2019 Toyota Corolla Power Train

MY CLUTCH PEDAL SQUEAKS AND FEELS SPONGY AT TIMES. I HAVE VIBRATIONS COMING FROM CLUTCH PEDAL WHEN ACCELERATING AND RELEASING CLUTCH ALMOST AT BITE POINT. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'M AT A STOP AND PUT IN FIRST GEAR AND GO THE CLUTCH VIBRATES AND A I GET ALMOST LIKE A GROWLING OR CHATTERING COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. MY CLUTCH TENDS TO ACT UP MORE IN THE CITY. IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IF THE CONCENTRIC SLAVE CYLINDER IS GOING OUT.

THE PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING IS THAT AT TIMES SUCH AS WHEN AT A STOP SIGN OR U TURNS AND MAINLY WHEN I NEED TO CROSS A LANE IN A SPEEDY WAY THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER, IF I NEED TO CROSS A STREET AND I GIVE IT GAS THE VEHICLE WILL START MOVING BUT ONLY AT A VERY LOW SPEED, A FEW TIMES IF IT WASN'T FOR THE OTHER VEHICLES STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT, WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING I GIVE IT ALL THE GAS BUT IT STILL DOESN'T GO ANY FASTER IT TAKES BETWEEN 5 AND 10 SECONDS BEFORE IT FINALLY PICKS SPEED, JUST LAST WEEK I GOT CURSED AT BECAUSE ANOTHER DRIVER ASSUMED I WAS SLOWING DOWN IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE ON PURPOSE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME MAYBE 2 OR 3 TIMES A WEEK BUT IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS BECAUSE ONCE THE VEHICLE STARTS TO MOVE IT'S TOO LATE TO PUT IT ON REVERSE. OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE TAKING THIS TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND NONE WERE ABLE TO FIND A FAULT. PLEASE HELP BEFORE MYSELF, MY WIFE OR MY SON GETS KILL

TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF A 2019 TOYOTA COROLLA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MARIETTA TOYOTA (LOCATED AT 750 COBB PKWY S, MARIETTA, GA 30060, (470) 938-8436) TO BE DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V901000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,900.

TRANSMISSION LOSES POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED LAZY POWERLESS SHIFTING

AFTER THE RECALL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WAS PERFORMED, STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD METAL CLANKING ON A SLOW SPEED WHEN A VEHICLE IS DOWNSHIFTING TO THE FIRST GEAR. WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING THE WHOLE CAR BRAKES (TRANSMISSION BREAKS IT) FOR HALF A SECOND.

THERE IS A KNOWN SAFETY RECALL AFFECTING THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS CAR SUCH THAT IT COULD LOSE MOTIVE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DISCOVERED ON 12/19/18. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR WEEKS, I DISCOVERED THE RECALL ONLINE, AND ENDED UP IN A LOANER. I WAS TOLD BY THE TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER THAT THE CAR WAS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND I COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN IN A LOANER SINCE 1/11/19 AND CALLING REGULARLY, BUT I STILL DO NOT HAVE A DATE FOR THE END OF THIS. THEY HAVE CLEARLY NOT BEEN TIMELY IN GETTING OUT THE NEW TRANSMISSIONS FOR THE 2019 TOYOTA COROLLA HATCHBACKS DESPITE PREPARING AND RELEASING ON TIME AN ENTIRE LINE OF 2020 TOYOTA COROLLAS.

I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA STATING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CVT AND THAT IT COULD FAIL. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS IT COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM AND THERE IS NO RESOLUTION AS YET. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE 5000 MILE SERVICE BUT I WAS GIVEN ERRONEOUS INFORMATION. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IF A REMEDY IS NOT AVAILABLE THEN I SHOULD BE AFFORDED A LONER UNTIL SUCH TIME WHEN TOYOTA COMES UP WITH A FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V901000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. NORTH HOLLYWOOD TOYOTA (4606 LANKERSHIM BLVD, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91602, (818) 853-5999) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.