NHTSA Complaint #11316180 — 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA

MY 2010 TOYOTA KEPT STALLING OUT, MOSTLY WHEN IT WAS IN IDLE MODE. IF I WAS DRIVING A SLOWER SPEED, IT WOULD SOMETIMES LOSE POWER AND WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL, THERE WAS NOTHING THERE...LIKE AIR. IT WOULD STALL OUT IF I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC OVER MINUTES. I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND KEEP MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO KEEP IT IDLED UP. INITIALLY I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE IGNITION COILS, WHICH I HAD REPLACED. THEN THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. THEN THE AIR MASS SENSOR. AND MY BATTERY. ALSO THE REPAIR SHOP DID SOME ADJUSTMENT TO THE THROTTLE. NONE OFF THAT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE; IT WAS STILL STALLING OUT JUST OUT OF THE BLUE. THE LAST REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY ONLY SAW ONE CODE IN THE COMPUTER AND IT WAS GIVING THEM A READING WHERE THE FUEL PUMP HAD SOMETHING LIKE A "VAPOR LOCK" AND WAS NOT SENDING OUT FUEL LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. THIS CAR HAS BEEN STALLING OUT ON US SINCE APRIL 2019 AND HAS HAD REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. MY FUEL PUMP WAS FINALLY REPLACED ON FEBRUARY 21,2020 AND SO FAR IT HAS NOT STALLED OUT AT ALL, EVEN WHEN IT'S IN IDLE MODE. COST TO REPAIR IT WAS $901.67.