general problems of the 2007 Toyota Corolla

2-17-10 2007 Toyota Corolla stalled on 4 lane highway. I had to rent a car. Went back to the car and it started and ran fine for a few days. Then started stalling again. Once when on interstate I-26 I was in passing lane doing 65 mph and it stalled and I had to get it off the road. I was almost run over by irate motorist. If that's not a safety problem I don't know what is. Problem became progressively worse and it would stall every 10-15 miles. Took it to mechanic on 3-15-10 and he installed a new oxygen sensor and everything was fine for the next 100 miles. Now the check engine light is back on and the mechanic suspects the ecm is the problem. Now I'm afraid to drive the car. Don't know if used parts are available.

December 17, 2009 the ecm unit failed in our 2007 Toyota Corolla. Engine cut off. This is a known problem. There was an angel on my daughter's shoulder as she was on a low traffic city street when this happened and she was able to pull over safely. If this had happened on the freeway it could've been deadly.

My husband and I just dropped our two kids off at my mother-in-laws house and were on our way back home when I started to smell gas. I told my husband and he stated to pull the car over and he would check it out. He popped the hood and flames shot out from under the hood. The first thing that I thought was my husband was on fire. I jumped out of the car and found my husband on the other side of the car looking for the kids in the backseat and he was screaming get out of the car. I jumped out of the car and we ran. We looked back and all I saw was a big ball of fire. When the fired department put out the flames all that was left of my car was a burnt frame, the 2 back tires and the spoiler. My husband and I are really upset by this situation. What if our five months old and nine year old was in the car at the time? what if my husband was burnt severely by the fire? what would happen to the children if both of us died in the fire?.

It starts with the car not feeling like it is receiving fuel to the engine, then a couple of weeks later, it just dies and won't start back up. First time I was stopped at a red light, it just died and I had it pushed to the side of the road. I left the vehicle and returned half an hour later in which it did restart. I had the vehicle towed to the Toyota dealership in which it turns out found that it was a censor that was bad and replaced. The second time it stalled on me, again, I could tell that fuel wasn't getting to the engine in short intervals. Then a couple of weeks later, I was traveling at a speed of 55 mph when it just died and wouldn't start back up at all. It was towed again to the Toyota dealership where they say it was a blown fuse. In both instances there is "power" to the vehicle. The radio, air, wipers, flashers, etc all work fine. But the engine doesn't work.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Corolla sport. When the contact started the ignition, the check engine warning indicator immediately illuminated on the instrument panel. The indicator remained lit until the engine was turned off. She also smelled a strong odor of fuel outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the authorized dealer for diagnostic testing and they stated that the failure was related to the fuel system, which was common for this vehicle. The vehicle was repaired at that time. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on seven separate occasions for the identical failure, but there were no resolutions. The vehicle has not been repaired again. The VIN and failure mileage were unknown. The current mileage was 22,000.