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2005 Toyota Corolla electronic stability control (esc) problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2005 Toyota Corolla2% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
2%
share of all complaints
136,506 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I have a manual transmission and at random times while I am driving and in motion, I'll push in the clutch to brake or coast, the rpms go down until the engine shuts off, and the steering wheel goes hard. The headlights and dash lights still work, in fact all the dashboard lights, like the check…

    filed Sep 28, 2019

  • Car appeared to be running fine. Went to get a smog, " check engine" light on, as a result I failed smog. Code revealed was po741( torque converter clutch circuit performance or stuck off) upon vehicle inspection from canal transmission in el cajon, ca. Owner revealed that he had come across this…

    filed Jul 19, 2017

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.