1999 Toyota Corolla Interior & seats Problems

1999 TOYOTA COROLLA DOOR KNOBS. THESE PLASTIC DOORS KNOBS ARE BELOW STANDARD. I AM SURPRISED NO OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THESE DOOR KNOBS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10303986

Incident

Mar 24, 2007

1999 TOYOTA COROLLA HOOD LATCH CAME LOOSE. *TS THE VEHICLE'S HOOD, WINDSHIELD AND ROOF WERE DAMAGED. *NM

NHTSA ID

10146501

Incident

Oct 30, 2005

I HAVE A 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA LE (BOUGHT IN TAMPA, FLORIDA IN AUGUST 1999), WHICH CAME EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC LOCKS AND REMOTE DOOR ENTRY. ON OCTOBER 1, 2003, I CAME INTO TOYOTA OF ROSWELL TO HAVE THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR MECHANISM REPAIRED. A DAY BEFORE, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE HAD LOST ITS RIGIDITY, AND I WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE POSSIBLY COULD BE MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF I DID NOT FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE, SO IT WAS ORDERED, AND THE WORK WAS COMPLETED THE NEXT DAY (FOR $124.50). THE REPAIR WORK ENABLED THE DOOR HANDLE TO FUNCTION MORE OR LESS NORMALLY, BUT THE MECHANICAL FEEL AND FUNCTION OF THE DOOR HANDLE WAS NOT THE SAME AS BEFORE, OR EVEN SIMILAR TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE. I CAME IN ON OCTOBER 7TH TO HAVE THE HANDLE ADJUSTED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THE MECHANISM WOULD EITHER STICK IN THE LOCKED POSITION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE OPENING THE WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE (WHICH SOMETIMES DID NOT WORK EITHER); OR THE DOOR MECHANISM WOULD STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION, AND NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO CLOSE PROPERLY. I CAME IN TWO MORE TIMES ON NOVEMBER 24TH, TO TRY TO ADJUST THE DOOR HANDLE. AFTER THE LAST TIME, I GOT TIRED OF GOING IN TO JUST BE TOLD ?IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, AND WE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT CAUSED IT, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING NOW?. THIS PROBLEM, I BELIEVE, IS A LATENT DEFECT IN THE DOOR LOCK CASTING OF THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY. NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS STATED ABOVE EXISTED PRIOR TO MY COMING TO TOYOTA OF ROSWELL FOR RECTIFICATION OF A LATENT DEFECT IN THE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY. I NOW LIVE IN NEW YORK, AND THE DOOR CAUSES PROBLEMS DURING THE COLD WEATHER ? IT HAS SEIZED IN THE LOCKED AND UNLOCKED POSITION, WHICH WOULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN AN EMERGENCY. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE TOYOTA OF HUNTINGTON, AND THEY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE INTERNAL LOCK MECHANISM AND NOT THE HANDLE. BUT, THE HANDLE APPEARS TO HAVE A CRACK IN IT, AND I SUSPECT WILL BREAK SOON. *AK

NHTSA ID

10114352

Incident

Oct 1, 2003

WHENEVER WEATHER BECOMES TOO COLD AND WET, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT STAY SHUT BECAUSE OF A PIN INSIDE THE DOOR. I WAS TOLD BY TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (JOHN LEDFORD) WHO SAYS THAT HE CONTACTED REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER (CHRIS TENEBHN) AND THAT THEY TOLD HIM IT IS BEING CAUSED FROM MOISTURE GETTING INSIDE THE DOOR AND THAT ALL THEY OFFER IS TO LUBRICATE IT MORE (WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE) TO TRY AND KEEP IT FROM FREEZING AGAIN. I HAVE HAD TO DRIVE IN BAD WEATHER ON I-70 TO GET TO WORK WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT 4 TIMES THIS WINTER ALONE. I HAVE LEFT MESSAGES FOR THE SERVICE MANAGER (DENNIS YOUNG) AT THE LEE'S SUMMIT MISSOURI TOYOTA WHERE I TAKE MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM HIM.*AK

NHTSA ID

10055096

Incident

Jan 28, 2004

Mileage

70,000 mi

THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS CRACKED AND MAY BREAK AT ANY TIME. THAT WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR AT ANY TIME, EVEN IN AN EMERGENCY. *LA

NHTSA ID

10045328

Incident

Oct 31, 2003

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING, ALL LIGHTING SYSTEMS WAS OUT SERVICE. INSTRUMENTAL LIGHTS/ HEAD LIGHTS/ BRAKE LIGHT AND SIGNAL LIGHT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10022179

Incident

Jun 3, 2003

CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER SEAT IS SLANTED DOWN FROM FRONT TO BACK AND THE BACK SEAT IS PADDED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO NOT GIVE PROPER SUPPORT TO THE BACK AND NECK WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DETAILED WHO PUT SOME FOAM IN THE SEAT TO TRY AND LEVEL IT OUT, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

8003776

Incident

Feb 1, 2002

CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO A WALL, WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SEATS BROKE, AND CONSUMER AND PASSENGER FELL BACK.*AK CONSUMER STATES SHE WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH, WHEN A VEHICLE DOING ABOUT 90 MPH REAR ENDED CONSUMERS VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A CONCRETE WALL, AS A RESULT BOTH FRONT SEATS COLLAPSED TO THE BACK OF THE CAR, THE CONSUMER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB

NHTSA ID

896703

Incident

Apr 10, 2001

WAS TRAVELING 15-20MPH AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED HOOD LATCH TO RELEASE HOOD, AND IT POPPED BACKWARDS TOWARDS WINDSHIELD. ALSO, LEFT HEADLIGHT HAD POPPED OUT.*AK CONSUMER STATES AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY NAD SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *JB

NHTSA ID

887575

Incident

Apr 19, 2001

CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM REAR WHICH CAUSED DRIVER'S SEAT TO COLLAPSE. *AK CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED HEADACHES, NECK PAIN, AND UPPER BACK PAIN EVER SINCE THE ACCIDENT. *SLC

NHTSA ID

876036

Incident

Nov 1, 2000

PASSANGER DOOR UNLOCKS WHEN CAR STARTS AT VARIOUS TIMES

NHTSA ID

715277