14 problems related to electrical system have been reported for the 2008 Toyota Corolla. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Toyota Corolla based on all problems reported for the 2008 Corolla.
Engine light stays on.
I was driving at 65 miles an hour, the check engine light came on, and I lost power. I hit the accelerator and nothing happened. Luckily I was able to get off off road safely. After restarting the car, it shifted harshly into first and would not let me accelerate past 25.
Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that when driving into a parking lot the vehicle start to shake violently then stalled. The check engine light illuminated. The contact waited a minutes and was able to driving the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the spark plug failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000. Aw.
I have had failure to disclose issues with this car. I have had an accident in which the airbag did not deploy and brake had difficulty. I had a bad accident and have reached out to Toyota to wither repair my car or setup rental or make a payment for rental. I do not want to drive this car until repaired, therefore renting for the past 3 months.
Stalls while driving, faulty ecm. Heavy traffic, had to push car out of traffic.
My car had difficulty starting after getting the new battery last month, and a couple days ago my engine stalled as I slowed it down to stop in the busy traffic road while I was going to the dealership to get it checked. I had it towed to the nearest dealership assuming that a wrong battery was installed, but it turned out to be a bad ecm. I had to get it fixed by paying over $800. The thing is the ecm unit in my car was a replaced one in the past as the Toyota recalled it. I am really scared of driving my car now because it might happen again in the future, and I wonder if Toyota knows this issue that the ecm does not recognize a new battery well. I read the same story while searching for this problem.
While driving on the interstate going 65mph the car suddenly turned completely off. There was absolutely no power, no power brakes,steering ,all the gauges looked as if the car had not been started. It restarted by itself after about 15 seconds which was a good thing as it would have been difficult to maneuver the car from the middle lane to the shoulder in heavy traffic with very limited steering and brake and decelerating rapidly.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that he started the engine and the rpms increased excessively high. The contact also stated that he was driving the vehicle 50 mph and the vehicle engaged into limp mode. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the electronic control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 78,200.
While driving on the highway, I noticed a clicking sound resulting from the needle on the rpm meter dropping to 0. The check engine light went on, and my engine stalled. I lost power steering and power braking, and coasted on momentum to the shoulder of the highway. I was able to restart the car, but the check engine light was still on and the engine shut off a few seconds later. I had the car towed home.
It's Toyota Corolla 2008. The engine stalling happened 3 times since last Friday. Once at toll station, twice at highway, when I tried reduce speed, the engine stalling. I have to turn on alert light, stop car, move to park position in the middle of highway. Then turn on the engine again. It's very danger at highway.
My 2008 4dr Toyota Corolla suddenly stalled while driving to work in the morning on October 7, 2009 without any early warning signs. Car was towed to the longo Toyota dealer in el monte, California. The diagnosis was ecm logic error. The ecm module was replaced under part number 89661-02r00.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Corolla. While driving approximately 10-15 mph in her driveway the front end of the vehicle began to make a clanking noise. She turned the vehicle off, observed the noise, and restarted the vehicle. As she engaged the brakes, they did not responded as normal. The vehicle was taken to three dealers who were unable to duplicate the failure. She stated that the failure was intermittent at first but the longer she drove the vehicle the more constant the failure became. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who stated that the shims were missing which he added additional ones. The contact also stated that when you engaged the accelerator pedal everything that was electrical began to dim low and then normal. She also stated that the rear defroster does not work. The contact stated that the dealer performed a diagnostic test and was unable to locate the failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 38,027.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Corolla. While driving at any speed during bright conditions, the contact could not read the speedometer. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told there was no repair for that type of failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 12,995 and the current mileage was 18,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that the odometer was not working properly. The mileage on the vehicle continued to display the incorrect mileage which was 10000, but the odometer displayed 0 miles and later displayed 17000. The dealer stated that this should not have happened, but they could not determine the cause of failure. The VIN was rejected from the system. The failure mileage was 10 and the current mileage was 10000.
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