Underhood Wiring Problems of Toyota Corolla

The car was being driven between 40-50mph on a secondary road. The engine began making a whining noise and the oil light flickered on and off. The car stalled out in a driveway. Tried to restart the car and it would not start. Opened the hood and smoke came out. Tried to restart the car to move it. It burst into flames. The fire was extinguished with a fire extinguisher. The next morning the car was towed to westbury Toyota where they wrote it up as an electrical fire. A few days later the car was inspected by an inspector for the company and I was told that a rod went through the engine, cutting the fuel line causing the fire. They said it was caused by downshifting (on an automatic) and was driver error, invalidating the warrenty. At first they gave me an estimate of $13,000 to fix it. Then they offered to take the insurance check for $4,900 and split the difference with me. The last offer was to give them the insurance check $1,000 and they would give me a comperable car. This I thought was insurance fraud. I will be with out a car.

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While driving at 65 mph on the highway, the consumer heard a noise coming from under the vehicle. The consumer pulled to the shoulder where black smoke had billowed from under the hood. The fire quickly consumed the front end of the vehicle. The insurance company had been investigating the incident.

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On may 1, 2002 I left my office which is six miles from my home. When I started my car I heard a whining sound coming from under the hood. As the car started fine I decided to drive home. I had not had any problems with the car at this point. As I was driving home the whining sound increased. All the gauges read normal, the temperature gauge included. About 4 miles from home the whining sound increased so I turned off the a/c and the radio. I began to feel a sllight vibration when shifting gears. About 2 miles from home I began to smell a sickly-sweet odor. Approx. 3/10 of a mile from my home the battery light came on the car began to run very roughly. The sicly sweet smell became much stronger and I had a sense that my car was goin to catch on fire. The temperature gauge still read normal so I thought maybe I was wrong and possibly the alternator was failing. I drove the car home and parked it down by the road, the odor was becoming very strong. I grabbed the car keys and some of my work items and ran to get the water hose about 25 ft. From the car. I turned around, havig been out of the car possibly no more than 10 seconds and brown smoke was coming from under the right front of the hood. I called for my son to bring the cordless phone and told him the car was on fire. He began to spray water on the car in an effort to contain the fire. I called 911. Two fire engines responded but they were unable to save the car. The vehicle was a total loss, the engine was completely destroyed, everything under the hood had melted or fused together, the fire burned through the drivers side fire wall melting the dash and the radio, the hood liner and visors completely burned, the windshield cracked and melted, the fire began to burn through the passenger side front wheel well, the hood latch had melted shut so the fire dept had to use a chain saw to open the hood when the fire was out. The paint burned off the hood of the car. I have pictures to verify the fire damage.

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After trying to start vehicle engine was making some noises, and consumer decided to turn vehicle off. When doing so, vehicle sounded like it was on. Afterward, vehicle caught on fire. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything.

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Consumer pulled the vehicle into the garage and took the key out of the ignition, engine continued to run, and consumer noticed smoke coming from under the hood. Contacted the fire department. They came and extinguished the fire. Fire department determined that a malfunction within the wiring harness caused the fire.