NHTSA Complaint #10352189 — 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND THEN TURNED OFF. MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING ROUGH AND JERKING BETWEEN GEARS - PARTICULARLY GOING IN AND OUT OF REVERSE. A FEW WEEKS LATER MY DASH LIGHT WENT OUT, AND MY TAIL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. I CALLED TOYOTA, AND THEY HAD ME COME IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MY ECU RE-CALIBRATED. RATHER THAN RE-CALIBRATING IT, I WAS TOLD AFTER THE APPOINTMENT THAT THEY HAD REPLACED THE ECU. THE REPLACEMENT ECU WAS INSTALLED ON AUGUST 7, 2010. THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME WITH THE LIGHTING PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS A FUSE PROBLEM. NONE OF MY FUSES ARE BLOWN. THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE AS HARD OF A TIME SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS AS IT DID BEFORE THE ECU REPLACEMENT, BUT NOW I AM HARDLY ABLE TO ACCELERATE UP THE HILL TO MY HOUSE. MY ENGINE REVS UP TO ALMOST 4000RPM JUST TRYING TO GET UP TO 30MPH. THE ENGINE IS WORKING HARD AND IS LOUD, THE CAR HAS BEEN VIBRATING DURING ACCELERATION, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR. THERE WAS A RECALL ANNOUNCED ON MY CAR, AND I WENT TO TOYOTA.COM TO CHECK MY VIN. IT IS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL, BUT I ALREADY HAD THE NEW PART THEY SAY I NEED INSTALLED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I WANT TO RETURN THIS CAR. *TR