2009 TOYOTA COROLLA Steering Problems

The contact's mother owns a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that on several occasions while he was driving straight at approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle began to drift to the left and right inadvertently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Power steering fails to operate causing loss of control while navigating turns.

The steering stopped responding, car started spinning hitting both left and right retaining walls. Normal high way driving. Great dry weather. NO WARNING- no shake- no rattle-no lights- no noise-NOTHING

2009 COROLLA IS DRIFTING LEFT AND RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. SOME VIBRATION. RECENTLY HAD NEW TIRES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND STILL VERY UNSTABLE, FEELS LIKE DRIVING A BOAT AND CAN MOVE LEFT OR RIGHT AT ANY TIME. IT HAS ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING NOT HYDROLOGIC. I'M THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE ON CAR WHICH IS UNUSUAL. ANY RECALL OF THE ELECTRICAL RACK AND PINION FOR THIS VEHICLE? MY MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX BESIDES REPLACING THE WHOLE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM.

EXTREMELY LOOSE STEERING. CAR HAS NO CONTROL ON HIGHWAY. I ALMOST HIT A CAR. CALLED TOYOTA AND PRETTY MUCH GOT HUNG UP BY TOYOTA REP.

AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAR WANDERS ACROSS LANES. EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN SIDE STREET.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF HIGHWAY WANDERS AND I HAVE REPLACED TIRES AND HAD THREE OR MORE ALIGNMENTS DONE SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. IT FEELS AS IF THE WILD IS BLOWING A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR AROUND ME AND PUSHES MY CAR ALL OVER THE FREEWAY. I FEEL IT GETTING WORSE AS WELL. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO OR WHO TO CONTACT. I REALLY NEED TO GET THIS FIXED ASAP AND WE HAVE TRIED MANY THINGS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL HAD FRICTION AND WAS NOT CENTERED. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (CROSS BAY TOYOTA, 2001 N BAYSHORE DR., COOS BAY, OR 97420), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 1803082465. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DEALER BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,000.

MOST PRONOUNCED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR WILL INTERMITTENTLY NOT GO STRAIGHT. IT FEELS LIKE A NOTCH BOTH TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF CENTER. IT TAKES BOTH HANDS TO FIGHT THE WHEEL TO MAKE IT GO SOMEWHAT STRAIGHT. PULLING THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF ONE OF THESE NOTCHES AT 65 MPH MAKES THE CAR VEER A FEW FEET OR MORE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION OF THE NOTCH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN A CAR OR 18 WHEEL SEMI TRUCK IS IN THE NEXT LANE AND COMPLICATED FURTHER WITH A SIDE WIND. I JUST BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR A TAKATA AIRBAG REPLACEMENT AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ANY STEERING PROBLEMS REGARDING A 2009 COROLLA. I WENT TO THE CORPORATE LEVEL AND AGAIN, TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS. WHEN I ASKED IF I COULD SEND THEM LINKS TO REPORTS BY ABC, CONSUMER REPORTS, USA TODAY...

THE CAR STEERING WHEEL DRAGS TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING IN A HILLY CURVY ROAD. SOMETIMES THE STEERING WHEELS GETS STUCK WHILE DRIVING AND CANNOT MOVE OR OPERATE.

STEERING WHEEL COIL REMEDY NEVER RESOLVED TOOK VEHICLE IN TWICE FOR SERVICE UPDATE AT THE DEALERSHIP ON STEERING COLUMN COIL AND AIRBAGS.WAS TURNING AT 5 MILES AN HOUR ON WAY TO DRIVE ONTO A TRAILER SO THE VEHICLE COULD BE PULLED WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SLOPPY AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR FROM THE LEFT SIDE

"TAKATA RECALL" HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED DO NOT LIKE DRIVING AROUND WITH BAD AIRBAG.

I OWN A TOYOTA COROLLA 2009, AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 285 S. ALTANTA, GA; ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HEAVY. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN RIGHT AT EXIT 40 AND TO CHANGE DIRECTION. JUST LIKE THE STEERING WAS LOCKED. I JUST BARELY COULD TURN INTO THE PARKING SPACE CLOSE TO THAT EXIT. I AM DRIVING THIS CAR EVERY DAY FOR ONE HOUR IN THE MORNING, AND ONE HOUR OR MORE IN THE AFTERNOON, I'M SCARE THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (85 ATLANTA) OR IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I AM SO AFRAID OF DRIVING THIS CAR. PLEASE, HELP ME!! DO WE HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM? I THINK THAT TOYOTA COROLLA STEERING PROBLEMS MAY LEAD TO ANOTHER RECALL. WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR?

WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING CAUSES CAR TO DRIFT AND LOCKING UP ON HIGHWAY

TAKATA RECALL - DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT NO PARTS AVAILABLE JUNE/1/2015 UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT A SECURITY GATE WHEN BRAKING TO APPROACH GATE ARM. 04/24/2017

THE STEERING DOES DRIFT AT TIMES WHICH IS SCARY!

I WAS DRIVING WITH 30 MILE/HOUR ON THE ANDERSON MILL ROAD, AUSTIN, TEXAS. ALL OF SUDDEN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HEAVY, JUST LIKE STEERING WAS LOCKED. IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO CHANGE DIRECTION. IN THIS SITUATION, I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR WHEN I TRIED TO FIND PLACE TO PARK. THIS SITUATION MAY LAST SEVERAL MINUTES, AND BECOME NORMAL. I DROVE MY CAR TO THE TOYOTA CENTER, THE TECHNICIAN TOOK FEW HOURS TO CHECK, BUT NOTHING THEY FOUND. RIGHT NOW, I AM SO AFRAID OF DRIVING.

I'VE HAD EVERYTHING FIXED ON MY 2009 COROLLA REGARDING THE STEERING, THINKIN IT WAS THE ALIGNMENT ,TIRES,BALANCING,BRAKES ,SPENT ALOTTA MONEY AT MY MECHANIC.. TURNS OUT ITS THE STEERING CONTROL UNIT. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MY CAR WANDERS VERY BAD AND I'M AFRAID ILL HIT ANOTHER CAR.EVEN CHANGING LANES MY CAR TROUBLE SOMETIMES AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY MECHANIC AND TIRE GUYS SAID THIS IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.. I WILL BE WRITING TOYOTA AND TAKIN MY CAR IN TO SEE IF THE COST MY CAR IS COVERED OR NOT. TOYOTA WAS INVESTIGAGED BUT NOTING AND WERE LATER SURED OVER THIS ISSUE. TOYOTA SHOUD BE ASHAMED FOR KNOWING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND REFUSEING TO COVER THE COSTS.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD, SUDDENLY THE RED BATTERY SIGN AND ABS BREAK RED SIGN CAME ON AND STEERING LEFT OR RIGHT WAS EXTREMELY HARD AND COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS NO OUTPUT FROM ALTERNATOR BY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. SEEING THIS BEHAVIOR SECOND TIME IN LAST 2 YEARS DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILURE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA COROLLA DURING THE DAY AND WENT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE AND SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. I JUST BARELY COULD TURN INTO THE PARKING SPACE I WAS TURNING INTO AND MY CAR WAS SIDEWAYS. MY CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH IT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WENT INTO THE PHARMACY. WHEN I CAME OUT AND WENT TO START MY CAR, IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD TO CALL AAA FOR A JUMP START AND EVEN AFTER THE JUMP START, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STILL LOCKED BUT THE CAR WAS RUNNING. I WAS ABLE TO TURN IT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HOME BECAUSE IT WAS A STRAIGHT RIDE HOME AND HALF WAY HOME THE STEERING WHEEL ALL OF A SUDDEN UNLOCKED ON IT'S OWN. NOW I'M SCARED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE I'M ON...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE WINDOWS FAILED TO FUNCTION. IN ADDITION, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

LETTER FROM SENATOR BOOZMAN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT REGARDING HIS 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER, EVEN AFTER HAVING THE TIRES AND TWO WHEELS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED HE DEALT WITH THE STEERING ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. EVENTUALLY, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A CLAIM FORM IN THE MAIL FROM TOYOTA STATED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING. *JB

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING IN MY 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA BECOMES NOTICEABLY LOOSE AND WILL DRIFT TO ONE SIDE WHILE DRIVING. I NOTICE THE STEERING WHEEL BECOME LESS RESPONSIVE AFTER PULLING INTO/OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, OVER TRAIN TRACKS, POTHOLE, ANYTHING THAT PROVIDES SHOCK TO THE VEHICLE WITH THROW OFF THE STEERING CONTROL, BUT IT COULD BE A FLAT STRAIGHT ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WILL DRIFT. THE STEERING CONTROL IS SO LOOSE THAT ONE MUST CONSTANTLY BE ADJUSTING THE STEERING WHEEL TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM DRIFTING. I HAD MY ALIGNMENT ADJUSTED 3 TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 WEEKS THINKING SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG WITH IT, BUT THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT ALIGNMENT WAS WITHIN SPEC. I PURCHASED NEW TIRES (AND BALANCED TIRES) AND THE DRIFTING STILL OCCURS. FOUND THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TSB-0140-10 AND IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME DRIFT LIKE CROSSWIND PUSHING THE VEHICLE. I CALLED A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND SPOKE TO...

TAKATA RECALL: HOW COULD THIS HAVE A RECALL AND YOUR COMPANY IS STALLING TO COMPLETE THIS RECALL WHEN YOU ARE KNOWING THAT WHEN DRIVEN WE CAN GET INTO A MAJOR FATAL CAR ACCIDENT WITH THE AIRBAGS FORCING PRESSURE AGAINST OUR BODIES AND EVEN CAN BURN OUR FACE AND MORESO DEATH CAN APPEAR DURING THIS INCIDENT. I WAS SO FRIGHTENED TO THINK I SEE THE AIRBAG 6 SECOND LIGHT LIGHT UP AND BLINK DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THANK THE LORD THAT NOTHING HAPPENED TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR A 36O TURN MULTPLE CRASH ON THE RAIN, MUDSLIDE ROADS..

CAR DRIFTS HIGH SPEEDS ABOUT 1' FT. LIKE ON A WINDY DAY ! BUT NO WIND BOUGHT 2 NEW SET OF TIRES / AND ALIEGNED DID NOT FIX !!! WENT TO DEALER THEY SAID NO RECALLS BUT OTHER PEOPLE SAY EPS CAN BE RE- TUNED

MY DAUGHTER WAS PARKING THE CAR AT COLLEGE IIN A PARKING BUILDING GOING UP A SPIRAL AND IT WOULD NOT TURN. TOWED TO DATSUN DOCTOR MECHANIC. FAILURE IN POWER STEERING RACK OR THE STEARING GEAR BOX.

WHEN DRIVING, STEERING REQUIRES CONSTANT ATTENTION AS IT DRIFTS BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT OFF CENTER MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. VEHICLE, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WILL SOMETIMES GIVE THE FEEL OF HYDROPLANING OR BEING BUFFETED BY STRONG CROSS WINDS(VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS). THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AS IT REQUIRES YOU TO FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ATTENTION DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE CAR JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT BETWEEN THE LINES. ANY DISTRACTION SUCH AS READING A HIGHWAY SIGN FOR 2 SECONDS CAN FIND YOU DRIFTING INTO ANOTHER LANE OR OFF THE ROAD. THE SUDDEN FEELING OF HYDRPLANING IS EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS AS ONE CAN OVERSTEER TO CORRECT.

DANGEROUS CAR TO DRIVE. VEHICLE DRIFTS HARD LEFT WHEN DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. PROBLEM IS MADE WORSE WHEN DRIVING NEXT TO A LARGE TRAILER TRUCK WITH CROSSWINDS. CAR STEERING HAS A LARGE LOOSE, DEAD CENTER FEEL DISCONNECTED TO THE ROAD. WHEN TURNING, THE POWER STEERING DOES NOT MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE CENTER. THE DRIVER HAS TO MANUALLY CORRECT THE WHEEL EVERY TIME. I PURCHASED THE CAR "NEW" FROM THE DEALER. I STILL OWN IT TODAY, AND THE STEERING IS JUST AS BAD. IN BAD WEATHER, THE PROBLEM IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. THE DEALER HAS NO SOLUTION.

H FIRST TIME THE CAR MALFUNCTION I WAS COMING BACK FROM RETURNING THE RENTAL TRUCK, I WAS PULLING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND AT THAT TIME THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, THE BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHT COME ON, ABS BRAKE LIGHT COME ON, AND REST OF THE IDIOT LIGHTS ON THE PANEL COME ON. IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER THE CAR, WILL ALL MY EFFORT WITH TWO HANDS I CAN STEER THE WHEEL AND CONTROL THE CAR. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING REALLY ROUGH AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO QUIT. THIS LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS IT SEEMED LIKE, AND THEN THE CAR STARTED RUNNING RIGHT NOW AND I WAS ABLE TO STEER AGAIN AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL WENT OUT. I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS THINKING MY CAR WAS FAILING AND I KNEW THAT THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THE MATTER WITH IT BUT WHEN IT...

I WAS DRIVING BACK TO HOME, WHEN I ARRIVED I NEED TO TURN MY CAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE TO MY APARTMENT BUT I COULDN'T STEER MY CAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE. I DECIDED TO GO STRAIGHT TO PARK IN OTHER PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF ME. I TRY TO TURN STEERING WHEEL BUT IT BECAME HARDER TO TURN THEN THE BEGINNING. THEN I SAW THE "ABS" LIGHT AND "BATTERY" LIGHT ARE ON, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND MY CAR STOPPED WORKING. IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY, PROBABLY WILL CAUSE HORRIBLE ACCIDENT!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING FAILED AND WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE STALLED. AS A RESULT, A CRASH OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

STEERING WHEEL GETS REALLY STIFF SOMETIMES IT LOCKS UP WHEN I REVERSE AND THEN PUT THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME LOST OF POWER FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST MONTH.

WELL I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN MAY 2014 STATING MY COROLLA WAS RECALLED FOR A SPIRAL CABLE ASSEMBLY AND TO THIS DAY I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM TOYOTA REGARDING THIS RECALL AND IT WILL BE A YEAR AND IM NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH THEN. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU *TR

THERE IS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE ROAD SURFACES CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK AND CREATES A RATTLING CLUNK NOISE AND LOW SPEEDS. IF THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK SIDE TO SIDE, THE APPARENT NOISE IS CLICKING. I SUSPECT THIS IS A FAULTY STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CAR TENDS TO DRIFT OUT OF THE LANE. UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES CAUSES THE WHEEL TO JERK AT CITY AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEEL BALANCING AND VEHICLE ALIGNMENT WERE PERFORMED. THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. REPLACING THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT SHOULD BE A RECALL AS WELL AS THE REPLACEMENT/REPROGRAM OF THE EPS MODULE. *TR

I DON'T DRIVE THIS VEHICLE MUCH ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR SOME TIME. FOR THE LONGEST TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WIND. IT'S NOT. THE VEHICLE FLOATS ON THE HIGHWAY AND REQUIRES MAXIMUM ATTENTION OR I'LL FIND MYSELF IN THE DITCH OR WORSE. I'VE HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED AND THE TIRES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING. I CALL IT MY "ALL OVER THE ROAD COROLLA." *TR

THE CAR IS CONSTANTLY MOVING LEFT OR RIGHT IN YOUR LANE WITH OUT YOU MOVING STEERING WHEEL. YOU NEED TO CORRECT ALL THE TIME. SOME TIMES WHEN YOU CORRECT A LITTLE IT MOVES A LOT. EVERY ONE THAT DRIVES CAR HAS SAME PROBLEM WITH STEERING. TO ME IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOOSE CONTROL OF CAR. THANKS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

STEERING REQUIRES CONSTANT DRIVER CORRECTION TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, BUT WON'T TRACK STRAIGHT WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS OCCURS WHENEVER THE CAR IS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN DRIVING ON WINDY DAYS, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL BECAUSE CROSSWINDS ADD TO THE INSTABILITY. *JS

CAR WOULD NOT TRACK DOWN THE HIGHWAY. FEELS LIKE I'M CONSTANTLY CORRALLING THIS CAR , ADJUSTING THE STEERING WHEEL TO STAY IN MY LANE OF TRAFFIC. IN MY 40 PLUS YEARS OF DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEHAVIOR FROM A VEHICLE. THIS BEHAVIOR ACTUALLY OCCURS AT ALL SPEEDS. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT IT IS NOT AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE, BUT IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. SEEMS LIKE A GRAVE SAFETY CONCERN TO ME. FROM THE SHEER NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON STEERING COMPONENTS, LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE AND PULL THE TRIGGER ON A RECALL. *JS

VEHICLE VEERED OFF ROAD ONTO GRASS AS IF BEING PUSHED BY A STRONG WIND, HOWEVER THE AIR WAS CALM. I BELIEVE IT WAS DEFECTIVE STEERING RESPONDING IMPROPERLY TO UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

THE CAR'S STEERING GOT OUT OF CONTROL. THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT RED LIGHT AND I TRIED TO TURN LEFT AT GREEN LIGHT. IT SUDDENLY TURNED LEFT SHARPLY AND WENT OVER THE OPPOSITE LANE. WHILE I TRIED TO STEER THE CAR STRAIGHT WITHOUT APPLYING EITHER GAS OR BREAK, THE CAR SWUNG TO RIGHT. IT CAME BACK TO CONTROL A MOMENT LATER. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH OVER A BRIDGE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE THEN ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT ABRUPTLY APPLIED THE BRAKES HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNRESPONSIVE AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST THEN SUDDENLY FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SPIN UNCONTROLLABLY UNTIL THE VEHICLE FLIPPED TWICE AND CAME TO A HALT. THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO FALLING OFF THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE BRUISING TO THE CHEST AND A FRACTURED LEFT HIP. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS...

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT IN JULY OF 2010. AND I HAVE ALL SERVICE DONE AT A TOYOTA DEALER. AT 25,975 MILES, REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES, MACHINED ROTORS, BRAKE FLUID FLUSH, CLEANED AND ADJUSTED REAR BRAKES(1/28/12). (BRAKE PEDAL FELT SOFT). AT 37,966 MILES , REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AGAIN(12/21/12). PADS LASTED 11,991 MILES! AT 55,662 MILES, REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES, MACHINED ROTORS AGAIN(2/20/2014). PADS LASTED 17,696 MILES! SINCE I DO MAINLY HIGHWAY DRIVING, I FEEL THAT THERE IS A DEFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT BRAKE ABNORMAL WEAR. ALSO, AT 50,548 REPLACED #2 STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY. AT, 50,691 REPLACED ALTERNATOR. AT 55,662 REPLACED WATER PUMP, COOLANT AND DRIVE BELT. *TR

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR SEEMS TO JERK RIGHT OR LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. MUST KEEP HANDS ON WHEEL FIRMLY WHILE ON THE FREEWAY TO CORRECT WHEN IT HAPPENS. SOMETIMES I OVER CORRECT OR UNDER CORRECT SEEMS LIKE SOMETIME THERE IS NO PREDICTING WHAT THE STEERING WILL DO. JUST DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE, SCARY WHEN IT DOES IT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M. ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY, I WAS DRIVING ON THE PA TURNPIKE AT THE SPEED OF 65 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING IN MY 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA FAILED. MY CAR UNINTENTIONALLY VEERED LEFT AND RIGHT AS IF I WAS ENCOUNTERING HURRICANE-LIKE STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE CAR BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS, WHILE FEELING AS IF IT WAS FLOATING/HYDROPLANING, AS I ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL. MY ATTEMPTS AT CORRECTING THE POWER STEERING ISSUE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND ULTIMATELY THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR CRASHED INTO THE RIGHT GUARDRAIL. FORTUNATELY, I WAS UNHARMED IN THIS FRIGHTENING ACCIDENT AND THE STATE TROOPERS AND TOW TRUCKS RESPONDED IN A TIMELY MANNER. NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE HURT AND THERE WAS ONLY MINOR GUARDRAIL DAMAGE. MY CAR, HOWEVER IS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS WAS NOT A RESULT OF DRIVER ERROR OR UNFORESEEN WEATHER CONDITIONS. ONE...

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY, CAR VEERED TO THE RIGHT, BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER; DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT WENT ON. THIS HAS OCCURRED UP TO 20 TIMES, SOMETIMES AS SOON AS THE CAR IS TURNED ON, SOMETIMES ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEED. IF VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAUSES VEHICLE TO JUMP SIDEWAYS. AT TIMES, LOSS OF POWER STEERING IS PRECEDED BY GROANING SOUND. OWNERS' MANUAL ADVISES STOPPING THE VEHICLE, WAITING UNTIL WARNING LIGHT GOES OUT, AND TAKING CAR TO DEALER. I HAVE TAKEN CAR TO TOYOTA DEALERS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE COMPUTER MEMORY SHOWS THE WARNING LIGHT GOING ON, BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE NOTHING WRONG WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT, AND DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE OCCURRENCE ON A TEST DRIVE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 65 IN INDIANA ON A WINDY DAY AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING MY CAR IN MY LANE. THE CAR WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I HAD TO CONSTANTLY FIGHT TO KEEP IT ON THE HIGHWAY. I SLOWED DOWN AND IT DID NOT HELP. FOR A WHILE I HAVE HEARD A CLUNK NOISE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WHEN HITTING A BUMP. I THOUGHT THE NOISE WAS A BROKEN STRUT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP TODAY (MIDAS) IN HAMMOND INDIANA AND THEY SAID THE NOISE WAS PROBABLY FROM A LOOSE TIE ROD. THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME HE COULD MOVE THE FRONT WHEEL WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THE AIR 1 TO 2 INCHES TO EITHER DIRECTION LEFT OR RIGHT WITHOUT MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL OR FRONT WHEEL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE TIE ROD HAD OVER ONE INCH OF...

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN A PARKING LOT WHILE TURNING IN TO A PARKING SPOT AND ALMOST HIT SOMEONE. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS WORKING FINE NOW AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. IF IT GOES OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEED TURN IT COULD CAUSE A DEADLY ACCIDENT. *TR

LOSS OF STEERING AT A RIGHT BEND IN THE STREET, THINK THE POWER WENT OUT TO THE ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST, CAR WENT STRAIGHT INTO A SIGN POLE WITH A LARGE CEMENT BASE, MAJOR DAMAGE TO FRONT END, AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, SEAT BELT DIDN'T WORK AND THERE WAS NO POWER AT ALL TO THE CAR EVEN THOUGH THE BATTERY WAS NOT DAMAGED. CAR WAS RECENTLY AT TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL TO REPAIR TO ELECTRICAL POWER WINDOW PROBLEM TO PREVENT ELECTRICAL FIRE, OIL CHANGE AND SERVICE DONE AT SAME TIME, THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. NEW TIRES AND BRAKES. OPENED A CLAIM WITH TOYOTA, SO FAR MET WITH APATHY AND RESISTANCE. *TR

WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM 65 MPH THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES OUT OF CONTROLL. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT PRETTY CONSISTENT NOW MY CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROLL LIGHT STAYS LIT WHILE THE ESC LIGHT BLINKS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW THREE TIMES OVER PAST 6 MONTHS.