2013 Toyota Corolla Engine Problems

Your 2013 Corolla has trouble starting when it's hot outside, and you hear an abnormal ticking sound during startup. The engine runs smoothly once the car cools down, but no warning lights appear on the dashboard. A mechanic found a diagnostic code (P1604) pointing to a startability malfunction that may require replacing the electronic control module.

Your engine is misfiring and running rough, causing your car to shake, jerk, and lose power when you press the gas pedal hard. The check engine light is on, and your car has been to the repair shop twice without being fully fixed. The problem started in February and is still happening.

CAR OVERHEATING AND WHEN I WAS CHECKING UNDER HOOD WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY TO SEE IF RADIATOR FAN WAS WORKING PLACE WHERE SMALL HOSE THAT CONNECTS TO RESERVOIR IS ATTACHED TO PLASTIC RADIATOR PIPE BROKE SUDDENLY PROJECTING STRONG STREAM OF SCALDING RADIATOR FLUID TO MY ABDOMEN CAUSING BURN INJURY.

2013 TOYOTA COROLLA CONSUMING EXCESSIVE OIL. CONTINUING TO REFILL ENGINE OIL. NO VISIBLE LEAKS, NO OIL STAINS UNDER VEHICLE.VEHICLE IS SLOWLY LOSING POWER. NOTICED MANY OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES GOING THROUGH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY COSTLY AND IF TOYOTA PARTS ARE AT FAULT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I WAS ALMOST CRUSHED BY MY CAR WHILE PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE. I HAD THE CAR JACKED UP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE USING THE STOCK JACK. THIS WAS IN MY GARAGE ON LEVEL CONCRETE. I DRAINED THE OIL AND REPLACED THE OIL PAN PLUG WITH NO ISSUE. I WENT TO TO LOOSEN THE OIL FILTER CAP WITH THE SPECIALITY SOCKET COVER I ORDERED ONLINE. I MADE SURE TO SPRING OUT THE METAL CLIP THAT PREVENTS A LOSE CAP FROM COMING OFF. I WENT TO TORQUE THE CAP LOSE AND IT DID NOT BUDGE. KEEPING IN MIND WHEN TORQUING ONES FORCE IS GOING TO THE BACK OF THE CAR. I GAVE THE WRENCH ANOTHER GOOD PUSH AND THE NOTICED THE CAR WOBBLED. I PULLED OUT IMMEDIATELY AND IN THE NEXT 5 SECONDS THE JACK GAVE WAY. THE STOCK JACK LOOKS TO BE DESIGNED TO HANDLE SIDE TO MOTION BUT NOT THAT MUCH BACK TO FRONT. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A WAY TO PRELOOSEN THE CAP BEFORE RAISING THE CAR EITHER. EITHER WAY PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I COULD HAVE DIED TODAY AND WANT TO RAISE THIS AS AN ISSUE. THANK YOU. *TR

DEC 27 2015 AROUND RENO NV. IT HAPPENED THREE TIMES THAT DAY. I WAS BREAKING GENTLY TO COME TO A STOP (BECAUSE OF A STOP SIGN). THE SHIFTER WAS IN "D". WHEN THE CAR SPEED DECREASED TO AROUND 10MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. I APPLIED MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE CAR. THE CAR STOPPED, THE ENGINE WAS IDLING AFTER THE STOP. AFTER THE STOP, EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL, TILL IT HAPPENED THE 2 OTHER TIMES THIS DAY (SAME SCENARIO). DEC 29 2015 IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA. I WAS DRIVING AT AROUND 10MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN. SHIFTER WAS IN "D". THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP. AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED IN FULL FORCE. THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. I APPLIED FULL FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND AT THE SAME SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL. MY CAR STOPPED JUST A COUPLE INCHES OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NOW IN NEUTRAL AND THE CAR HALTED, THE ENGINE IS REDLINING HITTING THE REV LIMITER AND STAYING THERE. I SHIFTED TO "PARK" AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WAITED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. I STARTED THE ENGINE AND STAYED IN "PARK", IMMEDIATELY THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO RED LINE AND STAYED THERE. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED ABOUT 5 SECONDS. I STARTED THE ENGINE A SECOND TIME, SAME THING, ENGINE SHOOTS UP TO RED LINE AND STAY THERE. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED ABOUT 10 SECONDS. I STARTED THE ENGINE A THIRD TIME. THIS TIME, THE ENGINE STAYED AT IDLE AND I COULD GO NORMALLY. AT THE TIMES OF THE PROBLEM, THE TEMP. WAS AROUND -1 DEGREE CELSIUS. AFTER THE LAST OCCURRENCE, I STOPPED AND CHECKED IF ANYTHING WAS IN THE WAY OF THE GAS PEDAL. NOTHING WAS IN THE WAY. HAPPENS ONLY AT LOW SPEED, WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP THE CAR. THIS LAST OCCURRENCE DECIDED ME TO WRITE TO YOU BECAUSE THE CAR PUT ME IN AN UNSAFE SITUATION AND WE VERY LITTLE TIME TO REACT. *JS

MY VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY IT ALMOST STALLS I THOUGHT THE BATTERY WAS BAD BUT EVEN AFTER REPLACING IT IM HAVING THE SAME ISSUES TOYOTA DOES NOT ADMIT HAVING ANY ISSUES WITH THIS CAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. ALSO THE AIR COPRESSOR IS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED BUT THE VEHICLE IS SO NEW ITS HARD TO FIND THE PART.

WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND I HAD NO POWER TO CONTINUE PASSING THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN FIXED SEVERAL TIMES AT THE DEALER BUT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. *TR

2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SUPPLEMENT RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE RECALLS. *SMD THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE REPAIR SHOP AND TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY, FAILED TO REMEDY 2 A SAFETY RECALLS ON HER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP, WHEN SHE RETRIEVED HER VEHICLE, SHE WAS INFORMED ONE OF THE RECALLS COULD NOT BE COMPLETED BECAUSE THE TECHNICIAN WAS ILL, AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. SHE MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, AND WHEN SHE RETURNED TO GET THE VEHICLE, SHE WAS INFORMED AGAIN, THE ONLY TECH, WHO COULD PERFORM THE RECALL, DID NOT COME IN. SHE MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. HOWEVER, SHE RECEIVED CALL SAYING NOT TO COME IN, BECAUSE THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABSENT AGAIN. THE CONSUMER CALLED ANOTHER DEALER, AND ACCORDING TO THEIR COMPUTER, BOTH RECALLS HAD BEEN PERFORMED. *JB

FOR THREE WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHY OUR NEW TOYOTA COROLLA IS STEAMING HOT INSIDE. SINCE WE USE IT SOLELY TO COMMUTE TO SCHOOL WHICH IS JUST 2 MILES AWAY, WE SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY WINDING DOWN THE WINDOWS. THE KIDS WERE COMPLAINING THAT THIS CAR IS EXCEPTIONALLY HOT AND WE THOUGHT IT ABSORBS AND RETAINS THE SUMMER HEAT DUE TO ITS DARKER COLOR. LAST WEEKEND, WE DECIDED TO DRIVE AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME. BY THE TIME WE HEADED FOR HOME, IT WAS AFTERNOON AND THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNDER THE SUN FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS. WE TURNED ON THE AC IN THE HOPE TO COOL IT DOWN. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER, I FELT DIZZY AND DROWSY. I STRUGGLED TO KEEP MYSELF AWAKE. I WAS TERRIFIED TO FIND THAT THE AC IS NOT JUST FAILING TO COOL THE CAR DOWN, IT WAS EMITTING STEAMING HOT AIR. WE QUICKLY WIND DOWN THE WINDOWS TO LET THE SUMMER AIR IN, WHICH FELT MUCH COOLER IN COMPARISON. THE KIDS WERE VERY QUIET AND SCARED. AS SOON AS WE REACHED HOME, MY SON COMPLAINED THAT HIS EYES FELT VERY HOT. HIS WHOLE BODY FELT VERY HOT. HE FELT VERY TIRED AND SLEEPY. FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, I SENT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY FOUND A LEAK AND HAD THE PARTS ORDERED. I HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME UNFIXED UNTIL THE PARTS ARRIVE. I AM NOW STILL DRIVING A NEW DEFECTIVE CAR WITHOUT AC. THREE DAYS LATER, MY SON IS STILL RUNNING A LOW GRADE FEVER AND I DARE NOT LET HIM SIT IN THE CAR WITH SUCH POOR VENTILATION UNDER THE HOT SUMMER SUN. I COME TO REALIZE THAT THE AC WAS BROKEN WHEN THE CAR WAS SOLD TO ME BRAND NEW. *TR