My car is officially broken

[ShawnD1]

After I dropped the girlfriend off, the car beeped and the check engine light came on. Well isn't that lovely. Then when driving away it shifted out of first gear into what felt like neutral, rev up to 5000, then slooowly dropped down into second gear. Oh god. This thing is fucked beyond belief.

Good job Toyota. I bought this 2010 Toyota Corolla in August 2009. Right now it's March 2011. That's like 19 months or so? Yeah so in 19 months it went from fresh off the lot to totally broken. Hopefully they can fix it and the warranty will cover whatever the hell is wrong with it.

The gas mileage is way down as well. Normally it does about 8.6L/100km if I drive in third gear in the city and drive like a retard. Right now it's at 9.6L/100km and that's a mix of highway and city driving. That works out to roughly 24.5mpg US.

 

[Zenmervolt]

This is what happens when you use a Corolla to tow a U-Haul full of rocks.

ZV

 

[PhoKingGuy]

This is what happens when you use a Corolla to tow a U-Haul full of rocks.

ZV

This

 

[Doppel]

This is what happens when you use a Corolla to tow a U-Haul full of rocks.

ZV

Was it used to tow a uhaul full of rocks? I am guessing tow capacity of a Corolla is 0.

 

[sdifox]

This is what happens when you use a Corolla to tow a U-Haul full of rocks.

ZV

 

[Fenixgoon]

he towed something in a corolla?

 

[HAL9000]

This is what happens when you use a Corolla to tow a U-Haul full of rocks.

ZV

This.

 

[pcgeek11]

Corolla is not = to truck.

Reading your other threads, it sounds like you don't know how to drive anyway...

 

[fbrdphreak]

Corolla is not = to truck.

Reading your other threads, it sounds like you don't know how to drive anyway...

Reading his other posts, it sounds like he's a bloody idiot. So much for knowing everything, eh?

 

[DivideBYZero]

fleabag2?

 

[Bignate603]

This is what happens when you use a Corolla to tow a U-Haul full of rocks.

ZV

Or force it to drive in high gear all the time so it can't shift into the proper gear.

 

[PottedMeat]

This is what happens when you use a Corolla to tow a U-Haul full of rocks.

ZV

heheh

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=319397&page=2

 

[Demo24]

fleabag2?

maybe with some Mjinz mixed in too. :hmm:


Been pretty obvious the transmission was either broken, operating improperly, or user error. Sorta sounds like all 3 now.

 

[HAL9000]

I think I've found you problem:

I don't like the term destroy. I like to think of it as using the vehicle to its full potential. If you buy a car that has 500HP and you never floor it or run it at max power, then you just wasted money on all this power you'll never use. With a Corolla, it really feels like you got your money's worth. The thing has 132HP and you'll use every bit of it. The thing redlines at ~6400, and the engine will hit that limit every single day when getting onto a high speed road. The first gear is there to give it extra torque, and you'll use every bit of that torque when flooring it in first gear and running up to redline.

Things break when you use them. Breaking it means you were using it. If you get a new car and the transmission still works in your old car, then obviously you weren't using that transmission to its full potential.

You broke it.

 

[mb]

After I dropped the girlfriend off, the car beeped and the check engine light came on. Well isn't that lovely. Then when driving away it shifted out of first gear into what felt like neutral, rev up to 5000, then slooowly dropped down into second gear. Oh god. This thing is fucked beyond belief.

Good job Toyota. I bought this 2010 Toyota Corolla in August 2009. Right now it's March 2011. That's like 19 months or so? Yeah so in 19 months it went from fresh off the lot to totally broken. Hopefully they can fix it and the warranty will cover whatever the hell is wrong with it.

The gas mileage is way down as well. Normally it does about 8.6L/100km if I drive in third gear in the city and drive like a retard. Right now it's at 9.6L/100km and that's a mix of highway and city driving. That works out to roughly 24.5mpg US.

 

[Sinanju]

someone doesn't know how to drive

the corrolla is not a performance car
nor is it a tow truck

stop killing your car by trying to drive it like one.

just because you car died to due driver retardation doesn't mean the company/cars are trash.

L2Drive

 

[ShawnD1]

Or force it to drive in high gear all the time so it can't shift into the proper gear.

That's how most people drive an automatic. You put it in "drive" rather than L or 2.

It's also worth noting that the act of changing gears is what wears out the clutches and burns the oil. If it were up to me, it would stay locked in top gear. When left up to the automatic transmission, it shifts gears around 20 times per minute. Imagine yourself driving a standard and while driving you are constantly pushing and releasing the clutch. That is exactly what an automatic does, and that's why the transmission is broken. My Ford Tempo had the exact same problem and most of the old people around me thought it was perfectly normal for an automatic to not have a clue what gear it should be in.

 

[DivideBYZero]

That's how most people drive an automatic. You put it in "drive" rather than L or 2.

It's also worth noting that the act of changing gears is what wears out the clutches and burns the oil. If it were up to me, it would stay locked in top gear. When left up to the automatic transmission, it shifts gears around 20 times per minute. Imagine yourself driving a standard and while driving you are constantly pushing and releasing the clutch. That is exactly what an automatic does, and that's why the transmission is broken. My Ford Tempo had the exact same problem and most of the old people around me thought it was perfectly normal for an automatic to not have a clue what gear it should be in.

Hi fleabag.

 

[exdeath]

Towing with a Corolla? Stock transmission cooler is barely adequate for the car pulling itself. Quit raping your transmission. No means no.

 

[EightySix Four]

Troll or not, this is funny.

 

[ShawnD1]

Towing with a Corolla? Stock transmission cooler is barely adequate for the car pulling itself. Quit raping your transmission. No means no.

The car has never towed anything before. Corollas do not have trailer hitches on them. The transmission failed because it's a pile of shit.

 

[BlackTigers]

thanks for the lesson in that automatic transmissions shift automatically.

 

[ShawnD1]

thanks for the lesson in that automatic transmissions shift automatically.

what? I can't hear you over the sound of the transmission changing gears!

Anyway, I'll keep you guys up to date on what's wrong with it. Then in the future you can remember this when your wife says "let's get the Accord V6 with an automatic" and you'll say "NOOOOOOOOO"

 

[SooperDave]

It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Now if only your computer were to explode next.

 

[punjabiplaya]

I would have preferred it throwing a rod, but that's not going to happen on a Corolla. I guess we'll have to do with a busted transmission. <sigh>