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The radio lights went out and had to be replaced.
The electric door locks quit along with the remote.
I have had squeaks and rattles in the dash, door pillar and trim pieces since about 4000 miles.
After the dealer fixed the radio, the dash rattled worse.
I get attitude from service people "Toyotas are good, so if I have a problem it must be something I did". The only way I can get the service department to look at the car is when I call the national customer complaint hotline, but the squeaks and rattles are only fixed for a short time, and then I have to take it back.
I can NOT recommend the Corolla or any Toyota product based upon this car. The dealer service department is TERRIBLE, and the entire ownership experience has been one frustration after another. I bought Toyota assuming that they had good quality. Based upon my car, they don't. DON'T BUY TOYOTA!
I guess it's where the car is built, from observation it seems that Toyota's built in America seem very crappy. I live in Australia and the Corollas and Toyotas are pretty much perfect.
I cannot find any problems in your comment that are not related to sounds in the dashboard, remote control (it is logical that the doors lock do not work when the remote is broken) or a lamp in a radio.
Engine, clutch, gearbox, and all the rest seem to be without problem.
I had (and have) several Toyota's with 250.000 km and plus (one over 31 years old now). In one the radio lamp broke and they simply gave me a new radio. Never had other trouble and always had perfect service. Try another dealer, there are enough great dealers.
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Yes I agree with you. The Corolla is no longer the same. Corolla was always reliable and lovely. People never even imagined to say a single bad word about Corolla, as because the build quality and design was so nice. But recently they no longer take care of quality. In order to cut its costs, Toyota is destroying the image of Corolla. I do not understand how they can be so bad. I think anywhere in the world people know Toyota through only the Corolla. And now Toyota is neglecting it. From my point of view, Toyota can never survive without the help of Corolla. So they should not neglect this friendliest car.
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Early 1990's Corollas suffered from very poor rust problems over the rear wheel wells, along with poor retracting seat belt mechanisms, low quality brakes and suspension, and an under powered motor.
I am sorry, in my message above I made a mistake, my email address is joy@vasdigital.com
and Joy is my name.
I was talking about the poor build quality of Corolla, which are from 1996 till now. All previous Corollla's were made with Passion. To me cars have soul, there is no doubt about that. To see review on my Corolla Please look at in 1986 model titled "God Gifted Friend".
I've driven Toyota Corollas for 16 years and never had any problems at all. I did 178,000 miles over 11 years in one. A mechanic at my Toyota dealer brought it for his personal use when I traded it in and is still running it as far as I know!
The only problem with the newer ones (in UK at least) is the headroom and lack of leg space in the rear seats.
I noticed that most of the complaints are from owners of Corollas in the US. In Canada, the Corolla is fine though I would take note of the lack of rear legroom.
I can't believe that you could bad mouth Toyota like that.
In response to the car, you probably beat the heck out of it. If Corolla's were that bad, they wouldn't be ranked second to having the highest number of units sold besides the VW Beetle.
No one said that service people had to be nice, maybe it's your attitude and not their's. I know that if someone came into my service station bad mouthing the car, I'd have to think that they treated their car with the same respect given to me.
Final word, you don't like the car... fine... go buy some stupid little crappy Honda that is extremely over-rated, and over-priced, and enjoy yourself.
I've had my 99 Corolla for 3 years now and haven't had even 1 minor problem. It gets a rough workout since I live a couple miles off a paved road, but so far, not even 1 iota of a problem. Not a fuse, not a wiper blade, not a piece of trim. Nothing. From a design point of view, as others have stated, there isn't much back seat room. It's definitely not a family sedan, but it's been great for commuting.
There are always a possibility that, two out of ten car is bad. But one thing is sure. It was not case when we were importing cars from Japan. If you are buying a car made in USA/Mexico there are only 50/50 chances you get a good car.
Ofcourse these USA made Japanese cars may be little better than American cars (But not always though). I had very old 1991 Toyota corolla which had 165,000 miles when it was totalled after an accident. It never gave me any problems. I once changed Exhaust. (ofcourse tires too). Despite small engine it was very peppy and very handy. Now I own a Honda Accord LX 2000 model (not V6). I should say I hate it. It makes more noises and squeaks, acceleration is so poor, I look at over taking corollas with a long face. And mileage I never got more than 20 MPG local vs 28 MPG of old toyota.
So best thing is, to have the car test drive extensively before you buy that. (same car you are gonna buy, not the model test car). If you feel anything wrong or abnormal, just don't buy. This way you can eliminate some risk. That's lesson I learned.
Toyota's were extremely good when they were made in Japan. Almost every owner had no problems and they lasted 100,000 miles plus. This seems the case with all the reviews before 1995.
This means since transfering their production to other countries, the quality has fallen to rock bottom. However, if you look at the reviews of german cars like passat, audi and skoda, they are even worse!
I have owned 2 Toyotas and the second one is a 2000 Corolla. I do not have any problems with it. It drives great and its cute and economical.
I just have to take care of it with routine maintenance. That's normal with any car. It "cracks me up" to hear people raging in anger about Toyotas. Fine, go buy a Ford and find that you will gripe about that car as well. Cars are cars... take care of them and they will take care of you!
And if little things go on a Corolla or for any car for that matter, think, that things will go on it, it happens! Get over it!
My 2001 leased Toyota Corolla appears to have very inferior cloth upholstery. When I brought it to the attention of the service department their response was that they would replace it just prior to the expiration of the lease (warranty). I am about to insist on replacement now - at 12,000 miles, but would like to know if others have had this problem.
My radio volume has recently started to increase and decrease and is very distracting. Any suggestions?
I have a 2000 Toyota Corolla CE. It burns a liter of oil every 1500 km approximately. I have never had a 3 year old car before that burned oil. Is this common with Toyota Corolla's?
I had toyota celica 82 and 450000miles yes 450ooo miles never a problem stop talking bad about toyota there is no better car than toyota it the most reliable car on earth so if you live on earth shut up and try a toyota corolla or camry.it hurt me to hear you complaining let s try to encourage toyota to keep the good work if you don t like it go buy adodge or aford than let me know.!!!