1999 TOYOTA COROLLA Steering Problems

1999 TOYOTA COROLLA PURCHASED IN VERMONT JAN. 1999, MOVED TO NC IN JULY, 2008, WITH ABOUT 101,000 MILES. DRIVER WAS AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE PARKING LOT AUG '08-STARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARDS, POOL OF BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND. REFILLED RESERVOIR, AND AS SOON AS PEDAL WAS PRESSED, BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED OUT. TOWED TO LOCAL GARAGE, WHERE MECHANIC SHOWED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINE TO REAR BRAKES WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND JUST RUPTURED UNDER PEDAL PRESSURE. HE SPLICED ON A 1-2 FOOT SECTION WHERE THE RUST WAS WORST. ON 6/03/2010, THE SAME HAPPENED ON THE OPPOSITE REAR BRAKE LINE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. CAR WAS TOWED TO TOYOTA OF NEW BERN, NC. BY AAA, WITH A DETAILED NOTE TO REPLACE THAT RUPTURED LINE. AFTER A $207.00 INFLATED BILL, THAT LINE WAS ALSO SPLICED, AND THE REPAIR INVOICE NOTED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED REPLACEMENT FROM...

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST DUE TO DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY. INNER SPLINE ON POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY STRIPPED OUT AFTER 49,000 MILES, ALLOWING RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND PUMP SHAFT. RESULTANT PULLEY WOBBLE ALLOWS THE SERPENTINE BELT TO WALK OFF THE POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY. *TR

MY CAR IS A 1999 TOYOTA, COROLLA AND I HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS GO WRONG WITH THIS CAR. FIRST OF ALL I ALSO HAD A NOVA 1989 THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CV JOINT WENT TWICE(@)30 TO 40 K MILES. I CAN NOT BELIEVE AFTER 10 YEARS THEY STILL DID NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT IS TRULY A MANUFACTURES PROBLEM. ALSO I HAD TO HAVE MY STEERING COLUMN REPLACED IN THIS 1999 AND I NEVER HEARD OF THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. AND HERE I AM AGAIN AT 135,282 MILES AND I NEED ANOTHER CV JOINT THIS SURE SEEMS LIKE A TRUE LEMON CAR. I LOOKED UP ON ODI AND AM ASTOUND AT ALL THE CARS AND THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE. I WAS PLANNING ON BUYING A NEW CAR BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MANUFACTURE TO TRUST. NONE OF THEM WANT TO FIX WHAT THE...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A U-TURN AT 5 MPH OR LESS THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE IN THE STEERING AND WHILE GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS THERE IS A SQUEAKING NOISE NOTICED COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE DOOR TRIM HAS DETACHED AND THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE CRACKING AND BREAKING. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE HAS NO RECALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOYOTA COROLLA. THE COROLLA IS NOT LISTED AMONG THE CHOICES FOR A TOYOTA VEHICLE. I HAVE A 1999 COROLLA LE. *JB

CONSUMER STATE AT 20 MPH THERE WAS LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB