NHTSA Complaint #10376629 — 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA

I FILED A COMPLAINT, ODI NUMBER 10313597 TO BRING ATTENTION TO A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITION WITH MY 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA. AS STATED IN THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT, MY VEHICLES ECU (ENGINE COMPUTER) FAILED WHILE IN TRAFFIC 2 TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE. I WAS PLEASED TO FIND OUT THAT A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE WAS INITIATED FOR MY MODEL YEAR COROLLA. CALLED TOYOTA FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECALL AND THEY SAID THAT MY VIN NUMBER VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE OPERATOR THAT MY VEHICLE'S ECU HAD FAILED TWICE AND HAD BEEN REPLACED BY A DEALERSHIP. SHE COULD NOT GIVE ME A REASON WHY MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. CALLED DEALER TO FIND OUT IF THE LAST ECU WAS AN UPDATED ONE THAT WOULD NOT FAIL AND THE PARTS GUY THOUGHT IT WAS.I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT TO SEE IF THE RECALL CAN BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MY VEHICLE SO IF THE CURRENT COMPUTER DOES FAIL, THAT I CAN GET IT REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL. WHEN THESE COMPUTERS FAIL THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE DIES AND IS HARD TO RESTART. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME, DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND THIS CAN BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. *TR