I was driving my mom's 2006 toyota corolla ce tonight. I was stopped at a red light waiting to turn left. The light turned green, I pressed the gas pedal and the car stalled and it would barely move at all and the check engine light came on. I was thankfully able to get off to the shoulder of the road without being in an accident. After I got to the shoulder off the road the car sounded like it was about to quit running and just die out. I turned the car off and restarted it. The check engine light was still on and I was terrified about having to drivethe car home, about 2 miles from my destination at that time, but I tried it and when I pushed the gas pedal, after I restarted the car, it done okay and did not stall. However, the check engine light never went out even after restarting the care. This is a big safetly risk and needs to be fixed by toyota. Someone could have hit me in the back end and it is definitely a safety hazard and needs to be resolved! I was very upset when this happened not sure what I was going to do. Please investigate this issue. I no longer feel safe driving any toyota product. Again, I was driving my mom's 2006 toyota corolla ce. I am the owner of a 2007 scion tc and I am thinking about trading it off because I no longer feel safe driving anything made by toyota. Before today, I wasn't really worried about driving my mom's car since none of the incidents where the vehicle speeds up and you can't stop it affected her model but after this incident today, I will not be driving her car at all. I feel like my life is at danger when in a toyota. Please help protect my safety and families around america. Toyota needs to make a recall regarding this because it is a safety risk!!!! Despite what toyota says. They haven't been in the situation themselves. It is absolutely no fun. If they can't fix the problems, they need to just shut down. People's lives are at risk.
2006 Toyota Corolla engine complaints
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2006 corolla 4dr sedan has a faulty electronic control unit (computer) that causes complete engine shutdown. Diagnostic code p2716 for this model year gets 40,000 hits on google and yet there is no recall on this defective part. Dealer replacement with updated ecu part cost me $830 on this 3-year old car (we're at 83k miles so out of warranty).
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. While driving at approximately 35mph the vehicle suddenly shut off. He pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. After repeated attempts to start the vehicle it finally started, but it idled abnormally and the check engine light illuminated.he contacted the dealer a couple days later and they told him to bring the vehicle in. The contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer. The dealer replaced the engine control module. The failure mileage was 29,376 and the current mileage was 30,376.
There was no warning. Drive car 400 miles per week. One day I drove car to commuter parking lot with no problem, that evening it started fine then stalled when I put it in gear. Took a while to start the 2nd time and stalled again. This happened 4 times then I had it towed to dealer. Dealer said the engine computer needed to be replaced with no real explanation. I even asked to speak to the mechanic who could not provide an explanation other than it happens. Computer was replaced and the car runs fine. They said it was only warrantied for 1 year. As I was away from home I had to rent a car for 2 days while they made the repairs.
Car engine suddenly stalls or looses power when driving , could have been a very serious accident. Transmission shifts very hard.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. When the contact was at a stop light, the vehicle suddenly shut off and after two attempts she was able to restart it. When she drove the vehicle to the mechanic, it shut off four times and the check engine light would appear on the instrument panel. The dealer replaced the ECM and mass air filter censor at the owners expense. The failure mileage was 59900 and the current mileage was 60000.
My 2006 toyota corolla began stalling on the highway last night and ultimately left me stranded on the side of the road. After sitting for several minutes and trying to restart, the temperature gauge would sometimes respond and other times would not move when the key was turned to start the engine. When the gauge doesn't move the car will not start. When the gauge does move the car sometimes starts but will only go a few feet before stalling again. The check engine light is on permanently. There is no sign of over heating or of an oil level problem. The car is currently at a garage awaiting analysis.
I own a 2006 toyota corolla le. Earlier this month, I lost all but an extremely minimal amount of power while driving. I nursed the car to my home and contacted my local toyota dealership by telephone and described the problem. Over the phone, the service person with whom I spoke said that he believed the problem was with one of the car's computers. He indicated that the problem I described was not unique, but that I should bring it in for formal diagnostic tests. When I had the car towed into the dealership, the service personnel verified that one of the car's computers had to be replaced. I spoke with two of the service personnel at the time and both gave me the impression that the problem was not unusual for that year's corolla le. I bring this to your attention because of the current questions regarding toyota's problems and the possibility that some of the major problems could have an electronic origin.
I stepped on gas pedal and car stopped. This happened three times in a couple of minutes. The car was towed to toyota. They fixed it immediately and stated in was a computerfailure. I was lucky to be in a parking lot. If on a highway I would be dead as the car died each time I restarted it and stepped on the gas. Toyota dealer stated it was a computer failure. My friend has the same car and same year. Same thing happened to her. Diagnosis again computer failure.
Driving home when check engine light came on and engine shut off while in a busy curve of a local street. Lost power steering assist. Created a safety hazard being that I was causing a traffic hazard in a curve. Only able to start engine by holding gas to the floor, engine sounded like a lawn mower and ran barely over idle. Made it home at about 10 MPH. Next day engine started but check engine light was still lit. Drove to dealer, engine was surging and car shifted very hard. Dealer found that the ecu or computer had failed and replaced it under the emissions warranty. This is the second time that this computer has failed on my vehicle. First time was at 25,939 miles on 08/15/07 and they replaced the same engine computer this time my wife was driving the car in traffic and it did the same thing. Current incident happened on 12/28/09 with 48,874 miles on vehicle. I can see that this could have been a more serious safety issue if we had been pulling out into traffic when the computer failed.
My 2006 toyota corolla experienced a failure with the ECM that caused the check engine light to come on and report a p2716 error code. The problem caused the transmission to lock up spontaneously and shift very hard. My independent mechanic who read the code had an advanced odc scanner that indicated the car was idling when the problem suddenly happened. The toyota dealership personnel informed me that several cars had been coming in with this report, but the company was only addressing the issue for customers who were still under warranty. Several customers who discussed this problem on the internet reported that their car would suddenly stall while on the road, and it seems that toyota should be issuing yet another recall, but isn't. Please investigate this matter and hold the toyota corporation responsible for its defect.
I own a 2006 toyota corolla, once driving on the road the vehicle suddenly stopped and when I took it to the dealer, they told me its a faulty engine computer and they have seen this in many cars and replaced my engine computer. I marginally escaped from being hit by cars coming behind me. I don't want this issue to cause any accidents in the future for people who are still driving old version of engine computer and if possible toyota should replace the old version of engine computer with new version.
Car wants to stall from idle at random times, example... You could be at a light turning left and when its clear to turn,you press on the gas to go and it wants to stall only for a small moment then engages and it's fine. I'm afraid one of these times it will completely stall and cause an accident. This car has done this from the beginning, I am the only owner as we bought the car brand new. I listed the car incident date at aug 1,2006 as an estimate when I bought the car but has happened multiple times on and off. I waited for a recall for this and it has never happened but is very much needed.
My 2006 corolla abruptly turned off without warning while I was doing 65-70mph in freeway traffic. Luckily I pulled over safely. The engine would barely start, but it ran rough/ very weakly and die. The car was not drivable, so it was towed to the dealer and fixed same day, under warranty. I was given a receipt that stated tsb (technical service bulletin) ego42-07. The receipt indicated that my car's ECM was replaced with a different ECM, I assume a more reliable one. I know from a co-worker that this is a common defect. This should really be a recall because what if I was passing someone on the highway or turning left! It could have been really, really bad. I wrote toyota a complaint, and got a generic response, but I think this should be a recall. I would have reported this earlier, but I just learned about the federal safety agency. Thank you!
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. The contact was driving approximately between 15-20 MPH on normal road conditions. The engine stalled without warning. The vehicle failed to restart and was towed to the residence. Currently, the contact is performing diagnostic testing on the vehicle. The cause of failure has not been determined at this time. The failure occurred whenever the vehicle was in operation. The failure mileage was 72,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. The contact stated that her check engine light came on. A diagnostic test was performed by the dealer which listed code#p2716 pressure control d malfunction, internal failure inside the ecu. The manufacturer informed the contact that he would be responsible for paying $2,100 for the repairs. There were no related recalls or warranties. The failure mileage was 91,358.
2006 corolla stalls while driving on highway. I let the car rest for about 30 mins. And then I was able to drive again for about 20 mins. At which time it stalled again. The check engine light came on. Issue turned out to be a bad ECM.
While driving my 2006 toyota corolla ce it stalled at an intersection effecting steering and braking after it stalled it took several attempts to get the car to start and run. While returning home it stalled two more times, while I was driving I also notice that the car would not accelerate pasted 20 MPH even while pushing the pedal all the way down and hard shifted into drive.
Driving on the road and my accelerator didn't work. The engine was still on but when I pressed on the accelerator it didn't register that I was pressing the foot. Towed to toyota dealer and they said that some ECM - engine control components were defective and they replaced the engine computer. Didn't think it necessary to do a recall because it was only in some cars.
While driving on a local street my check engine light came on, within seconds there was no fuel (power) to drive. I pressed the gas pedal to the floor but the car would not go more than 5rpm, going less than 5 MPH, then car just shut off. This happened in less than 20 seconds. I tried to re-start the car but with no luck. I was able to put the car in neutral and with help push the to local repair shop, they diagnosed it as faultcode p0607 aka "bad ECM". The mechanic called the local toyota dealer and they towed the car to there shop since it was covered under warranty of 8 yrs and/or up to 80,000 miles. However the part was not in stock so I had to wait 2 days. I was out of a car for a total of 3 days and my local repair shopped charged $109.00 for diagnosed the car. Lucky for me toyota dealer was no charge because it was still under warranty 8 yrs, or 80,000. My car had 71,260, however I am still not happy because I could have been badly injured if I was on a highway and this had happen, or I could have hurt someone else. I am not pleased that I was without a car for 3 days and incurred travel expenses and had to pay my local repair shop $109.00 which I feel toyota should cover. There should be a recall for this issue as it can be fatal.
The engine on my 2006 toyota corolla has had an engine serge problem. When the car had about 26,000 miles on it, I had a couple of incidents where I would be stopped at traffic light with my foot on brake. The engine would serge up to 4rpms. It was all I could do to keep from hitting the car in front of me. I was so shook up, I called dealer and insisted they take car and check it out. They kept the car overnight, and by the end of the next day had diagnosed the problem. They told me it was my workboot. The gas pedal was so close to the break, that the edge of my boot was hitting the gas. I had a hard time accepting that, because I made a point to keep my foot on the break when the incident was happening. I haven't had another serge problem, but I did have a high idol problem. Toyota replaced the computer chip free of charge. I thought that was great because I had 36,895 miles on car and my warranty had expired. I now have 53,000 miles on car and the high idol is getting bad again. The recent recall on gas pedal has me concerned. I believe the problem goes beyond the gas pedal. I am sending this email, to give you more data. Hopefully, others will do the same.
After starting a 2006 toyota corolla with approximately 26,000 mileage and leaving parking garage, car lost power without warning. After turning key off, was able to restart on third try. With the restart, the check engine light came on. Drove home without incident and made appointment with toyota dealer. Was able to restart car to take to dealer and in trying to complete the 10 miles or so on low speed roads, the car repeatedly lost power until the 8th or 9th time when it would not restart. Car was towed the last 2-3 miles. Dealer said a newer firmware version was required. Print-out said the ECM was replaced. This was done without charge and dealer was cooperative. The situation was dangerous and it was fortunate that the power loss was not on a high speed road.
Purchased 2006 corolla in feb 2006, in august of 2007 car stalled while driving, engine light came on,steering locked up. Brought it to toyota dealer, replaced ecu, waited 1month because of backorder of part. January 2010 car stalled while driving, engine light came on, steering locked up, took to toyota dealer , ecu replaced for the second time, this time I had to pay for the replacement.
Car: 2006 toyota corolla le when driving the car around a turn, accelerator pedal lost power, the car stalled and the engine died. This happened within a few seconds. On trying to restart, the car sputtered for a few seconds and then died again. And, after that the car engine would not start at all. There was no power in the accelerator pedal at all. Maintenance is up to date on the car and its at the car shop right now. This was a scary moment, because if I had been on the freeway, it would have definitely LED to a crash. Please take appropriate steps to investigate this.
Car stalling & rough engine idling caused by faulty engine intake manifold gasket.
I was driving my 2006 toyota corolla ce on the freeway at 65 MPH when the engine suddenly turned off. I was able to coast to the shoulder to avoid getting into an accident. I had the car towed to the toyota dealer and they replaced the ECM unit and reset the check engine light. The dealer kept the old ECM unit and did not charge me for the work which was under warranty. My car was 4 years old and only had 28150 miles on it when this happened. I found out that this was a known problem by checking out the toyotanation.com website.
12/26/2009 my toyota corolla just stopped suddenly as I was driving all idiot lights came on and the car would not move. I was lucky that I had not entered highway in central pa with interstate truckers usually moving at 80mph.I would be dead. The car just completely came to an immediate halt. My car was brought to a local reapir shop who told us it was a computer failure and we had to take it to toyota.called toyota said they were unaware of the problem but we should have car towed and they wold look at it next day we were told the ECM had to be replaced but was under warranty.will pick up car today. How many people will die before nhsta acts . My family we would have died.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. While driving approximately 10 MPH the "check engine" warning light illuminated on the instrument panel, and then the engine stalled. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road. The engine restarted after several attempts. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The throttle body was cleaned. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on a separate occasion. The failure was contributed to the electronic control module (ECM). The part was unavailable and ordered for the service repair. The failure mileage was 80,700. The current mileage was 80,900. The VIN was unavailable.
I currently have a 2006 toyota corolla. It frequently shuts completely off. Several times I was stopped at a stop sign or signal light and it dies. I put it into park and it does eventually start up again. My husband was entering the freeway, on the on-ramp, and the car died. This has happened throughout this year.
I was driving on surface streets at approx 35 MPH. The engine in my 2006 corolla just topped. I described it as "powered down." I was able to pull over to the side of the road. I turned it off, waited a second, then turned it back on. The car started. The check engine light remained on. I drove straight to the dealership. I was told it was the computer and the whole thing was replaced under warranty. The matter was handled on one day from incident to new computer. It ha not happened again.
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