NHTSA Complaint #10375788 — 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA

TAKING ACTION OF TOYOTA REGARDING SAFETY RECALL IS CONDUCTED VERY SLOWLY. I HAD GOT THE RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA AROUND SEPTEMBER 2010 IN THIS LETTER NOTIFIED THAT TOYOTA WILL SEND THE SECOND RECALL NOTICE WHEN THE REPLACEMENT PART IS READY. TOYOTA WILL BEGIN MAILING THE SECOND OWNER LETTER IN LATE NOVEMBER 2010. I HAD CALLED AND STOPPED BY AT TOYOTA (CENTRAL FLORIDA TOYOTA) SO MANY TIMES FOR ASKING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WHEN CAN I GET THE VEHICLE FIXED. ALL THE SERVICE ADVISORS AT THIS TOYOTA DEALER SAID THE SAME ANSWERS, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SECOND LETTER FROM TOYOTA AND YOU CAN DRIVE THE CAR REGULARLY IF YOU DONT HAVE ANY PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED. I HAVE TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS FOR THE SECOND LETTER FROM TOYOTA. ON THE 4TH OF JANUARY 2011, MY CAR HAD GOT A PROBLEM. AT THE MEANTIME, MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR AND MY DAUGHTER, 9 YEARS OLD WAS ON BROAD. THE ENGINE WAS STOPPED WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO CARS FOLLOW US AND WE WERE NOT ON THE FREEWAY. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TOYOTA DEALER FOR GETTING FIXED AND THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) WAS REPLACED. WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER THIS PROBLEM WILL BE OCCURRED AGAIN. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, THEREFORE, THE SAFETY RECALL REMEDY CONDUCTED BY TOYOTA SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED MORE EFFICIENTLY AND FASTER THAN THEY DO RIGHT NOW.