE CLUTCH PULLEY IN WHICH A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED, BUT NOT FOR HER MODEL. THE CONSUMER THEN WENT BACK TO THE DEALER WITH THE NEW INFORMATION AND WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED A NEW ALTERNATOR. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE IDLING IN A STRANGE MANNER. THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY VIBRATED AND IDLED VERY LOW WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. *JB
2012
STEERING
AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THERE IS ANY KIND OF WIND (EG. HEAD WIND, CROSS WIND, TAIL WIND), THE VEHICLE IS ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE AND CHANGES DIRECTION WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT. ***VERY DANGEROUS***. NOTIFIED DEALER AT 5K SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS TOO MUCH AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES. THE CHANGE OF AIR PRESSURE BY THE DEALER MADE NO DIFFERENCE, AND I HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH HIGHER, LOWER, AND 35 PSI IN ALL FOUR TIRES. WITHOUT WINDS, THE CAR DRIVES ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHT AND STABLE ON THE SAME ROADS THAT I DRIVE DAILY. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE AND DON'T BELIEVE I WILL KEEP THIS OTHERWISE NICE CAR FOR VERY LONG. *TR
