Toyota Corolla

"lower plastic molding comes off"

"Wheel well covering, as well as undercarriage cover, are made out if plastic and are fragile. When it fell off, snow got impacted in the undercarriage, damaging wiring and hosing"

"The interior door trim simply started peeling loose around the door frames. It appears the fixative was at fault since there was no evidence that actual trim was damaged,"

"The clear coating on the Impulse Red paint is peeling off. I am not having it repainted due to cost and age of car."

"trunk lift paint peeling."

"Car is not garage kept. Car is red paint and the clear coating is failing on the roof and base paint is failing in general."

"Clear coat has failed on hoot and roof. I will have to have the car repainted."

"This is a hot sunny climate and the paint on the roof, front has burnt off over time. Looks terrible. A full repaint job would be needed to fix it. Most cars here do not this."

"Paint looks horrible with chalking and lack of shine."

"The clearcoat paint is pealing and chipping way, especially on the front hood; the color is fading."

"clear coat is coming off. paint is looking dull and worn."

"Paint is peeling and cracking. Will start to rust soon if I don't get it painted."

"shiny protective coat began disappearing on one small spot on rear passenger door. Now 2 years later, it has spread to most of the door. I think it wore down in that one spot and has been spreading ever since. However, I love and only own Toyota's and always will. This care is 13 years old, and has not had one mechanical failure other than normal wear & tear items. Incredible,"

"paint on hood is developing spots and deterioration"

"The paint was peeling and rust appeared underneath. I had the car repainted"

"Had to have new soundtrack job due to badly fading paint"

"The paint was faded in some areas when I purchased it in June 2013 but the paint had worn off in more areas since then. It may have started from being left in the hot Houston sun nearly continuously"

"Paint is peeling"

"The hood is pock marked with tiny chips out of the paint and some rust. The front bumper and the roof are peeling clear coat. The headlights are foggy"

"Painting is fading away roof of the car"

"On the roof and on the hood the paint is gone and the body is rursted"

"Many swirling/scratch type marks on the paint surface. Seems to have very thin layer of paint"

"Peeling of paint on the hood and left fender"

"paint pealing and fading on roof"

"hood paint chipping"

"Clear coat deterioration on roof and hood. Will have to be repainted"

"Paint needs retouching probably from other car's doors hitting my car"

"Top coat was peeling off and damaged the paint ,which caused it to fade"

"I think problems with the paint is due to my car sitting outside in the sun for 15 years has caused the peeling problem."

"Hood paint peeled in patches. I had it repainted"

"The general paint has mostly held up, but the paint on the spoiler started to crack and peel within about 8 years."

"So much of the body is rusted that the car didn't pass the Maine State safety inspection. The main areas of rust were the rocker panels and on the roof next to the front windshield over the driver, which allowed rain to leak in."

"There was a rust spot in front of both rear tires. I think it was because of poor drainage"

"Some forethought by designer./engineers would have eliminated body areas which would trap dirt and debris which would retain moisture and lead to rust."

"Rusting out in rear before wheel wells. Rusting on the hood in a spot and a shock tower under the hood."

"I created the problem, because I scratched the paint."

"starting to rust. rear quarter panel seam. not a uncommon problem for a car in western PA."

"Lower rear wheel wells"

"Great car ??. If I had undercoated and waxed more, it would have held up better"

"Rusted area in the driver's side rear wheelwell was exposed after a routine car wash. The rust was underneath the surface painting and I was unaware of it until the car wash fractured through the surface that was intact. Rusted out area is fist size"

"The body shows rust"

"O2 sensor Evap Contro;l Canister"

"We had to replace the fuel cap and area around it due to rust. We have to replace (but cannot afford to) the charcoal filter on emissions"

"Catalytic converter replacement"

"The fuel evaporator needed to be replaced due to age as well as the fuel tank that appears to have a very minor air leak on top of the tank"

"Check engine light on. Vehicle fault codes found gas tank bypass VSV poor fit and seal on gas cap to filler poor fit. Replaced Bypass valve , Gas cap assembly, and Valve for vacuuum switch Bill was higher than I expected - Parts $345 and labor $36"

"the 2 oxygen sensors needed to be replaced for car to pass MD state emissions test, and for engine to run properly."

"check engine light stays on, module says its the oxygen sensor."

"Both O2 sensors wore out."

"Got OBD Diag error code that was false and was being caused by extreme cold spell we had in jan/feb and car was parked ouside. It did get self corrected when the weather warmed up."

"The sensors finally wore out, so the car drops to 500 rpm at idle once in a while. There was also a leak in the oil pan, so we replaced the pan."

"sensor required replacement"

"The check engine light has been on for over 2 years and every test my mechanic ran pointed to the O2 sensor. He even replaced it but the light still keeps coming back on. In addition, the engine idles at a very high speed when I first turn it on and stays high until I put the car in drive."

"Don't know if its oxygen sensor but check engine light came on and they had a very hard time finding cause--possible hole near where they put the nozzle in the gas tank. Too much money for this nonsense."

"The oxygen sensor will randomly make the check engine light pop on for a couple of months then goes away for a couple of months. Not sure if its an actual issue, but it does make it fail annual emissions tests if it happens to be on when its due for inspection."

"After replacing the fuel pump ($500), there are still carburetor issues and oxygen sensor issues I'm dancing around. These repairs are more than the blue book value of the car, so I need to sell it."

"Catalyst converter been failing since for years now barely pasiing yearly inspections"

"Seems to have corrected itself, but I now need to use Super"

"Engine ran poorly at low speed and engine light came on. I knew it was an O2 sensor. Scan showed faulty bank 1 sensor"

"I had the check engine light come on twice and it was the o2 or oxygen sensor both times. Luckily, the repair shop did not charge me for the second one"

"Check Engine has come on indicating an issue with the O2 Sensors or the catalytic converter. Tests have the catalytic converter being likely ok, but an oil leak is the likely cause of the light. To fix the oil consumption issue requires replacing the piston rings. It is too costly to attempt the fix to find out for sure if that is the cause of the check engine light"

"Check engine light due to emission problems. Traced to oxygen sensor. It's a must fix because vehicle won't pass inspection with check engine light on"

"Engine light came on. Replacing O2 sensors cleared it up. Repairer warned may need new catalytic converter"

"O2 sensor failed causing Check Engine Light to come on"

"Replaced ck engine light indicator"

"The O2 sensor had gone bad causing the check engine light to come on. I was told this was most unusual at the mileage I had on the car(about 65,000)"

"Sensor replaced. However now have intermettant problem with engine light coming on. Told this is due to faulty gas filler tube. Toyota replaced these when car was new but now will cost $500.00"

"The check engine light comes on and it says that the oxygen sensor is the problem even with a new sensor"

"needed replacing for safety check"

"vapor control valve solinoid"

"Due to the age of the car the sensors needing replacing"

"Took two tries by good mechanic to diagnose which sensor was causing check engine light. Found problem and fixed."

"two sensors had to be replaced in order to pass emissions test; one failed and had to be replaced again (toyota warranty covered part but not labor cost of installing again)."

"Check engine came on due to 02 sensor failure. Cost was over $600 just for sensors. Catalytic coverrter eventually leaked and had to be replaced, over $1000 more."

"Needs to be replaced"

"convertor and pipes rusted and required replacement"

"The engine light came on - the Toyota dealer checked it out and informed me that the catalytic converter was defective and needed to be replaced. I will have to consider replacing it as the car is due for its clean air test"

"Needed to be replaced"

"Needed replaced"

"Check engine light indicated faulty cat converter. Had the cat replace via Midas muffler along with the pipe connecting to intake manifold and muffler. It’s was essentially a one piece system. The o2 sensor was replaced as a cautionary item since all else was being replaced."

"The connection between the exhaust system and the exhaust manifold corroded away, which will cause expensive repairs."

"It seems the exhaust gaskets and matting mechanisms for the mid-pipe at the muffler end and front pipe mating ends do not form a good seal and where out quickly over time. I had to reinforce it to make give it more longevity."

"Noisy. Mechanic fixed it."

"Definite exhaust smell inside the passenger compartment but so far unable to determine the source of the leak or how it is entering the cabin"

"Hole in catalytic coverter"

"Loud noise and rattle.problem diagnosed as rusted out manifold pipe and joint"

"The gasket on the manifold leaks causing it to fail emissions testing"

"Had problem with both Toyota O2 sensor within a year (~6000 miles) when original sensors was replaced. Toyota claimed it was due to Engine Controller firmware not uptodate. Why was it not updated when I had the original O2 sensors replaced?"

"Just deteriated after 14 years"

"The pipe that goes over rear axel that is directly connected to the muffler had rotted out. Since this could not successfully be replaced the pipe and attached muffler had to be replaced."

"A difficult to diagnose problem that caused an engine sensor light due to an leak in a coupling to a muffler that had been replaced 15 months previously. It took two trips to solve this - after "fixing" the suspected problem, the problem persisted"

"It broke and horrible noise followed"

"Sounded like something was about to fall off but I got it to the dealer before anything worse happened. Muffler was replaced."

"Factory recall"

"Recall"

"Car subject of a recall."

"The car was recalled because the airbags needed to be replaced. Even after they were replaced the warning light would not go off. The dealer indicated that this was a separate problem from the bags and that they would have to charge to fix it. We consulted our regular auto maintenance shop and they said yes, this was a separate problem that required fixing. Finally, we had it fixed, but it was not cheap."

"They rust out much quicker than expected."

"Exhaust system: The mid pipe sheet metal is so thin it eventually cracks under normal vibration and heat stress. I had to repair it myself a couple of times over the last 12 months, and each time it was cracking in a new location (not the location I repaired. So all repairs were 100% success). The repair at the dealer would have been very costly as the mid pipe, catalytic converter, and resonator are all one assembly. I would say this issue has been the most annoying out of any issue with the car. The entire assembly was replaced by the prior owner getting it serviced at a shop (supposedly using toyota genuine part, which is all I think you can get as there are no after market parts on this model), and after about 6 years later I ran into the problems described above and decided to fix it myself since a new assembly from Toyota is too expensive to justify compared to repairing it myself."

"Pipe from converter to muffler had to be replaced"

"Had to replace muffler, pipes and basically entire exhaust system due to rust. Factory parts were excessively expensive so we had to get non-factory parts. It was rather expensive"

"ran over object in road. because pipes bent, entire exhaust system had to be replaced as it is constructed as one unit"

"Hole in exhaust pipe between catalytic converter and muffler. Replaced that section of pipe with new pipe."

"The mechanic was able to replace/weld a piece of new pipe to solve the problem."