2011 Toyota Corolla: engine stalls while driving

Filed Nov 5, 2016 · Airbags · 75,000 miles · TX

Takata recall. I am complaining about the slowness of toyota to repair the passenger air bag on my corolla 2011. I have received one undated "interim notice" from tomorrow. As the recall was issued may 23, 2016, I am guessing the notice was sent out in may or june. The notice recommends owners not allow anyone to sit in the front passenger seat. This is a great inconvenience. A staff member at my local dealership, sterling mccall, told me a few months ago that toyota would take about 8 months to begin repairs on the recalled vehicles. This is too long a wait. They look to be stalling to minimize their own financial loss. When a car is recalled, the manufacturer must act swiftly, even at a loss, to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers.

Filed Feb 3, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 9,845 miles · VA

When I take my foot off the accelerator, it feels like I have the cruise control. The car decelerate very slowly for anywhere between .5 to 1 mile then the RPM drops suddenly as it should when you first take your foot of the pedal. The other related problem is that if I'm just trying to maintain a constant speed anywhere between 50 and 60 miles/hr it feels like the engine stalls for a very brief moment then shortly after comes back to the original RPM. When I drive car down hill try to apply break to maintain the speed of the car acceleration increases suddenly 3 to 4 thousand RPM and after 3 to 4 seconds cars come to normal engine RPM both problems describe above are easily reproducible and my local toyota dealer said its normal. Its very scary to drive this car and since 3 years I was complaining to local dealer and get same answer every time its normal. Please do some thing about this.

Filed Jul 20, 2013 · Brakes, Engine · 40,000 miles · NM

I bought a used 2011 toyota corolla from beaver toyota in santa fe, new mexico in september 2012. From the beginning I noticed a slight hesitation while driving. It felt like all of a sudden the car would slow down for just a couple of seconds, like a delay of some kind. I took it to the dealer and they felt nothing. It kept happening and I took it back and they drove and felt nothing. Finally, I was driving back from church in the daytime, thank god, and it just stalled like someone has just unplugged it (and its not electric) and all the engine lights came on and I made it to the emergency lane scared to death. I called aaa and they said let it sit for few minutes and try again and it started right up. He suggested I drive to a service station but it was sunday and no one was open. I went into the dealer later that week and they didn't feel anything, no hesitation at all. I kept feeling it and my roommate drove it once thought she felt something. Took to back again and sat 5 hours while they ran diagnostics and said it showed nothing. They did replace a bolt I noticed the head had broken off on the license plate ...just mentioned in passing & that was $110 because the service rep said they had to drill thru the back plate to remove and put in new one! I would have never agreed to that. I looked on line and found an independent toyota authorized repair shop that had great reviews and went there. Toy automan. They took me in at my appt time, one hour later the nice owner came out and handed me a release from toyota dated september 6, 2011 that stated 2011 corollas may exhibit a "monetary RPM decrease above 40 MPH and/or reduced engine braking". I'm so tired of going into this dealer and getting nowhere. They had to know about this notice from toyota and I must be naive realizing that a toyota service dept. Would put a customer in danger for money. Help!

Filed Aug 21, 2012 · Fuel system · 13,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled and the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for inspection where they stated that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 13,000.

Filed Feb 10, 2012 · Engine, Steering · 250 miles · OK

Engine tries to stall at speeds of 50 to 40, more at 40.when this occurs the RPM needle jumps up past 3 then drops to below one comes up and jumps. I took it in to the dealer and they had just received a recall notice from toyota,it recommended it be flashed to stop what they said was a miss fire, this was done on 12/05/11. I drove it home it started doing it again,so I took it back in they reflashed it said that it would be alright. Not so it continues to misfire and act like is fixing to stall.I took it back again the head of service drove it said it was jumping in and out of overdrive just drive it don't worry about it .well it seems to be getting worse so I took it back in the service guy said after driving it was the best driving corolla he had been in ,course I knew that was not so cause to this day it keeps trying to stall in traffic.the steering seems to be getting hard to control it weaves more than it should like the front end is out of alignment but if you let go it tracks straight. I am really afraid to drive this car if it does stall in traffic there is going to be a serious wreck.I contacted toyota they said there is no recalls on the corolla not true my paper work shows they did a service recall to the dealers. What should I do next? I use this car to drive my 87 year old mother to the store and doctor god forbid it stalls with me driving her somewhere.I am paying good money for something I'm afraid to drive,it's just not right I bought this thinking it was a reliable source of transportation and it's not it's scary. I feel this car has a major computer issue, it's going to turn out to be serious.