NHTSA Complaint #10215084 — 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA, THE VEHICLE GASOLINE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER OUT OF TRAFFIC WITH NO INCIDENT. I HAVE GREAT CONCERN FOR SAFETY OF OTHERS SINCE I NORMALLY DRIVE ON THE MAJOR INTERSTATES. I TRIED TO RESTART BUT NO RESULTS. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOLLED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS THE ECM OR THE ENGINE COMPUTER THAT FAILED. THIS INCIDENT IS SIMILAR TO NHTSA INVESTIGATION, #PE05029 DATED MAY 31, 2005, WHERE GASOLINE/ELECTRIC HYBRID VEHICLES GASOLINE ENGINES WOULD STALL. FACTS FOUND THAT ANALYSIS OF THE WARRANTY DATA INDICATED THAT OVER 97% OF VEHICLES EXPERIENCING A GAS ENGINE STALL RESULTED FROM AN ISSUE WITH THE PROGRAM LOGIC IN THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SYSTEM. MAJOR CONCERN IS SAFETY ON MAJOR INTERSTATES AT HIGH SPEEDS AND THE VEHICLE STALLING OUT WITH NO WARNING. THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT IT COST ME $1,229.69 TO REPLACE THE ECM, PLUS $80.25 TO HAVE IT TOLLED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR