2004 Toyota Corolla S review from North America

The Toyota service department in my experience is less than knowledgeable.

The "check engine" light kept coming on shortly after I purchased the vehicle used. Since it was still under factory warranty, the Nissan dealership I bought the car from referred me to the Toyota dealer for service.

I brought the car it three times, each time the service manager told me the gas cap must be too loose, and the code will clear itself.

When the vehicle started idling poorly, I purchased a code reader and decoded the car myself, and found that it had some vacuum lines crossed and a vent line that ran to the gas tank was unplugged. Also I found that the warning light will not clear itself, it has to be manually cleared with the code reader.

I am extremely unimpressed with Toyota mechanics, I suppose I will just repair the car personally and disregard the warranty in the future. I do not have the patience to drop my car off repeatedly for the same problem, especially with no loaner car offered.

Very zippy little car, fun to drive to work alone in. For more than one occupant it is slightly claustrophobic.

I am 6' tall and the seats don't slide back far enough, and when I buckle my three kids into their car seats, the rear doors have to be forced shut.

Pretty fast, goes 65 miles per hour in second gear, 110+ in fourth. It's has a five speed transmission, but unfortunately the speedometer stops at 110.

Good looking car.