2004 Toyota Corolla Engine

INTERMITTENT STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE OF THE ROAD. UNABLE TO RESTART UNTIL 30-60 SECONDS LATER. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THERE IS A SULFUR SMELL WHEN THE HEATER IS BLOWING , AND WHEN THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER CLAIMED SOMETHING WAS IN THE GAS. *AK *NM

BOUGHT THE CAR NEW ON 8/30/03. HAS HAD A SULPHUR GAS SMELL AT LOW SPEED & WHEN STOPPED IN TRAFFIC INSIDE THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS WITH THE WINDOWS UP & EITHER HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING ON. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHEN THE CONTROLS ARE SET TO RECIRCULATE INSIDE AIR INSTEAD OF FRESH AIR INTAKE. CALLED DEALER 1ST TIME, THEY SAID CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BURN IN SOME. AFTER SOME TIME, THE SMELL HADN'T CHANGED, I TOOK IT TO THEIR SERVICE DEPT. THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM, SAID TO TRY A DIFFERENT BRAND OF GAS & ALSO TRY HIGHER OCTANE. I HAVE TRIED ALL THE MAJOR BRANDS OF GAS & MID-GRADE & PREMIUM GAS (WHICH THE OWNERS MANUAL SAID IS NOT REQUIRED), WITH NO CHANGE NOTICED. WE CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHO SAID TO CALL THE DEALER CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHICH WE DID TWICE WITH NO RESPONSE. CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE BACK WITH THIS INFORMATION & THEY SAID WE COULD TRY ARBITRATION BUT THEY HAD NOT SEEN THE MANFACTURER DO ANYTHING FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM & EXTENDED INTAKE OF SULPHUR FUMES CANNOT BE HEALTHY FOR ANYONE. THE INCIDENT DATE IS THE DATE THE DEALER CHECKED THE CAR.*AK

EXHUAST FROM CAR COMES INTO CAR A SULFUR SMELL WHICH MAKES PASSENGERS ILL. TOYOTA BLAMES GAS AND WILL DO NOTHING TO CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK

I BOUGHT A 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA FROM TEAM TOYOTA. IT STARTED EMITTING A ROTTEN EGG SMELL. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND WE WERE GUARANTEED THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY AFTER THE FIRST 5000 MILES. I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED FISHY, SO I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE. I FOUND THAT MANY TOYOTAS ARE EMITTING THE ROTTEN EGG SMELL. SO I CONTACTED THE DEALER AGAIN. I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY FINDINGS. I ALSO TOLD THEM HOW AGGRAVATED I WAS WITH THEM ABOUT LYING TO ME. LOW AND BEHOLD THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM THE ASKED ME TO BRING THE CAR IN AGAIN TO BE CHECKED. AFTER THE CAR WAS LOOKED AT A SECOND TIME. I WAS TOLD THAT TOYOTA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WAS THE GAS AND THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH ME ANY MORE. I WAS EVEN GIVEN A LETTER STATING TOYOTAS STANCE ON THE ROTTEN EGG\SULFUR SMELL ISSUE. I HAVE SINCE CONTACTED A LAWYER AND IM IN THE PROCESS OF SUING. (THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY BUT YOU GET THE IDEA). *AK AFTER MORE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT: EPA HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF CONCERNS REGARDING SULFUR ODORS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IN 2002/2003 TOYOTA REPLACED THE NICKEL BASED CATALYTIC CONVERTER LINING WITH A NON-NICKEL CONTAINING COMPOUND IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE EXPOSURE OF ITS EMPLOYEES. NICKEL IS A TOXIC COMPOUND. WE BELIEVE THAT NEW LINING CURRENTLY IN USE, SPECIFICALLY IN 2003 AND LATER TOYOTA MODELS, DOES NOT HANDLE THE SULFUR IN GASOLINE AS WELL AS THE FORMER NICKEL COMPOUND. THEREFORE RESULTING IN THE SULFUR ODOR YOU ARE NOTICING IN YOUR VEHICLE.*AK

FOUL EGG/SULFUR SMELL WHILE CAR IS OPERATING. SMELL IS NOTICEABLE IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF CAR. AT TIMES, THIS SMELL IS SO STRONG THAT I BEGIN TO FEEL ILL. RETURNED TO DEALER. DEALER INSTRUCTED ME TO TRY DIFFERENT GASOLINES. THIS DID NOT WORK. RETURNED TO DEALER. REPEATEDLY SPOKE WITH SERVICE MANAGER, ETC. THE SUGGESTION TO CHANGE GASOLINE WAS ALL THE DEALER COULD OFFER. THIS HAS NOT WORKED AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THE SULFUR SMELL MAY BE CAUSING A HEALTH PROBLEM.

2004 COROLLA CE HAS HORRIBLE ROTTEN EGG SMELL CAR HAS ONLY 550 MILES ON IT. DEALER SAY TO SWITCH GAS BRANDS. I DID AND IT IS STILL OVERWHELMING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR.

I BOUGHT A 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA TYPE S ON DECEMBER 28, 2003. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND HAVE NOTICED AN EXTREMELY HORRIBLE SULFUR SMELL FROM THE VEHICLE. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE DASHBOARD RIPPED APART TWICE, AND CHECKED FOR EXTREMELY LOUD VIBRATIONS AND NOISE. THE FIRST TIME, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND "NOTHING WRONG, AND HEARD NO UNUSUAL NOISES" AND THE SECOND TIME, WHEN I TEST DROVE IT WITH THE TECHNICIAN, THEY APPLIED SOME FOAM AROUND THE WIRING INSIDE THE DASH. I CAN STILL HEAR THE VIBRATIONS AND NOISE IN THE DASHBOARD WHENEVER I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE.*AK

UNEXPECTED AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE CAR IS IN DRIVE AND STOPPED IN TRAFFIC OR AT RED LIGHT, ENGINE IDLE SPEED INCREASES WHEN COMPRESSOR FROM HEATING/AIR CONDITIONER UNIT ENGAGES (WHEN HEATER/DEFROSTER OR AIR CONDITIONER ARE IN USE) RESULTING CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD. IF HARD AND CONSTANT PRESSURE IS NOT APPLIED AT ALL TIMES ON BRAKE PEDAL WHILE STOPPED, CAR COULD LUNGE FORWARD RESULTING IN; REAR-END COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR; AUTO/PEDESTRIAN MISHAP WHILE STOPPED AT A CROSSWALK OR HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE BOARD SIDE IF AT A FOUR-WAY STOP. THIS DESIGN DEFECT NEEDS IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION BY NHTSA AND IF FOUND VALID, REQUIRE TOYOTA TO RECALL AND REPAIR ALL 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA LES AT NO COST TO CAR OWNER. *LA

STRONG SULFUR SMELL THAT SOMETIMES COMES INSIDE THE CAR. I HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT GAS AND SO FAR NO LUCK, THE SMELL PERSISTS. *LA

2004 COROLLA CE HAS HORRIBLE ROTTEN EGG SMELL CAR HAS ONLY 550 MILES ON IT. DEALER SAY TO SWITCH GAS BRANDS. I DID AND IT IS STILL OVERWHELMING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. *LA

2004 COROLLA BOUGHT 32 DAYS AGO WITH 92 MILES. NOTICED SULFUR SMELL WHEN EXITING VEHICLE ONLY AFTER FIRST REFILL -- NOT NOTICED WITH FUEL THAT CAME WITH IT. DEALER SAID TO TRY DIFFERENT GAS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT MY ENTIRE TANK IS EMPTY BEFORE FILLING. BASICALLY RECOMMENDING THAT I WAIT. (THEY DID SAY TO FILL THE TANK -- NOT JUST PUT IN A COUPLE GALLONS) AFTER THE SECOND REFILL (AND ABOUT 16 DAYS SINCE PURCHASE) I NOTICED THAT THE SMELL WASN'T AS BAD, BUT A FRIEND REMINDED ME THAT IT WAS PARTICULARLY WINDY. I LATER NOTICED THE SMELL WHEN THE WIND CALMED DOWN. NO LUCK WITH THE THIRD REFILL EITHER. ALL OF THESE ARE AT DIFFERENT STATIONS. CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I NOW TRY THE HIGHER-OCTANE FUEL. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE DAYS ARE SLOWLY PASSING. AFTER TALKING WITH SALES DEPT AND THE SERVICE DEPT ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE, THEY AGREED TO TAKE IT FOR A DRIVE AS SOON AS THEY LEARNED THAT I SMELLED THIS FROM INSIDE THE CAR WHEN DRIVING. I SENSE THAT IT IS A MORE-SERIOUS MATTER IF IT GETS INSIDE YOUR CAR. THEY GAVE ME A LOANER FOR THE DAY -- ANOTHER COROLLA LE, WHICH ALSO SMELLED OF SULFUR. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT HE DIDN'T SMELL ANYTHING AT ALL WHEN HE DROVE MY CAR, BUT HE SAID THAT MY "AIR-FRESHENER OVERWHELMED" HIM. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT HE IS EITHER LYING TO ME (YOU CAN'T MISTAKE THE SMELL OF SULFUR GAS) OR HE HAS BECOME DESENSITIZED TO ITS ODOR. I HAVE READ THAT SULFUR CAN WEAKEN YOUR ABILITY TO SMELL SULFUR FOR SOME TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF THE ABILITY TO SMELL SULFUR COMES BACK QUICKLY OR GOES AWAY FOR A LONG TIME. HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. HE SAID IT WAS (YOU GUESSED IT) THE GAS. WELL, NOW MY "GRACE PERIOD" HAS EXPIRED AND I WOULD LOSE AT LEAST $1,300 IF I TOOK IT BACK AND GOT THE PAY-OFF. IF THEY DIDN'T MAKE ME WAIT, I COULD HAVE HAD 100% OF MY MONEY BACK OR A NEW COROLLA THAT DOESN'T SMELL. (INCIDENT DATE SHOULD BE 2004 NOT 2003) *JB

2004 COROLLA: EMISSION OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM.*AK

2004 TOYOTA COROLLA: EMISSION OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM.*AK