It has been "pure hell". Yes, they pulled a fast one on me, and I'm not happy right now. When I lost oil completely out of my engine the first time, I was told that they would repair the engine by rebuilding because of the oil sludge problem, and besides that, I was under the 60,000 miles warranty. The second time it was the rear end seal in the engine that they say was causing further oil leaks, that I paid for because I was over the 60,000 on the second return to toyota. They originally charged me $850, but then said they would give me a break because they believe in customer satisfaction, they charged me $336. When they gave me the loaner, I thought it was covered too, but for 9 days I end up paying $330 for the rental. I sent a certified letter to the owner, but yet no response.
2000 Toyota Corolla engine complaints
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The car was great until 01/22/03 when out of the blue it decided choking down, white and black smoke coming from the tailpipe. Toyota of hollywod (fl) the dealership swears it is from my failure to perform regular oil changes. I provided them with oil receipts from my licensed mechanic of 30+ years. They accused me of dummying up the receipts, in essence calling myself and my mechanic a liar. We met with factory reps on 01/29/03. They \\raided\\ my mechanics garage armed with cameras, demanding to see invoices -- old, new, numbered and numbered. Of course, my mechanic refused. They continue to refuse to put a new motor in my car even though they have determined the reason my motor blew is from \\sludge\\.
Serpentine drive belt along with its hydraulic tensioner gives clattering noise on cold start and low speed acceleration. There has been a tsb eg01501 about this issue. Toyota certified mechanic told me it is very dangerous driving with this noise. The belt tensioner may break, which can cause severe crash.
The engine was sludged with engine oil gel. The vehicle burned 2-3 quarts of oil every 400 miles, was about 4-5 days for the repair. Toyota offered an engine oil gel program for many of their other vehicles that had been changing the oil every 3-5000 miles and the engine gelled up. *ak *scc
In feb 2002 my car engine siezed up 58 miles over the warranty. I had to replace the engine but still had a problem with my car. As a matter of fact, since I purchased the car, the engine light was lite up and it was explained to me that it was because of the gas cap not working properly. Since this is the 1st car I had purchased, now being seperated, I accepted it. Anyways, after I replaced the engine, the car still had a problem of burning oil. I keep oil in the car because I couldnt take it back to a shop since I just paid $3000 for an engine. Since feb, I had to have my emissions test done in may, I failed, explaining my catalit converter or something within there was causing problems. Since then, my car runs good but still has the oil problem and taps which no one could tell me the problem. Now today, my car breaks down again, engine seized and no warranty or nothing and I still owe on this car. Is there any help I can get on this situation?
I also called toyota about a recall. I have 72,000 miles on the car and I have already replaced the tires 4 times the first set (originals) after only 12,000 miles I have had it alignments front and back twice. I continue to have tire wear and the car is all over the road after hitting 55mph I should be on my second set of tires there is also no shock absorbant on this car even going slow you just hit hard reguardless. I can not keep the alignment right or the tires from wearing quick. The paint is already peeling and fading with rust coming up in some spots I have a six year paint protection but the dearler says its my fault the way I washed it or rocks in the road alot of excuses. My # 1 complaint with toyota though has been burning oil I can not keep oil in the engine I am replacing a quart too two quarts a week I have reguarly serviced the car and after a oil change and about 400 miles I am bone dry of oil my car has developed a knock from this when I called toyota due to my service mans advice they said well some cars are recalled with this (burning oil)but not yours and gave me a case number. There are no leaks I park the same place each day, nothing on the engine the oil is just burning up and from what my service guy says there are "several" doing this and he told all to call toyota but toyota does not want to do anything about it or recall anymore engines for this problem, although they have admited several of their models burn oil and have been recalled. I bought the car new with 5 miles on it, in my opinon this car should not be burning oil after 2 years not to the point you have no oil in your engine 2 weeks after an oil change. The car is 3 1/2 years old now but this problem started when the car had about 40,000 miles on it. I would simply just like to stop changing tires so often, keep an alignment (which of course my warranty on tires is void since the problem is alignment wear) and stop putting so much oil in my engine, or have it blow up soon.
I bought a 2000 toyota corolla ve in august 2001 with 33,000 miles on it. The car has been serviced regularly, oil changes etc. On may 27, 2003, the vehicle stopped on the interstate after making a terrible noise in the engin. The toyota dealer now says the engine needs to be replaced because of lack of lubrication. The vehicle had an oil change two weeks before and there was no oil in the car two weeks later. The engine has been using excessive oil. We have had to add oil regularly. The dealer now wants $2500 to replace the engine in a car that is three years old. This is ridiculous. I found one other complaint on your website of excessive oil consumption in a 2000 corolla, but I am sure there are many more toyota engines out there waiting to blow up.
Engine check light came on. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer reset engine check light, when they should have done a dianostic test. Dealer stated oil was not getting into engine. Engine was replaced. Please provide any further information.
The assistant service manager told me that this is not the first time this has happened to this model. No safety defec tlisted.
Vehicle has been leaking oil, leaked a very large amount of oil. In a few months engine was dry. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything.
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