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2002 Toyota Corolla engine and engine cooling problems

19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2002 Toyota Corolla16% of all complaints for this model year.

19
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
16%
share of all complaints
60,000 mi
median reported mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The problem is and has been excess oil usuage. It uses a quart about every 400 hundred miles. I bought the car used at a local honda dealer may, 2010. It had 102,000 miles on it. It now has 117,000. It's been using oil every since I've had it. I took it back to the dealer and they couldn't find any…

    filed Jan 31, 2012

  • My toyota corolla 2002 keeps wanting to stall. I've taken it in several times and mechanics says there is no problem. Not sure what to do. *tr

    filed Aug 24, 2010

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.