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2003 Toyota Corolla engine and engine cooling problems

92 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2003 Toyota Corolla13% of all complaints for this model year.

92
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
13%
share of all complaints
36,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 2003 toyota corolla. Consumer writes in regards to airbags and belt tensioner deployed in vehicle without being involved in any collision. *smd

    filed Jun 3, 2015

  • I was driving home from work when the transmission locked up. I pulled over turned the car off and back on. I managed to put the car in first gear and make it back home even though the transmission was making this loud grinding noise. I brought the car for repair and they tell me I need a new…

    filed Mar 13, 2012

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.