NHTSA Complaint #10910094 — 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA

OUR 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA XLE WITH 74,000 MILES EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. WE OWN AND OPERATE THIS CAR AT ABOUT 1,000 FEET (OMAHA NEBRASKA). MY DAUGHTER DROVE THIS CAR NORTH WEST TOWARDS THE EISENHOWER EDWIN C. JOHNSON MEMORIAL TUNNEL IN COLORADO AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. VERY LITTLE WARNING AS THE ENGINE SHUTTERED AND CAME TO A COMPLETE AND UNEXPECTED STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 70. MY DAUGHTER ALMOST GOT HIT BY A COUPLE OF CARS AS SHE REATTEMPTED THE CLIMB TOWARDS THE EISENHOWER EDWIN C. JOHNSON MEMORIAL TUNNEL. BUT TO NO AVAIL. SHE TOOK THIS CAR TO STEVENSON AUTO IN LAKEWOOD COLORADO FOR DIAGNOSIS, BUT THEY COULDN'T RECREATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DRIVE ONLY 20 MILES OR SO AND THE CAR WAS TOWED 27 MILES FROM HIGHWAY 70 TO THEIR DEALERSHIP (THE CLOSEST TOYOTA DEALER). THEY TOLD MY DAUGHTER TO GO BACK HOME TO OMAHA NEBRASKA BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS AT LOW ALTITUDE. BTW, THE TOYOTA TSB IS ENTITLED "EXTENDED CRANK AT ALTITUDE".