general problems of the 2006 Toyota Corolla

While pulling into parking space, experienced sudden acceleration, while foot on brake . Unable to stop car, it jumped the curb and hit a tree. The tree stopped the car, however the wheels must have kept going, as there was dirt torn up and spewed behind the tires. Air bag did not deploy. Toyota notified. Car towed to dealer. Toyota investigation pending, which according to Toyota may take up to 2 months. Toyota said this 2006 Corolla was not on 'recall' list. They also said they will investigate but do not expect to find it to be their fault, as they said they have never found themselves to be 'at fault' when the car was not on the 'recall list'.

I own a 2006 Toyota Corolla le. Earlier this month, I lost all but an extremely minimal amount of power while driving. I nursed the car to my home and contacted my local Toyota dealership by telephone and described the problem. Over the phone, the service person with whom I spoke said that he believed the problem was with one of the car's computers. He indicated that the problem I described was not unique, but that I should bring it in for formal diagnostic tests. When I had the car towed into the dealership, the service personnel verified that one of the car's computers had to be replaced. I spoke with two of the service personnel at the time and both gave me the impression that the problem was not unusual for that year's Corolla le. I bring this to your attention because of the current questions regarding Toyota's problems and the possibility that some of the major problems could have an electronic origin.

I have owned my 2006 Toyota Corolla s with a 5-speed manual transmission since July 2006. In that time I have had approximately 5 incidences when the engine raced unexpectedly. This has always occurred when I had the clutch depressed and was braking. I have thought that my right foot, which I intended to be on the center of the brake pedal, was actually on the side of the brake pedal such that it simultaneously contacted the accelerator pedal. This explanation is problematic in that even with the brake pedal fully depressed, it is still higher than the accelerator pedal. The only way I could be depressing both the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal at the same time is for my foot to be twisted and off center at the same time. Maybe this is possible, I don't know. What usually happens is that the engine races(maybe 4000 to 5000 rpm) but since the clutch is already depressed and my foot is on the brake, the car does not speed up. Usually the engine only races for a second or two and I don't know how it gets settled down--maybe I reposition my foot a little--I don't know what happens because it is always unexpected and happens so quickly I am left confused and scared. The last time this happened was a few days ago so with all the publicity about Toyota accelerator pedals, I thought I would report this problem even though my car is not covered in the recall.

Throttle body has shot down unexpectedly right on the middle of on the road. The car has been fully disabled since gas did not go to the engine. Occur for first time. Throttle body has been replaced by taking from used car. Master say it just stopped to function.

2006 Toyota Corolla shuts off and also sometimes rpm drops really low. It happened more than once. I finally took it to Toyota on 11/30/09 and they replaced throttle body assembly. Old part is not available. Car does not shut off anymore but rpm still drops really low to the point that it almost shuts off. Is Toyota going to address this problem?.

Our 2006 Toyota Corolla experienced a complete engine shut-down on a freeway. The engine simply shut off, which cut off the power steering. We were able to bring the car safely to the side of the road, but the vehicle would not re-start. This engine stall could have resulted in a very serious crash because the car quickly lost speed in fast-moving traffic, and the steering became hard to turn. This incident happened in 2007, but we now understand that this was a common problem with the 2006 Toyota Corolla and we want to register a complaint. Further, the dealership required seven attempts to fix the problem. The "check engine" light came on frequently after the first failure and the dealer did not know how to fix the problem. Further, when we tried to file a "lemon law" complaint, Toyota said that each of the seven "check engine" events was a different problem and therefore the car was not bought back by the manufacturer.