NHTSA Complaint #11002027 — 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA

MY TOYOTA COROLLA LE (CAR) COMPLETELY LOSES POWER AND SHUTS DOWN RANDOMLY. IT HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. DURING ONE OCCASION IT SHUT DOWN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS INCIDENT ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE AS WELL AS TWO OF MY CHILDREN (WHO ARE ADULTS). IT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF TRAFFIC CAUSING A SEMI TRUCK TO MISS US BY INCHES. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ON STREETS AND IN PARKING LOTS. THE CAR IS ALWAYS IN MOTION WHEN THIS OCCURS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR'S ENGINE TESTED (THE BUSINESS THAT TESTED IT IS NOW OUT OF BUSINESS). THE TEST REVEALED THAT IT WAS A COIL PACK THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE COIL PACK REPLACED BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT IT IS STILL UNKNOWN WHY MY VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN RANDOMLY. BELOW IT ASKS FOR A DATE WHEN THIS OCCURS. AS STATED ABOVE, IT HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES THAT I CAN'T RECALL THOSE DATES, SO I PUT IN AN APPROXIMATE DATE THAT THE INCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY OCCURRED. THE MILES ON THE CAR IS WHAT I HAVE ON IT AT THIS TIME (149,542).