Toyota Corolla 1991

• Recall 73988 [USA]: The absence of the weld can allow the strut to come out of its mounting position under certain extreme driving conditions which could cause damage to surrounding vehicle components increasing the risk of a crash.
  Ride control is recalling certain front strut mounts branded as gabriel ride control or arvinmeritor, p/nos. 142435, 142193, 142305, 142303, sold as replacement equipment for the vehicles listed above. The affected front strut mounts did not contain a weld joint between the bearing housing and the rate plate.
  ride control will notify owners of record and replace the affected parts free of charge. The safety recall began on march 15, 2010. Owners may contact ride control at 1-248-458-1396.
  this recall only pertains to aftermarket gabriel ride control or arvinmeritor front strut mounts and has no relation to any original equipment installed on vehicles manufactured by general motors, nissan, or toyota.Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.Safercar.Gov .

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Tl* the contact owns a 1991 toyota corolla. The contact stated that during the cold weather, she was unable to unlock her door from the inside. The contact stated due to the cold, and that the door lock did not have ridges, she was unable to pull the lock in the upward position and exit the vehicle. The contact was trapped inside of the vehicle until law enforcement arrived and unlocked the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure . The failure mileage was 200,000. The vin was unavailable.

Tl* the contact owns a 1991 toyota corolla dx sedan. The contact stated he was attempting to park at 3 mph. The brakes were depressed and the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact applied more pressure to the brake but the vehicle continued to accelerate more rapidly. The contact then engaged the emergency brake but to no avail. The vehicle then independently decreased in speed before coming to a stop. The dealer advised that the vehicle was not under recall and directed him to contact the manufacturer to report the failure. The manufacturer lodged the contact's complaint but did not offer any further assistance. The contact stated that he had experienced unintended acceleration in the vehicle one year prior to the most recent failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 89,800.

I have a toyota corolla. I was pulled over one time by the nashua police in 2007 alleging that my vehicle was swerving. I couldn't feel if it does..But couple weeks ago i observed it very closely.And yes it does swerved. I would like to add to the list of my previous complaint that the second time that my car accelerated in reverse motion could also be attributed to steering mechanism. Why ? I was engaged in reverse , while cutting the wheel to make a 90 degrees angle backing but my car went into a donut spin. As a woman what do i know about cars. All i know is that it is too ironic that the similarities of these incidents are too farfetch to ignore. They are identical to each other. I am scared to ride in it since then. I remember the first car i have was a celica,that too cross a middle island while i was making a u turn. And the rust inside my trunk . Why would the rust is inside the trunk. The seatbelt doesn't work. The seat are too low that if i don't reinforce it with padded pillows i could hardly see the front & the back. I spend so much money on this car because i get attached to it. Also the headlights i have changed it like you won't believed. *tr

My car accelerated on reverse wherein instead of making a 90 degrees angle the car went swiping in 180 degrees. Both times was rainy. Both times the headlights & the windshield wiper & the back window defogger is on. During this back up when i turn my head , the rear back windshield was very blurry & twice this happens to me. Both times i was making a reverse left side corner. When i bought this car the left backlight is damaged. I put things together that maybe the same thing had happen to the first owner of my car. I have driven in all over the world for 18 years, without any accident happened to me in the highways but the only two accident i have with so far is on this car in my own backyard, on the same exact motion, same weather condition. The car was on reverse. The two times it happened was very identical to each other.

After buying a used 1991 toyota corola i noticed 3 out of 5 seat belts in this car were defective. The retractor on the seat belts did not latch when i pulled on it quickly. My wife and i did not even notice when we were test driving the car. They appeared to be fine. I believe there were many of these cars on the road. These seat belts were junk and needed to be recalled by toyota, and they need to replace them with properly working ones free of charge before people get hurt or killed. I called toyota and asked them to fix them free of charge. They told me they will not because it was out of warranty. This was a very urgent safety issue. Toyota needs to fix them free of charge. I called a toyota dealer, and they want $600 for 3 sets of seat belts, and that did not not even include labor to install them. To make things worse they were extremely difficult to work on. They made it difficult on purpose so that the consumers got stuck with a huge bills if they wanted the seat belts fixed. I wish to have an investigation on this matter. *ak

Dt: consumer complained about the door mounted seat belt. The shoulder belt comes to the right side and connects to the door. The door opens up, and consumer is not belted in.*ak

While the vehicle was parked, the consumer noticed fluid leaking from underneath the vehicle. The consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and the mechanic determined that the fuel tank needed to be replaced. *ak the vehicle was being driven on the highway and as the vehicle had taken an exit, a loud noise along with smoke, steam, and liquid was pouring out of the rear of the vehicle. The consumer was left stuck in the middle of the road on the exit ramp while on an incline. Currently the rod bearing in the engine was damaged. *sc

No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak

While traveling on highway and without prior warning front end locked up. Consumer put vehicle in park and engine was still running.*ak

Right front outer tie rod came out and separated. Wheel turned a 90 degree angle contacted dealer. *ak *yh

Tire lost entire cap on interstate-luckily no one injured-damaged rear left bumper/have kept tire and tread-am contacting firestone service center today( dot number: hayevf7a tire size: 17s/70rs13 )

Three of my door handles on my 1991 corolla sedan are no longer functioning. They cracked when passengers attempted to open the doors from the inside. No force or abuse was ever applied to the mechanism. I feel that this is an extreme danger to my life and those of my passengers, since they would be trapped in the event of an accident. I have noticed that there were a number of other complaints involving the door handle mechanism in you "problems" section. *ak

This is the second time that the oil pan has rusted completely through in this vehicle. The people i've talked to in the automobile industry (family and friends) tell me that this is extremely common in toyota vehicles. More than 5 different people had told me that this is so common that they are calling toyota repeatedly to have them do a recall on the product. Toyota wants to make me pay full price to have this part replaced again when it should never have gone bad in the first place. Plus then toyota charges over twice as much for replacement pans than other vehicle manufacturers. It just seems as if toyota is using this as a cash cow. *ak

My car was well maintained. It was parked in the sun on a warm (80 degree) day as usual. I got in my car and even before i put my key in the ignition i heard a static/crackling sound coming from the rear speakers. It didn't occur to me right away that the car engine was off so i should not have heard the radio at all. As i started the car i hit the radio button thinking the radio was on but had lost the station. The noise did not go away when i hit the button and i realized the car was filling with smoke, coming from inside the upper dash (area of radio) in the front of the car. I immediately pulled over and shut the engine off and got out of the car. Smoke continued to come from the air vents. It seemed to have a electrical burning smell (i've worked in labs and started a few myself...) versus a gas or oil or other burning smell. When the smoke cleared, i checked the rest of the electrical system and the lights and air conditioning and digital clock worked fine. The car really doesn't have any much else i could check, no electric door locks, etc. I pulled the radio fuse. It was not blown. I started the car with friends watching and the engine appeared to be fine. I was able to drive home a 5 mile ride with no apparent problem. The radio/cassette player were installed when i bought the car. I use it all the time and never had problems before. My concern here is could the car have caught fire just sitting in the parking lot or at any other time from this electrical (?) problem? This could have been dangerous had i been on a main road with my young child strapped in the car seat. The radio was crackling without the key even in the ignition, so something was going on even before i got in the car. Thank you for taking this report. *ak

The exhaust manifold cracked for no apparent reason and had to be replaced, which cost about $400. From the information that i have found, there have been quite a few people who have had the same problem with the exhaust manifold for this model. *ak

Vehicle was rear ended while standing still, causes driver's seat to lunge forward onto steering wheel and backward onto rear seat. Dealer/manufacturer were not notified at this time. *ak

Inside door handle pulling mechanism, made of plastic, is a ring, ring goes down and pushes on a medal rod that goes through the ring, and rod makes door open. The plastic ring will break, the rod is free to move in toward the door. When this happens, it moves into the window mechanism, and when window is lowered the door will pop open. Dealer cannot duplicate the problem. *ak

While making a stop the engine would stall and refuses to restart again. Please provide further information . *ak

A crack in the manifold caused the engine to be very loud. Problem has been fixed. *ak

Interior door handles crack causing the handle to disengage from the door latch.

Two tire blowouts in last 1000 miles.

Interior door handles crack causing the handle to disengage from the door latch.

Transmission grinds intermittently when shifting into second gear. *ak

Broken exhaust manifold.

The rear inside door handles snapped off; passenger attempted to open rear door & handles snapped off in hand; took to dealership; was not under warranty; gave estimate. *ak

Driving approximately 35mph and hit a vehicle, the upper seat belt did not restrain driver, upper body went into steering wheel. Checked upper belts in front and back and they do not restrain. *ak

Inside door handle failed.

Failure of the driver's side lap belt, consumer was involved in a crash and the lap belt did not hold, causing injuries to the occupant's legs. *ak

Cracked windshield. *ak

Electrical short in the wiring, causing the vehicle to catch on fire in the radio. Consumer has contacted the manufacturer. *ak

The shoulder restraint became unlatched during an accident, not restraining the driver.*ak consumer was stopped at a stop light and was strapped in seat belt, when he was hit from behind, the seat belt that goes across consumer's chect became unlatched sending consumer to hitting the steering wheel.*jb

Attempted to unbuckle center rear seat belt buckle to remove child safety seat; buckle fell completely off; entire vehicle belt system need replacing. *ak

Front end misaligned. *sd

Gas tank; fuel leaks from the gas tank only when you fill the gas tank. *ak

Lap/shoulder will not retract properly, on driver and passenger sid. *ak

Hood latch failed, causing hood to fly up while driving and bent the hood. *ak

Upon frontal impact, drivers shoulder belt w/additional lap failed to restrain driver allowing major contact w/steering wheel. Please describe details. Tt

Wrong materials used to make exhaust manifold gasket/shield, causing failure.

Prop up rod for hood can slip off plastic piece fastener breaks off, possible injuring person underneath. Tt

Drivers side seat belt locked up, had to be cut out. Tt

While driving, car radio caught fire causing fire in passenger compartment. Radio model #a16403. Tt

Alternator failed, causing vehicle to stall. *dsh

Hair line crack in exhaust manifold. *sd

Cracked exhaust manifold. Tt

Five outside door handles and one inside door handle had broken off. Dealer was notified, and unwilling to assist. Vehicle was out of warranty. Not covered under a manufacturer's recall. Provide any further information on this matter. *ak

Hood latch failed, resulting in a fly up and cracked the windshield. Tt

Shoulder belt w/separate lap belt failed to restrain driver after left side impact which vehicle did hit curb bending rim and bursting tire. Please describe.

The door structure mechanisms have persistently failed on this car. I have had to replace five exterior door handles. I also have had the door mechanism fail twice in such as way that the door cannot be opened from the outside and when the window is put down, the door automatically opens. This seems to be a safety hazard that could result in injury. Luckily, i have not been driving on the highway when the door has unexpectedly popped open. The repairs to the vehicle are quite expensive and toyota seems unwilling to address these concerns with the creation of higher quality door parts.*ak

Exhaust is rattling, exhaust pipe is crimped at connection. Tt

Engage in reverse and backed up, then engage in drive vehicle accelerated out of control, brakes did not respond, resulting in accident. Tt

When cut off car with engine hot and tried to start car again, it will not start . *ak

Exhaust manifold cracked due to poor design. Tt

Exhaust pipe failed, causing muffler to fail. *sd

Inside door handles keep breaking off, with plastic handles. Both front and onr rear door handle. Tt

Defroster hasn't worked since purchase date; exhaust manifold cracked 3 times. *ak

Power problems when traveling up hill. Tt

Sometime when put into drive car will not drive when driving and try to park car stall . Tt

While driving at any mph engine will begin to stall out, electric system stays on. Consumer than has to restart engine. This is an intermittent problem. Dealership cannot find problem, replaced fuel pump. This defect has reoccurred there after. *ak

Intermittent electrical arcing condition which causes problems with the radio/stereo system, unable to determine failure. Mjs

Request for information regarding hearing loss associated with airbag deployment.*mr *cb *jb

Whenever brakes were applied rear brakes vibrated. They later cracked. This would cause driver to lose braking ability. Problem first appeared on left side while driving on rough road. Was using emergency brakes. Currently, problem on right side. *ak

While coming to a stop vehicle locked up due to transmission failure, causing a saftey hazard. *ak

Transmission was replaced and put lever into gear but car wouldn't go. Please describe .*ak

Right front cv joint failed. Mjs

The exhaust manifold has cracked for no apparent reason. Tt

Speedometer cable failed. Mjs

No summary

The plastic door handles w/springs need to be recalled. At $25 a door handle, it's obvious toyota made them that way to make money! I love this car and have gotten my monies worth, but the manifold and door handles need to be investigated. The spring in the door handles do not hold up. The handles break if the person doesn't grab & grasp the handle together. It's not wear & tear either. My back doors of my 4 door are rarely used by anyone,. Yet , i have the same problem with them braking like the front handles. To date and since i bought this car brand new, i have gone through a good 12 door handles. And, most importantly, the manifold cracked while under the warranty, once under the extended warranty. Now i find that it's been cracked again for some time and that the noise i hear is once again from a cracked manifold!!!!!!!! Nhtsa please investigate. This manifold replacing is costly. The defroster and inside roof light has never worked properly but i just thought something electrical was off. Again, my concern now is the manifold and door handles that quite a few people have complained to the nhtsa. *ak

Consumer complained about accelerator controls. Vehicle will accelerate without the assistance of the driver. This problem occurred when driving at any speed. Consumer took vehicle to dealer and it was checked on 3 separate occasions, bur problem was not resolved. *ak

While driving at any mph engine will begin to stall out, electric system stays on. Consumer than has to restart engine. This is an intermittent problem. Dealership cannot find problem, replaced fuel pump. This defect has reoccurred there after. *ak

No summary listed for abov evehicle. *ak

While driving the rear tire blew out, while continuing to drive, the left front tire blew out causing the vehicle to become undriveable, vehicle came to a rest on the right berm, there was damage to the undercarriage of the vehicle, no specific tire information given, ohio traffic crash report. *tt