NHTSA Complaint #10341067 — 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA

I HAVE EXPERIENCED GREAT AMOUNT OF STRESS DUE TO MY 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. I EXPERIENCE THE CAR SHIFTING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AT HIGH SPEEDS (OVER 65 MPH). I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA OF ORANGE AND THEY TESTED AND LEGALLY THEY CAN ONLY GO 60MPH OR HIGHWAY SPEED-LIMIT. THEY KEPT DENYING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR, & CAME BACK TO SPEAK WITH THE TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE. I WENT IN 3 TIMES PRIOR TO THIS TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND A PROBLEM, SHE SAID THERE'S NOTHING WRONG AFTER SPECIAL 'TESTS' WERE DONE. AFTER THAT WE TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY PERFORMED AN ALIGNMENT WHICH HELPED A LITTLE DURING REGULAR SPEEDS. BUT I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, I RECENTLY TOOK IT IN FOR THE RE-CALL, GLAD THAT WAS FIXED, BUT AT 70-80 MPH IF I SHIFT INTO ANOTHER LINE THAT IS PUTTING MY LIFE IN GREAT DANGER! I DRIVE SLOWER BUT I LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SO SOMETIMES ITS UNSAFE TO BE DRIVING AT SUCH SPEEDS. I HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPERIENCING PAINT PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, VARIOUS SCRATCHES I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY APPEAR FROM, AND MY CAR IS GARAGED MOSTLY. THERE ALSO A COUPLE OF CHIPS IN THE PAINT, I TOOK IT IN AND THEY JUST WASHED AND DETAILED THE VEHICLE, WHICH DID HELP BUT THERE'S SCRATCHES AGAIN, THE PAINT SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE. ANOTHER PROBLEM I'M EXPERIENCING WITH THIS VEHICLE IS RANDOMLY MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH WHEN STARTED IN THE MORNING (PARKED IN THE GARAGE WHICH ISN'T COLD AT ALL) THE WHOLE CAR VIBRATES HORRIBLE, COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AS IF ITS NOT HELD TOGETHER WELL. IT LASTS FOR AROUND A MINUTE. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID SINCE ITS NOT A CONSTANT PROBLEM THEY CANT DETECT BUT IF I LEAVE IT OVER NIGHT AND IF IT HAPPENS THEY'LL SEE, OF-COURSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THEY CLAIMED THEY TESTED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AND THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ETC. NO SIGNS WHEN THE STEERING GOES CRAZY. OBVIOUSLY THIS CAR IS A DEFECT THE REASON WHY I PURCHASED A TOYOTA COROLLA WAS BECAUSE I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005, AND ALL THE OTHER CARS I HAVE OWNED, DON'T HAVE STEERING OR PAINT PROBLEMS. *TR