2005 Toyota Corolla Electrical System

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, WHEN IN THE REVERSE POSITION THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT EXTREMELY HARD AND THE AIR CONDITIONER HAD BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. ALL REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OWNER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. 3/1/2010-ENGINE CUTS OUT/STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. RETRIEVED CODES P0606 AND P0456. BROUGHT TO LOCAL SERVICE AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS ECM FAILURE. SERVICE REP STATES THAT IT HAS TO GO TO TOYOTA BECAUSE ECM IS ON TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN EXTENDED WARRANTY. 3/2/1010-TOYOTA NASHUA SERVICE RETRIEVED CODES P0606 AND P0607 REPLACED ECM COST $640.36. 3/4/2010 ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BROUGHT BACK TO TOYOTA SERVICE WITH SAME CODES. THEY CLEARED CODES WITH NO REPAIR. 4/13/2010 ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND BROUGHT BACK TO TOYOTA SERVICE. RETRIEVED CODE P0606 AND P0607. REPLACED REAR OXYGEN SENSOR. $259.35. 4/14/2010 ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND BROUGHT BACK TO TOYOTA SERVICE. CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED. KEPT CAR OVER NIGHT. AWAITING REPAIR DIAGNOSIS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS CAR STALLS ON HIGHWAYS AT 65MPH WITH LITTLE TIME TO GET TO BREAKDOWN LANE. RISK OF SERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AGAIN AND GET WARRANTY EXTENDED BEYOND 80K MILES. *TR

2005 TOYOTA COROLLA GOING 60 MILES PER HOUR ON A HIGHWAY SUDDENLY WENT TO 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. LUCKILY NO ONE TOO CLOSE FOLLOWING THE CAR. DROVE TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THE NEXT DAY THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER FOR THE SECOND TIME. *TR

FAILURE OF ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (CURRENTLY REFERED TO AS "ECU" BY TOYOTA TECHNICIANS). THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE HAS CAUSED MY CAR TO BUCK SIGNIFICANTLY ON UPSHIFTS OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANS. PART WAS ORIGINALLY REPLACED IN 2006 UNDER GUIDELINES OF TSB TC014-06. TC015-07 REFERS TO THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS ISSUED AFTER REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE. TOYOTA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTINUING FAILURE OF THIS PART.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE HAD A VARIETY OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SHOW UP IN MY 2005 COROLLA CE, [XXX]. THEY BEGAN ABOUT JULY 2009 AND CONTINUE TO THIS DAY, IN JULY, THE CAR WAS HARD TO START ON HOT DAYS. IT MAY BE CORROSION AT THE BATTERY GROUND OR IT MAY BE SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS. THEN, ABOUT THE 1ST OF JANUARY, THE ELECTRIC LOCKS FAILED TO WORK. ABOUT THE 20TH OF JANUARY, THEY WORKED AGAIN. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE ECM IS SUBJECT TO WATER EXPOSURE, AND CORROSION....WHICH WILL LEAD TO OTHER, PERHAPS DANGEROUS, FAILS. FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS, THE PASSENGER SAFETY BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON. THIS TOO, SUGGESTS SOME TYPE OF WEATHER EXPOSURE TO A FLAWED DESIGN. IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT COULD MEAN THE SAFETY BAG MIGHT TRIGGER SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION...THUS TRIGGERING AN ACCIDENT THAT COULD KILL ME, ANY PASSENGERS, AND IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING OTHER VEHICLES...RISKING THE LIVES OF MANY OTHERS. MY FINAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BEGAN ON/ABOUT 1 MARCH OF THIS YEAR. MY "ENGINE FAULT" LIGHT WENT ON AND REMAINS ON. I DID CHECK ALL FLUIDS ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND FOUND THEM TO BE OKAY. I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR AND IT IS NOW SITTING IN MY CAR PORT. I WON'T DRIVE IT UNTIL I CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM EVEN AFRAID TO DRIVE IT TO THE AAMCO BUSINESS FOR THE FREE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK THAT THEY OFFER. INSTEAD, I JUST BOUGHT A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT IF THE CAR IS SAFE. I ALMOST FORGOT. LAST SUMMER, THE ODOMETER SET ITSELF BACK BY ABOUT 25,000 MILES. THIS IS ANOTHER INDICATOR OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *TR

WHEN @ INTERSECTION AND OR PASSING IT. I WOULD GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONE WITH A ENGINE STALL @ 15MPH AND 30MPH IT REPEATS ITSELF AT THEESE SPEEDS AND @ 2500-3000RPM WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I HAVE LOOK ONLINE TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND HAVE FOUND AN ARTICLE "HTTP://WWW.AUTOBLOG.COM/2010/03/18/FOLLOWUP-TOYOTA-CONSIDERING-STALL-FIX-FOR-1-2M-COROLLA-AND-MATR/" I HAVE READ THE BLOG AND IT SEEMS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHOM HAS THIS PROBLEM BUT SOME 1.2MILLION (COROLLA AND MATRIX MODELS FROM 2005, 2006 AND 2007) PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME EFFECT OF AND BAD ECU PROBLEM THAT WHAT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME A DEFECT AND MOST LIKE A HEALTH HAZARD IF LETS SAY MYSELF OR ONE OF THE 1.2MILLION PPLS WHOM ALSO HAVE THE SAME "SO CALLED BY TOYOTA - INCONVENIENCE TO OWNERS. I WOULD SAY MY LIFE IS IMPORTANT AND OTHER WOULD AGREE WITH ME. I WOULD LIKE TO TOYOTA RECALL THE PART THAT THEY KNOW IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND REPLACE IT FOR A NEW NON-DEFECTIVE PART THAT HAS THE CORRECTION APPLIED TO THEM SO THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEND AGAIN. AS I DO REALLY LIKE MY CAR AND WOULD LOVE TO KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE WHILE DRIVING THEIR CARS.

MY 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STALLS THEN WONT SHIFT ALMOST REARENDED ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER. HAD IT CHECKED AND THEY SAY THE ECM IS BAD. AGAIN. *TR

THIS IS IN REGARDS TO MY 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE COMPUTER (BRAIN) TO THE CAR WENT OUT. JUST ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING AND I CAME TO A RED LIGHT. WHEN I STOPPED, THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY TURNED ITSELF OFF. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. IT HAD THE SOUNDS OF A DEAD BATTERY TRYING TO START BUT IT WOULDN'T TURN OVER. SO I WAS STUCK AT THE LIGHT UNTIL A TOW TRUCK CAME TO GET ME. UPON TAKING IT TO A REPAIR SHOP, I FOUND OUT THAT THE COMPUTER HAD GONE OUT. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THEY HAD A NOTICE OUT TO ALL MECHANICS SO IF A CAR CAME INTO THERE SHOP, THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I THEN CONTACTED TOYOTA WHO TOLD ME THAT I WAS 8,000 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY THAT THEY HAD SET TO REPLACE THIS DEFECT. I TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO GET THEM TO REPLACE IT AND THEY FLAT OUT DENIED ME. I KNOW MY CAR WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT I FELT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY JUST TOLD ME THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. MY REASONING FOR IT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN THAT PART GOES OUT, THE CAR WILL JUST TURN OFF AND YOU ARE STUCK. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE AT A LIGHT. WHAT IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY? I WOULD OF BEEN STRUCK FROM BEHIND FROM THE OTHER CARS THAT WERE BEHIND ME GOING 65MPH. AFTER ARGUING WITH TOYOTA AND GETTING NOWHERE, I ENDED UP PAYING OVER $700.00 TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED SO I COULD ONCE AGAIN USE MY CAR TO GET TO WORK. I FEEL THAT TOYOTA SHOULD OF BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, SINCE THEY KNEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEM AND THEY SHOULD OF BEEN WILLING TO REPLACE THE PART NO MATTER HOW MANY MILES WERE ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

ECU OR ECM IN 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA DEFECTIVE, CAUSING VARIOUS PROBLEMS, MINE WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ,BUT MY TRANSMISSION WAS OKAY THE ECU OR ECM WAS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION NOT TO SHIFT RIGHT,.UPON TALKING TO DEALERSHIP THOUSANDS OF UNITS REPLACED AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ONLINE ISSUES OF THIS PART MALFUNCTIONING,WARRANTY COVERS TO 80,000 MILES BUT IF OVER THAT IT IS A $800.00 REPAIR FOR A PART TOYOTA KNOWS IS BAD, HAD PART REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE I,DON,T FEEL THE CONSUMER SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS... *TR

I OWN/DRIVE A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA CE. STARTING LAST YEAR (2008) IT BEGAN STALLING WHILE DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED AS I WAS TAKING A RIGHT TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT. LATER IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 THE ECM HAD TO BE REPLACED AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE REACHED 80,000 MI. (WHICH IS JUST OVER THE WARRANTY LIMIT). I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT WAS RELATED TO THE ECM. HOWEVER, THIS FALL THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN AND THE CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON A LOCAL STREET. EVERY BUMP BEGAN TO MAKE THE LIGHTS FLICKER AND THE ENGINE STALL. SPARKS CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD EVERY TIME I HIT A DEVIATION IN THE ROAD. I WENT TO A NEARBY LOCAL SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS RELATED TO A BROKEN PIECE HOLDING THE BATTERY. THEY REMOVED THE BROKEN BRACKET AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED. DURING THAT DRIVE IT PROBABLY STALLED ABOUT 10 TIMES. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN, HOWEVER, I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW AWFUL IT WAS TO BE DRIVING WITH TWO CHILDREN IN YOUR BACK SEAT IN A VEHICLE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE WHILE IT STALLS AND YOU HAVE TO QUICKLY MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. OF COURSE TOYOTA DOES NOT HAVE ANY INTEREST IN HELPING ME WHILE I AM ABOVE MY WARRANTY. I THINK THAT THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH THE ECM NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AT WARRANTY EXPIRATION IS ENOUGH FOR ME NEVER TO PURCHASE ANOTHER TOYOTA VEHICLE EVER AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE ECU MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS DUE TO THE DEFECT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 148,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

ON DECEMBER 11, 2008 MY DAUGHTER DROVE MY CAR TO HER PART TIME JOB, SHE CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT THE CAR STOPPED ON HER AS SHE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE BANK, BUT STARTED BACK UP. THAT AFTERNOON UPON LEAVING THE BANK, THE CAR STOPPED AGAIN. SHE CALLED AND STATED THAT SHE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE CAR. WITH IN MINUTES THE CAR WAS IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY BURNED, LEAVING BARE METAL, ALL THE WINDOWS WERE SHATTERED.. THE FLAMES WERE SO HOT THAT WINDOW OF THE STORE BROKE. *TR

2005 TOYOTA COROLLA WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRES AT THE TRUNK HARNESS BROKE CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DRAIN. HE FEELS THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *KB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA WITH 19000 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 25 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE SHOOK, AND THEN IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES, BUT HE VEHICLE DID NOT START. ON THE FOURTH ATTEMPT THE VEHICLE STARTED AND WAS DRIVEN INTO A PARKING SPACE. TOYOTA TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. TOYOTA DETERMINED THAT THE EMC WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THEY OFFERED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON DECEMBER 17, 2006 AND HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THE LOCKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL SINCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19700.*AK

WARM ENGINE STARTING: I BOUGHT A NEW 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA LE FROM FUNKS TOYOTA, MANITOBA, CANADA. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS A LOT OF CRANKING IS REQUIRED BEFORE THE CAR STARTS WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM. A NUMBER OF OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS REPORTED ON VARIOUS FORUMS ON THE INTERNET. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS JUST NORMAL TO CRANK FOR LONGER PERIOD OCCASIONALLY. *NM

WARM ENGINE STARTING: I BOUGHT A NEW 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA LE FROM TOYOTA CENTRAL, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA. ON A NUMBER OF OCASSIONS WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM, STARTING IT WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF CRANKING BEFORE IT STARTED. A NUMBER OF OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS REPORTED ON VARIOUS FORUMS ON THE INTERNET. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS, AND THE LATEST INCIDENT DATE IS REPORTED IN THE "INCIDENT DATE" FIELD OF THIS FORM.