Before incident occur I was driving on highway near lake mead I was going up a hill high elevation I notice while driving RPM was staying on 4 or above like it wouldn't reduce transmission was piercing as I reached top of hill and going down RPM finally drop I stop to put gas drove now flat highway went about 4 miles from gas station heard a loud bag thought it was a blow out check tires all good open engine saw oil spill so I new cant drive was towed to bullhead city Arizona where my family lives which I was visiting ( I live in los angeles) found mechanic a week ago had it towed to..... 1591 ramer road bull head city tom mechanic is now explaining to me threw a rod into the engine block breaking block from the inside out? my vehicle has been well maintained I work for a dealership first long trip I went on in a long time my vehicle mileage is low I have never heard a Toyota engine rod going out with so low mileage there has to be a mechanical defect on this engine I have done my research with different Toyota dealership mechanic wear I live and they say this is not comin please help me and feel free to contact me to give you mechanic info. I just paid my car off... know I will await your response please help me asap I am carless.....

- Sylmar , CA, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated the vehicle was shaking as the check engine warning light illuminated. A dealer made unknown repairs to the vehicle but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 152,379.

- Nashville, TN, USA

I just purchased my 2005 Corolla 3 months prior to this incident and it was a fairly new car but it had the check engine light on with in the first month I had it. On the day of the incident the weather nice and pleasant & I was soberly driving home from nursing school in san jose along in the middle lane of a 3 lane street at the legal speed limit of 35 miles an hour. About 600 feet ahead there was a yellowing stoplight and two cars slowing down nearing the stoplight. I put on the brakes normally as I thought there was plenty of space to come to a stop however it felt like instead of slowing the car suprisingly sped up and instantly I was smelling gunpowder after a sharp painful jarring smack. The airbags had deployed and was a ripped up mess from my steering wheel. I hit the car in front of me and was so dazed and shocked and my wrist had shattered requiring reparative surgery and rehabilitation however it's still not ok. Due to my confusion I denied medical treatment until a few days later. This confusion still affects me badly now as I suffer from severe ptsd. The police took pictures and a report. The people in the car I hit were taken by ambulance. & recommended I be taken as well but I refused. The car had been totaled with severe body damage to the front and a bent frame that it was able to drive from the scene. I was terrified that somebody either tampered with my car and brakes or either I was clinically insane to make it illogically speed up & it wasn't until I learned of the recalls only a few days ago that I realized maybe the accident wasn't all my fault & I should report it here. Toyota corporation has done nothing to send me notifications of any recalls or problems ever.

- San Francisco, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph, the engine warning indicator illuminated in conjunction to harsh shifting. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. A trouble code detected a malfunction with the clutch solenoid. There was a recall related to the failure under NHTSA campaign id number 10V384000 (engine and engine cooling) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

In January of 2013 and again in December of 2013, my "check engine" light came on. I took the car into the Toyota dealership in san luis obispo and they said that the O2 sensor was malfunctioning, causing the engine to run too lean. The first time this happened (January, 2013) the service writer gave me an estimate to replace the "plenum gasket and O2 sensor" but said there was nothing to worry about if I elected not to have this repair done. When the "check engine" light came on again in December, 2013, I became alarmed and took my 2005 Toyota Corolla to an authorized Toyota repair shop (not the san luis obispo dealership) and was told that there was high probability that the valves would burn out if I did not replace the O2 sensor (bank one, sensor one) and plenum gasket. I felt this was urgent and took it to the san luis obispo Toyota dealer for the repair, costing me over $400. Note that I found a Toyota technical service bulletin ("M.I.L "on" dtc PO171 or P2195", models '05-'06 Corolla and matrix) dated November 16, 2005 (we bought the car in March or April, 2005) which stated "under certain driving conditions, some 2005 and 2006 model year Corolla and matrix vehicles may exhibit a mil "on" condition with at least one of the following dtc's: PO171 (system too lean, bank 1"). further, it stated "the air fuel (A/F) sensor manufacturing process has been improved to correct this condition". note that I never received correspondence or a notice from Toyota about this condition. On 1-2-14 I emailed Toyota (ref: 140102-000196) to ask about this and to ask their consideration to cover some of the cost of the repair, and I received an email back from a "renee T.", Toyota customer experience stating "a tsb (technical service bulletin) is not a recall or a special service campaign" and that Toyota and basically brushed my concern aside.

- San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

Auto en ocasiones no acelera. Naguabo auto reemplazo computadora (PCM). Problema continua. SE entiende que ES un defecto de fabrica segun aviso enviado pero no SE quieren responsabilizar.

- Yabucoa , PR, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning and the check engine lamp illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the engine control module needed to be replaced for a third time. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 10V384000 (engine and cooling). The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 130,000.

- Akorn, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number: 10V384000 (engine and engine cooling). After the repair, the check engine warning lamp illuminated and the vehicle unexpectedly downshifted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed that the ECM was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 76,043.

- Mannford, OK, USA

While driving on 55 South freeway exit from 91 West to my work, my car suddenly stopped responding. It started jerking and suddenly stopped the engine. Luckily traffic wasn't that fast otherwise it could have created a big pile up behind me. I pulled over to the right shoulder and stopped. I tried about 3-4 times to start, but it did not crank at all. So I called the tow truck and towed to nearby Firestone in orange, ca. They first suspected may be the bad battery, and checked and replace the battery but still didn't start. So they did complete diagnosis and found that fuel wasn't reaching to the engine due to fuel pump failure. They recommended to changed the whole fuel pump assembly and charged me about $1100. They told me that there has been known issues on 05 Toyota Corolla for fuel pump failure and they knew in 2005 and issued notice too. I have bought this brand new in '04 August from Toyota in claremont, ca. At least they should have notified us via email or postal mail since they knew about it, than I could have gone to dealership and have them checked for it. Now, I am stuck with the $1100 bill. That is ridiculous how careless Toyota is. No wonder, they had so many recalls last year 2011. I just want the Toyota to know about it and send me the money I paid to Firestone. I have googled online, and found so many blogger who had issue with the fuel pump. So it has been still going on and Toyota is not doing anything about it. They should fix the issue right away, it's a manufacturing defect. Why they wait until people die"??"

- Chino Hills, CA, USA