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My check ingine light came on. I had noticed the slippery when wet light came on and the vcs light also came on. Since the Catalytic Converter seemed to be the problem. The gentleman at AutoZone diagnosed the car and told me about Catalytic clean. I used that and the lights went off. I believe I was sold a crappy car. The dealership did nothing to replace or look at it. I had not even put 2000 miles on the car since purchased.
Unexplained acceleration ' engine revving ' fri ' 10/9/20 ' in stop &shop parking lot approximately 5:00 pm (after visiting cardi) ' lady with 2 small children - 1-carrying, 1-in hand walking, wanted to cross in front of me ' I stopped and waved her on ' car when I stopped almost immediately started revving to the maximum for 10-15 seconds (estimate) ' I put the car in park and the engine slowed to normal idling. No foot on gas pedal / no carpet 'intrusion' to interfering with gas pedal ' which I conveyed to boch Toyota service rep and service director and showed the driver's side set up Toyota boch reported and coordinated analysis with Toyota national ' case ' tas # 202880278 ' I did a verbal report that boch Toyota recorded on their form for this to jean a ' describing the above in detail boch and national did a joint analysis including simultaneous video analysis ' concluded that ' pedal had 'misapplication' ' this is wrong ' and I repeated to boch people (2) what happened as we 3 stood looking into the driver's side
I have been having a dangerous fuel pump issue for some time. I believe this to be the same issue that they have a fuel pump issue for 2018 & 2019 Toyota! I believe Toyota has known about this for some time. My 2010 Toyota Corolla has been backfiring, stalling out, & shutting off when I get into heavy or standstill traffic, which is very dangerous. It stalled out & shut off in the middle of robbins street (3 lane 1 way street) near the tacony palmyra bridge due to a bridge opening that backed up traffic for over 45 minutes 1 day on my way home from work. When the bridge finally opened, I was almost hit several times. Luckily a mechanic came by & he was able to get it started again. I did take it to aaa service center in mt laurel NJ & they did diagnosed that it is a fuel pump issue that will cost $2,273.40. Again I believe Toyota has known about this for some time similar to the brake recall that they had some time ago. This is a very dangerous issue. This issue still continues...
Im car sometimes try's to stall out while im driving or sitting at a stop light. It sounds like it is being choked out or isn't getting enough fuel. This has been happening on and off for a number of year's and the dealer does not know why.
My 2010 Toyota kept stalling out, mostly when it was in idle mode. If I was driving a slower speed, it would sometimes lose power and when I pushed on the gas pedal, there was nothing there...like air. It would stall out if I was sitting in traffic over minutes. I had to put it in neutral and keep my foot on the gas pedal to keep it idled up. Initially I was told it was the ignition coils, which I had replaced. Then the spark plugs were replaced. Then the air mass sensor. And my battery. Also the repair shop did some adjustment to the throttle. None off that repaired the vehicle; it was still stalling out just out of the blue. The last repair shop said they only saw one code in the computer and it was giving them a reading where the fuel pump had something like a "vapor lock" and was not sending out fuel like it was supposed to. This car has been stalling out on us since April 2019 and has had replacement parts that did not fix the problem. My fuel pump was finally replaced on February 21,2020 and so far it has not stalled out at all, even when it's in idle mode. Cost to repair it was $901.67.
- Richmond, VA, USA
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Our 2010 Toyota Corolla xle with 74,000 miles experienced complete engine failure due to a defective fuel pump. We own and operate this car at about 1,000 feet (omaha Nebraska). My daughter drove this car North West towards the eisenhower edwin C. johnson memorial tunnel in Colorado and the engine completely shut down. Very little warning as the engine shuttered and came to a complete and unexpected stop in the middle of northbound traffic on highway 70. My daughter almost got hit by a couple of cars as she reattempted the climb towards the eisenhower edwin C. johnson memorial tunnel. But to no avail. She took this car to stevenson auto in lakewood Colorado for diagnosis, but they couldn't recreate the problem because they are allowed to drive only 20 miles or so and the car was towed 27 miles from highway 70 to their dealership (the closest Toyota dealer). They told my daughter to go back home to omaha Nebraska because there aren't any fuel pump problems at low altitude. Btw, the Toyota tsb is entitled "extended crank at altitude".
The vehicle suddenly turned off while I was making a right hand turn. I was able to start the engine immediately in neutral. This has occurred 4 more times in similar circumstances. However, last night, while turning the car wheel to the left and right rapidly to avoid an object on the street, the car lost power. All the warning and control lights in the instrument panel were turned on for 3 to 4 seconds but the car started on its own. That is, I did not have to turn the ignition key on as in previous 4 occasions. I made an appointment with the dealer for tomorrow morning.
The car seems to increase in speed even when applying the brakes. The electrical system is not functioning properly. The digital display radio seldom works, the anti skid control does not activate, the lights, both inside and out blink on and off, including headlights at night. The ac and heating unit cuts on and off. It seems as if the entire electrical system in the car is in need of repair.
This vehicle uses a drive by wire (dwb) accelerator. When you press on the gas the car lurches forward. This happened on a rental car in 2010 and still is a problem on the used Toyota I purchased. When I contacted Toyota they stated there was no recall information. They asked me to have the vehicle diagonized at my expense, which I refused to do. This is a problem and based on information on the net others are having the same problem. I have owned many cars and not one has had such a touchy pedal.
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- Henrico, VA, USA