Transmission Solenoid problems of the 2006 Toyota Corolla

Dear Toyota customer service, I request prompt reimbursement of expenses in the amount of $656. 47 incurred due to the malfunctioning of the engine control module in my 2006 Toyota Corolla last month. While a Toyota dealership ultimately replaced the ecm at no cost, I incurred rental car expenses for the time I was without my Corolla, and paid parts and labor in the amount of $521. 76 to my independent mechanic to initially replace a transmission solenoid which had gone bad due to the failing ecm. I will not even describe the amount of my time that Toyota wasted by failing to notify me, as the owner of a car model known by Toyota to frequently have premature ecm failure, of this issue so that I could resolve it at a Toyota dealership immediately. In early July I experienced difficult and jerking shifting of the automatic transmission in my Toyota. I brought it to my independent mechanic, who diagnosed the problem as a bad transmission solenoid (code p2716), and subsequently determined that the solenoid had gone bad due to the ecm failing. At that point, concerned about the state of my transmission, I called Toyota customer service and was told that the ecm is covered up to 8 years/80,000 miles, and that if the solenoid had gone bad as a result of the failing ecm, the solenoid replacement, too, would be covered under warranty. The Toyota dealership replaced the ecm at no charge. I believe that the out-of-pocket expenses I incurred, as well as the considerable inconvenience I endured, would have been avoided if Toyota had shared proactively with its customers the fact that failing ecms are unusually common in Corollas. If Toyota had reported this information to me, I would have recognized the symptoms demonstrated by my car, and would have brought it to a dealership in the first instance to be fixed. Instead, I spent time and money using a trusted independent mechanic, and learned of the larger ecm problem through him and through independent research.

Faulty pressure control solenoid or electronic control module for the transmission on a 2006 Corolla Toyota starting with a 17337 miles. Dashboard indicate engine logo with "check" light.

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla. When she attempted to shift gear in reverse the gears failed. The vehicle does not shift in reverse and it lunged forward. She also noticed that it would not shift into first, second, or third gear. She took the vehicle to a local garage who stated that the solenoid caused the failure to occur. The manufacturer filed report number 1002148-131 and stated that there were no recalls for the failure; therefore, they would not assist with the repair. She will take the vehicle to the dealer to be diagnosed and repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 101,044.

Check engine light came on. Noticed car jerking when transmission was shifting gears. Had diagnostic done, indicated possible transmission pressure control solenoid falure or worst. Only had car for a year.