jsta

I never speed and drive quite carefully. Never had a single ticket in 30 years of driving. I coast the car a fair bit to save on fuel. The car seems to coast a fair distance over my older corolla. One thing though my 2011 Corolla is quite a wide car and thank goodness there is a button to close in the outside review mirrors as I would never get it in the garage without this feature. The ABS breaks on these are fantastic and the review mirrors hav egrown on me. Took a while as they do distort how far cars are actually back. These mirrors though do cover the blind spots rather well. Which I could see the front of the car when driving. Would make parking a lot easier.

If I had of noticed it I would have done that on the day of the pickup. It was only when I got home I notiiced it and then I phoned to say that but they basically ignored me. I even emailed the sales lady and she totally ignored this. I then discovered a group owned this car yard and another 5 car yards so contacted them and they ignored my requests. And I also contacted Toyota Australia about it many times and they chose not to reply in person. All I ever get are automated replies like below between the "=======". Not the way to run a company. Since learned that others have had troubles with them. Compard to the other doors in the car this door looks an old used door and with paint stains. Page 2 of my Toyota Corolla Hatch which shows that the sales manager of the place I bought it the Toyota failed to fill out the Pre-Delivery Service Maintenance Record. I can scan that in and upload it here. If they had of bothered filling that in along then they would have had to inspect inside the car which they didn't. I've mentioned this to Toyota Australia customer service and again they choose to ignore my emaisl. All I ever get from them are automated repliues like this: ======================== We wish to confirm receipt of your correspondence addressed to Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA) in relation to above mentioned vehicle. Your letter has been read with all due care and handed to the Customer Experience Centre for investigation and response. We assure you that the concerns raised have been noted accordingly, and a response will be issued at the conclusion of our investigation. We reiterate our thanks for your correspondence and the opportunity to resolve this matter for you. ======================== I have so many of these automated Toyota replies. The above I sent them that I was going to post in here in the hope that they get their act together but nothing will come of it. My next step is to upload a video of the car on Youtube with the paint stains and the deep cut in the front tyre which I saw when I got home that first day after buying it. They seem to know that they can get away with it. They know full well the authorities won't waste their time on small fry like myself. The whole system seems that its not there to help the little guy. Maybe its time to go to the news papers to alert others. Any of the fellow Toyota club members that have bouight a new car is the Pre-Delivery Service Maintenance Record on page 2 of the manual filled out. Thank you for all the replies so far.

Id love to see the corolla come out with a supercharger model even turbo even if its only on the sports model and keep the others n/a but think we will need a miracle to see that happen haha I totally understand that but there is nothing wrong or unpractical about putting a 2L motor in for a bit more zippyness to be on par with the other manufacturers. The mazda 3 sp25 isnt a impractical car either and they sell lots of them so its not like a sportier corolla would be a hardcore street racer lol would still be fuel efficient with a 2L too but anyway not a huge deal though just an opinion. It might even be more fuel efficient if you don't have a lead foot, and it's got more power to pull the car :) I would've definitely bought this corolla if I knew it was coming out. $30k drive away with all the options at 1.9% finance! Instead I bought a camry for half the price lol. Put a nice turbo charger on that corolla after warranty :D Thats exactly right just because a car has more power or a turbo etc doesnt mean it will use more fuel as you said would probably actually use less and you have more power to have more fun haha When i bought my corolla (mid 2012) i didnt know this new corolla was coming out and the dealer didnt mention it either :( i reckon i would have waited for this one but i do still love my zre though, fantastic car. you only get 464 km to a tank??? I constantly get atleast 650 km to a tank and thats a combination of city and highway driving and cruising and enthusiastic driving should get more then that i reckon. Yes. I'm in Perth metro. The tank is only 55 litre. The trip computer everytime I fill up the car shows 460 to 467 KM but mainly 464km before its empty. When its down to 230km its about half way on the fuel guage so I tend to fill it up then. I do have the air conditioner on most of the time. The car gets quite hot due to the big front window. My car I bought Dec of 2011. Its a Toyota Corolla Hatch automatic. Whats the norm with these cars anyway ? The car takes unleaded petrol.

Here is a small image of one paint stains on the car door. Up on the top right of the image and another smaller paint stain slighty left of the window buttons. The drivers side handle inside for opening the door is full of scratch marks as well and the arm rest looks very worn. I think personally its a second hand door fitted to a new car or maybe I was sold a demo model car. The car yard in question was trying to sell me a fairly new demo but I wanted a new car not a demo car. I've had to edit out the old image as it seems to get deleted from attachments. Not sure what is going on with my images that stay up in attachments for about 6 hours then get deleted. Am I doing something wrong ? I upload to Attachments. Then I go to My Media and click on the Attachments folder to get the image that I've uploaded.

I like the back of the car in design but don't like the front design of the car. My 2011 Corolla Hatch looks nicer at the front. Is this car lower to the ground than the 2011 model. The 2011 model that I own is nice and high off the ground which is great as if I am turning left and a four wheel drive is turning right I can see through the windows of the 4wd to see if its clear to turn left. My previous corolla hatch was lower to the ground and all I ever say when turning left was the car doors of a 4wd turning right. My current 2011 corolla when driving it is impossible to see the front of the car making life very difficult when parking or going between two cars. It seems all the modern car brands have the bonet sloping downwards to make it look more sporty. My 2011 corolla has a large front window but has these large window frames down the side of the car which are about 4 inches wide and when turning into a corner its near impossible to see if a car is parked on the side of the road. I have to bend my head forward when turning due to this blind spot. The frames have side air bags but I wish they would drop them for a thinner frame to cover the blind spot. Apart from those minor iirritations I do like driving my Toyota Corolla Hatch that I bought last Dec. Its a very smooth drive and on bumps roads you really get a smooth drive. Good fuel economy and love the button that displays how many KM before the tank is out of petrol. The headlights are really good on this corolla. It lights up not only the front area but the side foot path so you can see pedestrians. My older corolla headlights were like looking into a tunnel vision and didn't light up the road nearly as much as my current car. My 2011 corolla has a 55 litre tank which is ample for me. I get 464km to the tank. Some other smaller cars have bigger petrol tanks. Not sure what the new model has for its size petrol tank. At the back of the car down the side I would rather see them have a longer glass window than a blocked out area as when parking and driving backwards it creates a blind spot. I almost think they do this to create more car accidents to keep them busy with endless repairs:)

Thank you for your replies. The paint stains are on the inside door on both front doors. Its over the arm rests. Its looks horrible. My car is at a different Toyota dealer. They've looked ta the bamging sound and can't re produce it. Their man for lookng at such issues is away and comes back in 2 weeks. This other Toyota dealer I've gone to seems more professional than the other car yard I bought it at. They are not going to charge me any money for them looking at it which is a relief. I can't get my car serviced unbtil late Dec. This must be on a Toyota Aust PC where they look at certain times of the year where it has to be serviced and if its missed for any reason the car owner has to wait for another few months for the next cycle. This seems very foolish to force customers to bring it in at certain times of the year. My old Toyota never had such restictions on when to bring the car in. I would have thought they give a owner two times a year for a service to bring it in. My father getting ill and then dying doesn't sway them which is very poor in my opinion. The next time the car is to be serviced on their system is late Dec right smack in the middle of the holiday season. If I don't get it done then well ythe next time will be mid year. Madness and not the way to run a busines sin my opinion. I will upload some pics of the inside of the car later today.

New Member as of today. Car is a Toyota Corolla Hatch 2011. I'm from Perth, Western Australia. My previous car was also a Toyota Corolla Hatch that I owned for 17 years. Posted one other post in the Corolla section at: http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/39258-bought-a-new-corolla-hatch-but-has-paint-stains-inside-the-car/ What a great forum this looks.

Thank you for replying. The car is currently at a different Toyota dealer but they won't do a service to it as I missed the last one by a month and I couldn't do much about that as my Dad died and there were more important things to be done. The Toyot adealer I've gone to will only look at the loud banging noise. They say I need to come back in late Dec which is of course the holiday season. Why they waste time by having it sent back again and not doing a serrvice now I think begs belief. Been on the phone with a friend who knows cars and his friend bought a Toyota 4wd and later found out that Toyota are outsourcing some of the parts to China and when his Toyota went in to get repaired it was the Chinese made parts that had failed. I really wish they wouldn't outsource. I don't mind paying more for quality. Its why I went for a Corolla Hatch over a Hyundai which was $9000 cheaper. I thought I was paying for top service and for quality build of a new car. Time for my dinner now. I'll post when I was buying the siolly games that went on and if I hadn't of done a down payment I would have aborted buying from this dealer.

This is the recall article. http://news.toyota.c...w-master-switch As part of a worldwide campaign, Toyota Australia has announced a recall on certain Corolla, Kluger, RAV4, Yaris, Aurion and Camry vehicles built between 2006 and 2010. Have you lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman/ACCC? Have you documented and/or have documents of all of the events of contact about the issues etc.? Perhaps having a read of the following site -> http://www.accc.gov..../itemId/854467. So out of curiosity, how come you have let these issues drag on for almost 12 months? Thank you for replying. I contacted the Ombudsman via email and they said that they do not look at privately owned businesses. They only look at government departments. I contacted the Department of Commerce and nothing came of that along with the ACCC. All I ever got was automated replies saying that they had received my complaints. My father had alzheimers and I was looking after him at home. He became ill around March and then in and out of hospital before he died mid year. Then all the paper work which is still going on to ths day but not as bad as before. Trust me I did contact Toyota Australia many times and have documented everything. When my Dad became quite ill I decided I would spend what time he had left with him. I mentioned that to Toyota but they didn't seem to care. I only bought this Toyota Corolla Hatch as I had a Toyota Corolla Hatch for 17 years which was very reliable. This new car has been reliable until the last week or so when loud banging noises started to occur. So loud were the noises I thought I wasn't going to make it home in the car. Its at a Toyota dealer now getting looked at now. They've taken it for a test drive but not re created the loud noise.I explained the loud noise has only happeded about 5 times in the last few times I took it out to drive. I find it odd they can't find anything wrong with it. Maybe I need to take it to the RAC to get inspected or a non Toyota dealer. I am amazed that Toyota won't service the car until the next service due in late December of this year. That really does baffle me. I'll contact the department of commerce again along with the ACCC via email and by phone but don't expect anything to come of it. It does seem to take them many weeks before they may look at the case. Under staffed it what they probably are. I contacted Toyota and said I would post in car forums a fe wdays ago and they didn't seem to bothered. I'm considering contacting the news paper to start agitating as this is beyond a joke now. If I buy a PC and it breaks down I take it back for repair or replacement without to much fuss. Buy a car and its a different story. The resale value will be a lot less with these paint stains in the car. I can't believe Toyota is treating a valued customer so poorly. My other Toyota I could book it in any time I liked for a service and did so once or twice a year. Only sold it because it was getting quite old and the last two times it went it the cost was $2400 and $900 so thought it was time to get a new car.

I bought a new Toyota Corolla Hatch late December of 2011. I get home and notice paint stains inside the car and on both front doors. There was also a deep cut in the front left wheel. I phone and email to complain but they ignore me. I was also told I wouldf get three sets of car keys. I only get 2. I paid for a standard mirror for $90 extra. That wasn't installed:( I gave up months ago with them. I take my car elsewhere to get serviced. Page 2 of my Toyota Corolla Hatch which shows that the sales manager of failed to fill out the Pre-Delivery Service Maintenance Record. If they had of done that check then they would have come across the paint stains. The paint stains are aboiut a foot long and about half a foot wide. I won't mention the dealer that I bought it from in WA. Recently my father passed away so couldn't get in there to get a planned service at another Toyota dealer as I won't go back to that dealer I bought the car from again. Anyway couldn't get the car in and because I missed not getting the car in by a month for a service they can't do it until late December which sounds crazy to me. My car is making loud banging noises from the back left of the car. I have it in there now getting looked at. I have a carcam attached to my front window of the car and have recorded the banging noises. I read there is a general recall for Toyota Corollas. What year models are the recalls on please ?