Upon seeing the "check engine" light on I took my 1999 toyota corolla (50,200 miles) to a local toyota dealership for diagnostics. The report indicated that the charcoal canister needed to be replaced. The repair costs are almost $500 with labor. This part is not under warranty past 3 years and 30000 miles. Although this is not a safety issue, it is an environmental and fuel efficiency concern and I think that the company should include it in its extended warranty. I am trying to shop around for a cheaper estimate. I have performed all the recommended maintainence schedules and am concerned that this was not addressed during routine maintainence.
1999 Toyota Corolla engine complaints
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My engine failed while driving on I 95. Lack of oil to the engine because of a broken timing chain was the stated cause. Oil had been recently changed and when checked was full on the dipstick. Milage 64,000. Manual recomends checking the timing chain at 80,000 miles.
Tension retainer bolt broke.
We bought a 1999 toyota corolla with 19,509 miles on september 30, 2002 from an independent used car dealer. The check-engine light came on the same day we bought the car so we took the corolla to the nearest toyota dealership, jay toyota of columbus, georgia to have the engine inspected the day after we bought the car. On our way to the dealership, we noticed excessive smoke from the tail pipe and "jerky" acceleration. The service department told us that the engine was in poor condition due to sludge damage and even admitted that toyota co. Has been having sludge problems in toyota engines. However, the service department told us that toyota manufacturer's warranty does not honor engine failure due to sludge damage. Their estimate for repair was $2500-$5800. The service department recommended that we not drive the corolla anymore than necessary before we have the engine repaired because they said the engine may fail due to the sludge. We didn't have the engine repaired, but we did send an oil sample in for oil analysis. Although the oil we sent in only had 314 miles on it, the levels of fuel and iron in the oil were considered high. According to the analysis an oil sample from a gasoline engine should contain less than 2% fuel, our sample with only 314 miles on it already had fuel percentage of 2.8. The universal average for iron is 9 parts per million, our oil had 34 parts per million of iron. It seems to us that our corolla is having the same type of problem as the models that toyota company has agreed to include in its program in which certain engine models with sludge damage can be repaired or replaced by toyota at no cost. After visiting some car review and car survey sites and performing some searches on the web, we found that we were not the only corolla owners having problems with engine sludge. We believe corolla should not be excluded from toyota's sludge program.
While driving 35 MPH the vehicle stalled without warning and became difficult to control. The dealer was notified.
My engine makes rattling noise since it reached 30,000 miles. The noise only comes for first 10 minutes when the car is cold. I reported this problem to carousel toyota, pa during warranty period. Since at that time the noise did not come they could fix it as noise only comes when car is cold. Now my car is out of warranty and engine still makes rattling noise.
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The makes to much noise driving at 65mps cant drive over 60mps
The vehicle caught fire in the engine compartment. The car was a complete loss.
While traveling and trying to pass another vehicle at the speed 65 MPH. Vehicle stalled without indication. Please provide further information.
Enginecylinders was receiving inadequate amount of oil due to a defective camshaft, causing loss of compression while vehicle was in motion. Engine needs to be replaced.
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