Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Toyota Corolla submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DUE TO THE FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING(?) DRIVING BECOMES EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS THE RESULT OF THE LEFT/RIGHT TURN SIGNALS NOT WORKING, WHICH CAUSES CARS DRIVING BEHIND ME TO BE OBLIVIOUS OF MY INTENTIONS TO TURN. ALSO, ALTHOUGH LESS DANGEROUS BUT JUST AS AGGRAVATING, IS THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILURE TO WORK; MAKING THE CUMBERSOME AND INCONVENIENT CHORE OF CARRYING AROUND A FLASHLIGHT A NECESSITY.
CAR WAS PARKED AND IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF, BUT ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY CONTINUED CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO CATCH FIRE.
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH HEADLIGHTS ON THEY COULD BLINK, AND SOMETIMES WILL GO OFF. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT TELL WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN DASH. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER DID NOT DISENGAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION . *AK
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A THUMP SOUND COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE A SOFT RUBBER MATERIAL HEATING THE UNDERNEATH OF THE VEHICLE, THE AIR CONDITIONER STARTED TO BLOW WARM AIR AND THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, LUCKILY CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET TO AN EXIT RAMP AND DRIFT INTO A GAS STATION, CONSUMER NOTICED THERE WERE NO BELTS ON THE PULLEYS AND INSTEAD OF SEEING THREE, HE ONLY SAW TWO, CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED THE BOLT THAT WAS HOLDING THE PULLEY HAD SNAPPED. BATTERY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, STARTER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE IS ON ITS THIRD ALTERNATOR AT ONLY 52000 MILES. REAR BRAKE SHOES REPLACED AND REAR DRUMS WERE MACHINED. WIPER MOTOR FAILED. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE STARTING VEHICLE NOTICED A LOUD NOISE, BATTERY EXPLODED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
SOMETIMES INTERIOR LIGHT/SEAT BELT LIGHT, AND OTHER LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WILL COME ON WITHOUT ANY WARNING. ALSO, BATTERY HAD BEEN REPLACED BEFORE.*AK
THE RIGHT INSIDE BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS SHORTING OUT. THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER FOUR (4) TIMES AND HAVE REQUESTED A CHECK TO FINDOUT WHY IT WAS HAPPENING. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A SOURCE FOR THE SHORT. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS MY SELF TWICE AND HAD THEM SHORT OUT SHORTLY AFTER INSTALLATION.*AK
STARTER FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE AND SMOKE TO BELLOW FROM UNDER THE HOOD. NLM
IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER FAILED, VEHICLE COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF WITH KEY. MJS
ALTERNATOR FAILED.
DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BATTERY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, RECALL #95V195000, VEHICLE NOT LISTED UNDER THE RECALL. *AK
DRIVER HIT A TREE AT 40 MPH AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SOMETHING IN STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT CAR ON FIRE.TT *JB
WHILE PARKED AFTER A SHORT TIME, COMPARTMENT BECAME SMOKEY AND VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE. JIMMY BRYANT TOYOTA-FL STATES ELECTRICAL FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
PARKED IN UNOCCUPIED LOCATION VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. RESULTING IN UNDERHOOD FIRE. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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