general problems of the 2003 Toyota Corolla

My mother got in the car and as soon as the car was put on drive, the car accelerated to its max potential, but when she attempted to hit the brakes they did not respond. So max acceleration, on its own, and brakes did not work. She ended up in the hospital for 9 days suffering a broken rib, front teeth missing, they had to sew her tongue back together, both cheeks shattered, broken clavicle and she has a hole right under the back of her skull. Miraculously, after she flipped to the side and took out two trees, the third tree flipped her back to right side up, and stopped the vehicle completely.

I was parking at about 3 mph, took my foot off the accelerator pedal and pressed down on the brake pedal to slowly ease the car to a stop at the parking spot. The vehicle jolted forward and accelerated. I hit a pole and the vehicle sustained terrible frontend damage. I have a 2003 Toyota Corolla and it is over 188,000 miles.

Rear wheel bearings failure (safety defect) -- 2003 Toyota Corolla. Excerpts from my e-mail to Toyota motor sales, u. S. A. Inc. Follow: "the local Toyota dealership has recently recommended replacing the rear hub axle bearings due to a humming noise, at a cost of over $1,000. 00. This recommendation has floored me as this type of repair for a vehicle with only 90,000 miles does not seem to be consistent with the quality standards promulgated by Toyota motor corporation. Apparently, this problem is widespread as a technical service bulletin (NHTSA #10015608) was issued. " the Toyota customer experience center subsequently acknowledged the rear wheel bearings issue addressed in my e-mail above, creating case # 1703301220. Despite Toyota having issued technical service bulletin #00105 on this very matter, the Toyota representative at the customer center clearly stated in a subsequent phone call there is no warranty coverage, no customer notification, and no-recall issued. After contacting the Toyota customer experience center, I was reluctant to replace the rear wheel bearings for almost $1,000. 00 if the only issue was with humming which blended in with normal road noise. But the mechanics at the local Toyota dealerships subsequently warned me that failure to have the rear wheel bearings replaced meant I was driving a car with a serious safety hazard with a significant probability of wheel failure (I. E. The bearing(s) could completely fail at any time and cause the rear wheel to fall off the car). I then authorized the local dealership in April 2017 to replace the wheel bearings (at my expense). One cannot but wonder how many accidents or incidents in connection with rear wheel bearings have occurred with Toyota Corollas for drivers who unknowingly drive their vehicles with rear wheel bearings that have been compromised or failed.

We were parked in a parking lot. My wife got into the car, put her foot on the brake to take the car out of park, and put the car in reverse. The car accelerated rapidly backward with the engine revving and no effect from the brakes, and hit a pole. With the engine still racing, my wife then put the car in drive, still with her foot on the brake, and it sped forward running into the back of a pickup truck. The engine was racing and there was no effect with pushing on the brake. The pickup truck was pushed forward about a foot hitting a guard rail in the front of the parking space.

While I was driving on the highway to work, driving at approximately 70-75 mph, I started to brake. Instead of decreasing in speed, my car accelerated and everytime I would push the brake, my car would increase in speed (unintended acceleration). Within the span of about 3 months, this incident has occurred a total of 5-6 times, making it very unsafe to drive.

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the rear brakes malfunctioned as the contact attempted to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was diagnosed but the contact was not told what caused the defect. The vehicle was not remedied. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 80,000. Updated 04/14/14 MA updated 04/18/14.

The contact owned a 2003 Toyota Corolla s. The contact was in a crash. The contact stated that while attempting to stop the vehicle, after driving approximately 30 mph, the brake pedal and steering wheel seized. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the vehicle in front. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 153,000.

2003 Toyota Corolla sedan brakes VIN# [xxx] brakes are surging forward. Have taken to mechanic garage and twice to Toyota dealer and nothing can be identified. Brake issue happens once a week or every so many miles. Very dangerous when driving as there is no indication as to when or where this will happen. All of a sudden when stopping the car at a stop sign or red light car jumps forward. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

My daughter was driving our 2003 Toyota Corolla this morning when she reported that the cars brakes didn't appear to work properly. This resulted in a property damage crash into a guardrail. It was a frontal crash into a guardrail at low to moderate speed, the airbags didn't deploy.

I drove my 2003 Toyota Corolla in highway yesterday, when I took brake to slow down, the car accelerate instead of stop, and lost the control to hit right side other car, and then drove to snow pile. This is not the first time event, but this time my car got crash, my car was pick up to insurance design repair store.

On January 7, 2006 at about 2:30 a. M. My daughter, andrea d. Chiu drove back home to san mateo from santa cruz in a Toyota Corolla le of 2003 with a California license plate number 4zic372 and VIN number 1nxbr38e33z085859. As she drove on highway 17 near san jose she tried to step on the foot brake to maintain safety control at the speed limit of 35 miles per hour while going down the winding slope. However the car seemed to have no brake and started spinning with the left side of the front first hit the central concrete divider then the tail also hit the divider and the car finally stopped. No third party was injured and no property was damaged with the exception that my daughter got some bruises on her left thigh and the car ended up with a total loss. My daughter then unbuckled herself from the car seat and called the police with her cell phone through which she was advised to call a tow truck. When the tow truck arrived at the scene the driver said to my daughter that the car got no brake and he had to put additional chains and stoppers to secure the car while towing. Surprisingly none of the airbags in the car was deployed in the accident. According to my records, the car was fully serviced by the dealer, Toyota 101 in redwood city just a couple of months ago and as recent as a week ago that I had the car's engine belt changed also by Toyota 101 before the accident occurred. In view of the foregoing I suspect that there must be some defect in the car safety system including the airbags and foot brake. I and my insurance adjuster tried to contact the manager of Toyota 101 by phone for numerous times but to no avail. I sincerely hope that your department can help and bring this matter to the attention of Toyota 101 who should be responsible for such an incident due to the defect.

I bought a 2003 Toyota Corolla from a certified car dealership, and was sold a car that was involved in a major accident and was not reported. The whole front of the car has none of the original parts to the car which depreciated the value of the car, but it was still sold to me as slightly used in great condition,low mileage and suppose to have never been in an any accidents, I also found out the this car did not pass inspection at the time of purchase, I had to bring the car back to the dealership numerous times starting five days after I bought it. I tried giving the car back and they said that there is nothing that they could do because the contract is already signed, and because of the extensive damages to the car they will only give $6,000 for the car when in fact they sold it to me for over $15,000.

Rear-end accident resulting from insufficient braking ability of 2003 Toyota Corolla le, purchased in April 2002. During a normal morning commute to work, I was involved in a slow-speed accident, in which I "rear-ended" the vehicle in front of me, when traffic abruptly stopped in front of me. Prior to braking, traffic in my lane, was traveling at approximately 25-30 mph and I had ~2-2. 5 "car lengths spacing between myself and the front vehicle. When the traffic in front suddenly stopped, I also immediately applied full pressure on my brake pedal. However, the braking system of my 2003 Toyota Corolla le was insufficient to stop the vehicle and prevent collision with the vehicle in front of me, resulting in $2700 in damage to my vehicle and subsequently higher insurance rates for myself, for failing to avoid the accident. Since I had Toyota repair the Corolla, I also requested they check the braking system. They stated that all the damage was strictly cosmetic and that they found nothing wrong with the brakes (as I expected they would). However, even at lower speed of 10-20 mph, I find that my 2003 Toyota Corolla takes considerable longer to come to a complete stop (under normal braking force) than I've come to expect from any previously driven vehicle (during 24 years as a licensed driver). Note: the exact date of the accident is approximate.

2003 Toyota Corolla had excessive brake dust from day 1. The brakes and rotors were out by 15k miles. (the consumer owned the vehicle for only 6 months.