NHTSA Complaint #10303730 — 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA

THE ENGINE ON MY 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA HAS HAD AN ENGINE SERGE PROBLEM. WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 26,000 MILES ON IT, I HAD A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS WHERE I WOULD BE STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON BRAKE. THE ENGINE WOULD SERGE UP TO 4RPMS. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS SO SHOOK UP, I CALLED DEALER AND INSISTED THEY TAKE CAR AND CHECK IT OUT. THEY KEPT THE CAR OVERNIGHT, AND BY THE END OF THE NEXT DAY HAD DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY WORKBOOT. THE GAS PEDAL WAS SO CLOSE TO THE BREAK, THAT THE EDGE OF MY BOOT WAS HITTING THE GAS. I HAD A HARD TIME ACCEPTING THAT, BECAUSE I MADE A POINT TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BREAK WHEN THE INCIDENT WAS HAPPENING. I HAVEN'T HAD ANOTHER SERGE PROBLEM, BUT I DID HAVE A HIGH IDOL PROBLEM. TOYOTA REPLACED THE COMPUTER CHIP FREE OF CHARGE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT BECAUSE I HAD 36,895 MILES ON CAR AND MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I NOW HAVE 53,000 MILES ON CAR AND THE HIGH IDOL IS GETTING BAD AGAIN. THE RECENT RECALL ON GAS PEDAL HAS ME CONCERNED. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM GOES BEYOND THE GAS PEDAL. I AM SENDING THIS EMAIL, TO GIVE YOU MORE DATA. HOPEFULLY, OTHERS WILL DO THE SAME. *TR