1993 Toyota Corolla Standard Sedan from North America - Comments

I changed the struts, tires, brakes when I first bought it. (138K miles)

Compressor blew up three months after I bought the car.

Transmission died at 142000 miles, changed transmission and radiator.

Steering wheel tilted to the left.

I bought this car from a dealer as my college car for running around between home and school.

I had the car re-aligned, changed all the belts and the tires when I first got it. I do an oil change every 3000 miles and have my mechanic do a check on my car along with the oil change for any defects or maintenance issues.

The compressor failed only after 3 months of purchase. I would like to say that this car is dependable and reliable, but not after the transmission blew up on me after about one year since I bought it. The transmission actually blew up on me twice, 3 months apart. It has come to a point that I don't have much confidence in the car anymore.

The ride and drive is actually quite comfortable and enjoyable for a basic car, but it cost me way too much to maintain this car.

For a car of that mileage what were you expecting? Most cars need to replace these components at much lower mileage. My advice, replace components that are faulty and keep the car. Parts are not expensive for this car and is pretty straight forward to fix. If your car is pulling to one side and don't know what's wrong, try replacing the front control arms, steering tie rods, stabilizer links and balljoints.

This car is a keeper. You might also want to replace wheels and tires.

Well you're lucky the car is still running. Toyotas are disposable at 140,000 miles.

To the guy that's saying Toyota's are disposable at 140,000 miles. I have a 1993 Toyota Corolla 1.6L Inline4,and it has a little over 147,000 miles on it and I have not had to replace anything on it other than do regular maintenance on it. My mom took good care of the car before she gave it to me.

I wanted to update. My 93 Corolla no longer has 147,000. It is 200 miles away from 150,000 and it still runs great.