Toyota Corolla Reviews from South Africa - Page 2 of 2

Engine Noise - This was high from the start, especially between 3000 and 5000 rpm at any speed or in any gear. I complained to Toyota South Africa, but they seemed to agree that the engine noise was the right one!

+ Car is extremely reliable. Never a single problem from purchase time at 0km to 90,000km.

+ Only complaint is with engine noise, which is a bit higher than I think.

The handbrake gave me a few problems on some occasions, but not something I couldn't fix.

If you give the car the proper service at the right time than I can honestly say nothing will go wrong. I have this car for a number of years now and will never let it go. I'm at a time where I'm looking for a new car. but I'll hold on to this Corolla because it has given me such great service. It really never lets me down.

My seats needed some upholstery, but that came with the time. We use this car everyday and it works like a charm.

My wife said we'll teach our kids how to drive using this car. It handles well and the gears change over very easily. I'm very impress with this car.

It must be in the all time list of cars being build over the last hundred years.

The clutch on my car burnt out before 100 000km.

The springs on my car lost their tension far too early in the cars life.

Every time I drive over a speed bump, I hear a terrible knocking sound coming from the front left hand side of the car, but the sound cannot be traced. This was so from about 30 000km.

The front seats on my car wore out very quickly considering that the car is just under 6 years old. The cloth and leather are still fine, but the framework and sponge are worn out.

The head lights have always been very dim and theres nothing the manufacturer can do about it.

My car from the first batch of Corolla's in South Africa that were fitted with Anti-Lock Braking System and I think that the manufacturer didn't know what they were doing because I need to change brake disks, not pads at 5000km intervals. If I don't do this I get a terrible shudder on my steering wheel when I apply brakes. My stopping distance also increases dramatically before I change the disk.

The leather on my steering wheel tore off when the car was approximately 3 years old.

My engine sometimes cuts off at about 140 kilometers per hour and nobody can find the fault.

There are many small faults that will take too long to type out.

The car doesn't go to o badly, but because of the worn springs the handling is terrible.

When I go around bends, my front left hand side wheel spins too much. I had the tire checked and that isn't a problem.

Toyota doesn't seem to be making cars the way they used to in the past. I was very happy with my previous car and this one didn't give me half the service of it.