Check Engine Light On problems of the 2006 Toyota Corolla

Took car to dealership regarding air bags, electrical, and engine feeling hot. Check engine light was on. . . . I did not have money for the diagnostic nor the maintenance they suggested. . Around $1500. I assumed they checked the airbags, but thought it odd that they did not give me any paperwork. They said everything was fine.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. The contact was braking for a traffic stop when the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to immediately restart the vehicle as it operated as normal. The contact continued driving 70 mph as the check engine light illuminated and the vehicle stalled a second time. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the computer engine module was replaced. The failure did not recur. The failure and current mileage was 104,296.

We bought a 2006 certified Corolla le on June 19, 2010 from a dealership in northern virginia. On August 18, 2010 my daughter was driving the car and while at stop light earlier that day her car hesitated and didn't want to move. That evening around 8:30 pm as she was driving her car, the road curved slightly to the right but she was not able to turn the wheel or depress the brakes. She crossed the on coming lane and the car was totaled. She was able to walk away from this with only hundreds of small cuts from glass. The initial thought was that she had hydroplaned but after further talking to my daughter she said that she tried to turn the steering wheel to follow the road but she couldn't because it was too hard and the brakes would not depress either. I had my mechanic go to the yard where the car was stored and read the computer and this is what he found: check engine light find p0430 evap system pressure sensor high input and in the history he found 2 codes: the same p0430 and b2799 engine immobilizer system fault. So as it seems now the car did shut off and she was not able to control the steering or brakes due to not having power. I have read that this is not the first report of this happening. Something should be done before someone gets hurt really bad or there is a fatal accident. I would like to know if being a certified car, should this have been detected before the car was sold? also, is the computer read before the car is sold to see if there has been or is a problem? if it is not read, then maybe it should be a new policy for the dealerships.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. While traveling 65 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled within seconds. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the ecm was replaced. The VIN was not available. The current and failure mileage was 70,000.

I have a 2006 Toyota Corolla that started exhibiting violent shaking while driving. Shortly after then check engine light came on. I took it to my local autozone for a diagnostics scan and it returned code "p2716 - pressure control solenoid". I discovered that Toyota currently has a TSB on this issue (tc015-07) but not an official recall. Even though no accident occurred in this case, this is a serious safety issue as the shaking slowed the car down and could have caused an accident had it had been on the highway. Other people have reported the car completely shutting of.

I heard on the radio that you have had over 1,000 complaints about the 2005-06 Toyota Corollas with regard to engine control modules (ecms) and possible stalls. My 2006 Corolla started to stutter when I accelerated from 45 to 55 mph. I could tell that one of the spark plugs was misfiring and I was afraid the engine was going to stall in heavy traffic. The engine did not stall, but the check engine light came on. I searched the internet and found that Toyota had a bad batch of ecms in 2005-2006 , but did not to recall them. Instead, they waited to see which units actually failed before replacing the defective ecms. When I took the car to the dealership, I told the service writer that it appeared to be a defective ecm. He told me I was mistaken about the ecm and that it had nothing to do with the spark plug misfiring. After they checked the car, I was told that a plug had fouled out. I was charged over $500 to replace all of the plugs and the ignition coil, not just the one fouled plug . I was also charged $120 to clean what I was told would be the fouled fuel injector, but it was listed as intake cleaning service. ¿ I picked up the car and didn't get 2 miles from the shop before the check engine light came on again. On the second trip to shop they reset the light and said that they couldn't duplicate the condition again. So I took the car and drove it home. The next day on the way to work, the light came on again. On the third trip to the shop, they finally admitted the ecm had to be replaced. The ecm was free, but I am still out over $620 in repairs for damage caused by a defective ecm. My plugs had only 70,000 miles (mostly highway) on them and should have lasted until 120,000 miles. On top of the repairs, I wasted a lot of gas. Now that the ecm was replaced, I am getting 2 more miles per gallon.

I had an engine light come on and the car would run rough and the a/c would not run. Then the car would run okay and the a/c would be working. I took it to a Toyota dealership and they said I need a new evap canister and new a/c compressor . This was put on and I brought the car home. The a/c worked too well. . When the fan and heater were on the a/c kept right on running. I took it back and they replaced the control air, computer and still not working. Then they put another new computer on it and not working. Then they pulled the dash and checked the wiring. . Nothing. Then they did rewiring work, then they did circuit work and the a/c still does not work. I waited for two weeks for them to tell me when an eng will come look at the car. They had the car 6 out of 7 weeks and I finally brought the car home and it is sitting in the yard. . Car is running but I still have no a/c and I am still waiting for a call from the dealership. No one has ever called to tell me anything at all about the car. . . I have had to call them . I looked in the computer to find that Toyota had a problem with their 2006 Corolla a/c but never recalled. But I can't get anyone at the dealership to tell me anything at all about this.

2006 Toyota Corolla stalling and/or stopping unexpectedly. Check engine light comes on. Car sometime operates at about 20% power.

I was driving my mom's 2006 Toyota Corolla ce tonight. I was stopped at a red light waiting to turn left. The light turned green, I pressed the gas pedal and the car stalled and it would barely move at all and the check engine light came on. I was thankfully able to get off to the shoulder of the road without being in an accident. After I got to the shoulder off the road the car sounded like it was about to quit running and just die out. I turned the car off and restarted it. The check engine light was still on and I was terrified about having to drivethe car home, about 2 miles from my destination at that time, but I tried it and when I pushed the gas pedal, after I restarted the car, it done okay and did not stall. However, the check engine light never went out even after restarting the care. This is a big safetly risk and needs to be fixed by Toyota. Someone could have hit me in the back end and it is definitely a safety hazard and needs to be resolved! I was very upset when this happened not sure what I was going to do. Please investigate this issue. I no longer feel safe driving any Toyota product. Again, I was driving my mom's 2006 Toyota Corolla ce. I am the owner of a 2007 scion tc and I am thinking about trading it off because I no longer feel safe driving anything made by Toyota. Before today, I wasn't really worried about driving my mom's car since none of the incidents where the vehicle speeds up and you can't stop it affected her model but after this incident today, I will not be driving her car at all. I feel like my life is at danger when in a Toyota. Please help protect my safety and families around America. Toyota needs to make a recall regarding this because it is a safety risk!!!! despite what Toyota says. They haven't been in the situation themselves. It is absolutely no fun. If they can't fix the problems, they need to just shut down. People's lives are at risk.

My 2006 Toyota Corolla began stalling on the highway last night and ultimately left me stranded on the side of the road. After sitting for several minutes and trying to restart, the temperature gauge would sometimes respond and other times would not move when the key was turned to start the engine. When the gauge doesn't move the car will not start. When the gauge does move the car sometimes starts but will only go a few feet before stalling again. The check engine light is on permanently. There is no sign of over heating or of an oil level problem. The car is currently at a garage awaiting analysis.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. When the contact was at a stop light, the vehicle suddenly shut off and after two attempts she was able to restart it. When she drove the vehicle to the mechanic, it shut off four times and the check engine light would appear on the instrument panel. The dealer replaced the ecm and mass air filter censor at the owners expense. The failure mileage was 59900 and the current mileage was 60000.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. While driving at approximately 35mph the vehicle suddenly shut off. He pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. After repeated attempts to start the vehicle it finally started, but it idled abnormally and the check engine light illuminated. He contacted the dealer a couple days later and they told him to bring the vehicle in. The contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer. The dealer replaced the engine control module. The failure mileage was 29,376 and the current mileage was 30,376.

Purchased 2006 Corolla in Feb 2006, in August of 2007 car stalled while driving, engine light came on,steering locked up. Brought it to Toyota dealer, replaced ecu, waited 1month because of backorder of part. January 2010 car stalled while driving, engine light came on, steering locked up, took to Toyota dealer , ecu replaced for the second time, this time I had to pay for the replacement.

While driving on a local street my check engine light came on, within seconds there was no fuel (power) to drive. I pressed the gas pedal to the floor but the car would not go more than 5rpm, going less than 5 mph, then car just shut off. This happened in less than 20 seconds. I tried to re-start the car but with no luck. I was able to put the car in neutral and with help push the to local repair shop, they diagnosed it as faultcode p0607 aka "bad ecm". The mechanic called the local Toyota dealer and they towed the car to there shop since it was covered under warranty of 8 yrs and/or up to 80,000 miles. However the part was not in stock so I had to wait 2 days. I was out of a car for a total of 3 days and my local repair shopped charged $109. 00 for diagnosed the car. Lucky for me Toyota dealer was no charge because it was still under warranty 8 yrs, or 80,000. My car had 71,260, however I am still not happy because I could have been badly injured if I was on a highway and this had happen, or I could have hurt someone else. I am not pleased that I was without a car for 3 days and incurred travel expenses and had to pay my local repair shop $109. 00 which I feel Toyota should cover. There should be a recall for this issue as it can be fatal.

I was driving my 2006 Toyota Corolla ce on the freeway at 65 mph when the engine suddenly turned off. I was able to coast to the shoulder to avoid getting into an accident. I had the car towed to the Toyota dealer and they replaced the ecm unit and reset the check engine light. The dealer kept the old ecm unit and did not charge me for the work which was under warranty. My car was 4 years old and only had 28150 miles on it when this happened. I found out that this was a known problem by checking out the Toyotanation. Com website.

Driving home when check engine light came on and engine shut off while in a busy curve of a local street. Lost power steering assist. Created a safety hazard being that I was causing a traffic hazard in a curve. Only able to start engine by holding gas to the floor, engine sounded like a lawn mower and ran barely over idle. Made it home at about 10 mph. Next day engine started but check engine light was still lit. Drove to dealer, engine was surging and car shifted very hard. Dealer found that the ecu or computer had failed and replaced it under the emissions warranty. This is the second time that this computer has failed on my vehicle. First time was at 25,939 miles on 08/15/07 and they replaced the same engine computer this time my wife was driving the car in traffic and it did the same thing. Current incident happened on 12/28/09 with 48,874 miles on vehicle. I can see that this could have been a more serious safety issue if we had been pulling out into traffic when the computer failed.

2006 Corolla stalls while driving on highway. I let the car rest for about 30 mins. And then I was able to drive again for about 20 mins. At which time it stalled again. The check engine light came on. Issue turned out to be a bad ecm.

2006 Corolla 1. 8l idling rough and about to die at intersection, but seemed to 'warm up' and didn't happen later that day. Next morning same thing, but check engine light came on and has remained on.

After starting a 2006 Toyota Corolla with approximately 26,000 mileage and leaving parking garage, car lost power without warning. After turning key off, was able to restart on third try. With the restart, the check engine light came on. Drove home without incident and made appointment with Toyota dealer. Was able to restart car to take to dealer and in trying to complete the 10 miles or so on low speed roads, the car repeatedly lost power until the 8th or 9th time when it would not restart. Car was towed the last 2-3 miles. Dealer said a newer firmware version was required. Print-out said the ecm was replaced. This was done without charge and dealer was cooperative. The situation was dangerous and it was fortunate that the power loss was not on a high speed road.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that her check engine light came on. A diagnostic test was performed by the dealer which listed code#p2716 pressure control d malfunction, internal failure inside the ecu. The manufacturer informed the contact that he would be responsible for paying $2,100 for the repairs. There were no related recalls or warranties. The failure mileage was 91,358.

I was driving on surface streets at approx 35 mph. The engine in my 2006 Corolla just topped. I described it as "powered down. " I was able to pull over to the side of the road. I turned it off, waited a second, then turned it back on. The car started. The check engine light remained on. I drove straight to the dealership. I was told it was the computer and the whole thing was replaced under warranty. The matter was handled on one day from incident to new computer. It ha not happened again.

I was driving to work around 1:30 am on 5/02/2008 when the vehicle just quit running. The check engine light came on and then the engine shut down. I tried to restart the vehicle with no luck. I called my wife to come and get me so I could call a towing service to get the car home. I than connected the car to my personal engine scanner and pulled a trouble code p0607 control module performance. I looked online to see if anyone else had this problem and found that Toyota has a technical service bulletin for no start condition. Bulletin # eg049r. I contacted Toyota the next day and had the car towed to the dealership so they could trouble shoot it. They told me what I already new. That the engine control module was faulty. They also said because my vehicle had 111,146 miles on it that it was out of warranty. I contacted Toyota customer service to try and get them to repair it under goodwill since they have a bulletin out regarding faulty control modules. I was contacted on 5/8/2008 and told that Toyota would not offer me any type of goodwill coverage because I didn't have any prior repair work done at the Toyota dealer and I was beyond the normal warranty. I explained to them that I do all my own maint. On my vehicles since I am a mechanic by trade. They said they were aware of the bulletin but the still were not willing to offer any type of good faith warranty. My case number with Toyota is 2008 0502 0992. After talking to a few local dealers I deal with I have found that they are replacing quite a few of these faulty processors under warranty. Some dealers stock as many as 3 control units on the shelf at one time. My feeling is that they are warranting most of them people are not aware of the big picture. The processor is a $700. 00 item. I wonder how many are really going bad. Should this be a national recall?.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla le. The vehicle began to stall intermittently after it was started. The contact stated that the failure occurred four times. When the failure occurred he stated that there were no prior warnings. The failure was not diagnosed by the dealer. While driving approximately 55 mph with the cruise control engaged, the vehicle shifted gears "like a rocket". He noticed that the check engine light was on and the vehicle began to shifted with extreme resistance. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for the failure. The dealer performed a diagnostic test and replaced the ecm on September 17, 2009. He referenced recall 10v384000, engine and engine cooling and was advised by the manufacturer and the dealer that his vehicle was not part of the recall. The failure mileage was 15,000 and the current mileage was 64,002.