2019 Toyota Corolla FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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My vehicle has a production date that falls within an existing safety recall J07 but Toyota is denying coverage. The cvt is making a grinding noise consistent with the torque converter issue described in the recall and my door has a stamp with being produced in 10/2018 when this recall was in effect. However they are denying coverage.
2 years ago, I took my vehicle to the dealership that I bought it from, because I was given notice that there was a recall to the fuel injector system, and my scheduled maintenance was due. The dealership performed the maintenance and fixed the recall, and I drove the car home. The very next day I started the car and noticed that it took 2 key turns to start and didn't think too much about it. Since then, I've put 5000 more miles on the car so the odometer now says 23000 miles. Today I take my vehicle in for maintenance because I want to resolve the 2 key turn issue, and now the dealership says that my fuel injector is broken and I need to pay for the part and labor to replace. I don't understand how the fuel injector being physically damaged is something that I as the customer could have done in 5000 miles, unless the dealer made a mistake when fixing the recall.
we took our corolla to the San Luis Obispo toyota dealership for replacement of fuel pump per national recall of that part. Since then whenever we park the car on an incline we can strongly smell gas fumes in the cabin. When we took it back stating the problem they took it in but did not touch anything on the car (there were items on the back seat they would need to remove I order to get to the gas tank that contains the fuel pump.) When we went in the invoice was marked "call after five" in pencil
Vehicle has a bank to lean 1 engine code and when at idle, fluctuates from 700 rpm down below 500 RPM and shakes the car. The vehicle has stalled twice on me while stopped at a stop light. I understand the vehicle has had two recalls for the same issue and it has not fixed the problem yet.
Toyota didn't install new fuel pump in my car. I set it up to be done when I had the air bags done. They did the air bags but never did the fuel pump recall. I've been fighting with them ever since. Now my fuel pump is going out. My car stalls when I put any amount of gas in it. I'm afraid it will stall while I'm driving which is why there is a recall on the part.
FROM NHTSA WEBSITE: JAN 13,2020 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER 20TA02 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 20V012 RECALL STATUS RECALL INCOMPLETE SUMMARY THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH A LOW-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WHICH MAY STOP OPERATING. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES MAY BE DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THE ENGINE MAY RUN ROUGH. THIS MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE STALL, AND THE VEHICLE MAY BE UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. SAFETY RISK IF A VEHICLE STALL OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS, THIS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH. ON 09/12/2020 I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. THEY COULD NOT SCHEDULE ME BEFORE 10/12/2020 DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FUEL PUMP IS ON BACK ORDER. TOYOTA KNEW SINCE AT LEAST JANUARY 2020 THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP. IN SEPTEMBER 2020 ON BACK ORDER?!
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET, BUT THE RECALL ON FUEL PUMPS INDICATES THAT WE COULD HAVE A CRASH AND MAYBE INJURIES OR DEATH IF WE DRIVE THE CAR. WE ARE AFRAID TO TAKE A LONG DISTANCE TRIP. THE MANUFACTURER HAS TAKEN AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME PROVIDING A REMEDY. OUR LOCAL DEALER, WORLD TOYOTA, HAS BEEN CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT US WAITING FOR TOYOTA TO PROVIDE A REMEDY. NO ONE CAN EVEN PREDICT WHEN OR IF THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN. *TR
MY VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WHITH A LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WHICH MAY STOP OPERATING , THIS MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE STALL, I CALLED TO TOYOTA OK KATY TO GET FIXED AND THE ONLY RESPOND IS THE THEY DONT HAVE FULL TO BE REPLACED AND I HAVE TO WAIT. AT THIS POINT THIS ISUE HAS 10 MONTHS.
TOYOTA IS TAKING AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FINDING A REMEDY FOR THE FUEL PUMP RECALL. MY WIFE AND I ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCES. WHY CAN TOYOTA NOT REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WITH ONE FROM A PRIOR YEAR THAT WORKED? CAN I, AT MY OWN EXPENSE, HAVE A MECHANIC INSTALL ANOTHER TYPE OF FUEL PUMP THAT WORKS? *TR
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The 2019 Toyota Corolla has 9 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.