2003 Toyota Echo: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 22, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 25,834 miles · NH

On march 17, 2005 I purchased a 2003 toyota echo from toyota of nashua in new hampshire. After purchasing the car and leaving toyota of nashua to drive home, the engine stopped as I approached a stoplight at the end of the highway exit near my house. I had simply depressed the clutch to coast toward the red light. I didn't think much of it at the time, assuming that it stalled due to stale gas. However, the engine continued to quit periodically. Sometimes the engine would quit several times in a week and then go several months with no problem. When I took the car in to have the oil changed on june 2, 2005 I described the problem to the service manager and asked that it be fixed. At that time, the car had 28,606 miles on it and was still under factory warranty. The technician could not duplicate the problem. (service report is available) the problem persisted throughout the following year so when I brought the car in to be inspected on june 29, 2006, I asked the service manager to have a technician use the car to commute to work until the problem was diagnosed and fixed. On july 19, 2006, the dealer called and asked me to pick up the car. The car had been driven 787 miles, but they were unable to duplicate the problem. When I went to pick up the car the service manager told me that I had to pay for the diagnostic. I refused because the defect had not been fixed and the car was still under warranty. After some discussion with another manager, they agreed not to charge me, but told me that if I brought the car in again for this problem I would be charged. (service report is available) the problem persists to this day. I drive the car almost exclusively and compensate for the problem by downshifting when coasting or coming to a stop to keep the engine running. Recently, the engine quit while my daughter was driving nearly resulting in an accident.

Filed May 15, 2006 · Airbags, Transmission · MD · crash · 1 injury

I own a 2004 echo. There are 3 main problems with this vehicle. One; the transmission hesitates when its switching gears. This is an automatic. Two; I was in a car accident on december 2, and none of the air bags deployed. Three; a lot of times when I try to start the car, it stalls.

Filed Jul 15, 2004 · Electrical · NV

2003 toyota echo has problems stalling.*mr the dealer has tried numerous times to vehicle the vehicle, but has been unsuccessful, because the problem was intermittent and difficult to duplicate. The consumer did state that one time in may the dealer experience the vehicle stalling, but still could not fix the problem. The dealer replaced several parts, but the problem continued. The consumer believed the problem may have been electrical.

Filed Jun 8, 2004 · Electrical · NV

While exiting the highway the vehicle stalled without warning. The dealer had been contacted. *nlm the consumer believed the problems may be attributed to electrical problems, the consumer stated there was a burning smell coming from the vehicle. *jb *nm while exiting the highway the vehicle stalled without warning. The dealer had been contacted. *nlm the consumer believed the problems may be attributed to electrical problems, the consumer stated there was a burning smell coming from the vehicle. *jb *nm the vehicle was unable to fixed. The vehicle stalled again after a recent attempt to repair. (the consumer requested odi to please refernce to odi#10065760 who has experienced the exact same problem.) *sc

Filed Apr 8, 2004 · Engine · ME

I owned my new 2003 toyota echo less than a week when it started stalling intermittently when decelerating--sometimes when slowing through a toll booth, or slowing through a turn, or exiting a highway, or merging with traffic, or coming to a stop. I took the car back to the dealership I purchased it from on three separate occasions for this problem. The dealership replicated the problem once and tried to find a solution (bringing in regional toyota experts, and even keeping my car once for eight days), but the problem has never been fixed. Once I went six weeks without a stall, but it can also stall multiple times in one day--at times and in ways that are life threatening. When toyota took advantage of its final opportunity to repair (before I pursue remedy through maine's lemon law), I was told they found nothing wrong, nothing to fix.