NHTSA Complaint #10376807 — 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON MONDAY JANUARY 11, 2011 IT BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DROVE THE CAR TO A AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHO STATED THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE AND THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THIS AUTO REPAIR SHOP PERFORMED A OIL CHANGE IN SEPT 2010 AND NOTED SOME SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE REPAIR SHOP RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE ENGINE AS IT WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. I SPENT $5397 TO HAVE A JASPER REMANUFACTORED ENGINE INSTALLED IN THE TOYOTA. I DECIDED TO PERFORM AN INTERNET SEARCH TO SEE IF THERE WERE OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE TOYOTA ENGINE IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT TOYOTA RECALLS. I DISCOVERED AN ARTICLE THAT REFERENCED ODI'S INVESTIGATION OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA ENGINE 1ZZ-FE. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT OIL CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE EVERY 2,000 MILES AND NOT THE 5,000 MILES INDICATED IN THE TOYOTA MANUAL. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PROBLEM I'VE HAD WITH THE TOYOTA COROLLA. IN 2009 THE CAR'S DASHBOARD WIRE SHORTED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL CAUSING THE FUSES TO BLOW. I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. I'VE ALWAYS PURCHASED HONDA IN THE PAST AND HAVE A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A TOYOTA EVER AGAIN. *TR