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Hi Everyone, I've been keeping track of this forum and what a dissappointment to see new members popping up complaining about the rattly Corolla! Whenever I drop my car at the dealer for it's service the dealer pretends not to hear the comment about the rattles anymore. I can tell you all one thing, the rattles is NOT going to stop!!! It always comes back and with vengeace. If you check my previous posts, my car went through extreme measures of attempts to eliminate the rattling....guess what, it's back and it's even worse than in the beginning. So loud that people ask me straight up, what the....is that?! How old is your car? I feel embarrest, to say the least. They look at me like I'm insane if they hear the rattling and know the price tag. Toyota dropped the ball on this one badly. I WILL NEVER EVER buy a Corolla again! This was my first and my last! I gave up on complaining to the dealer about it really. They try to fix it just to shut you up for a while, that's it! This is not something that's gonna go away. It's disgusting and to me it feels like I've been robbed literally! I can't believe that there's not a recall on this Corolla!! So sorry to hear that you guys are also feeling this "pain"!

Hi Everyone I finally got my car back after about a month at the dealer. It's been 2 weeks and guess what......the rattles are starting again! Not as bad as it was when I took it in the last time, but continue to get worse the more I drive. The wind noise at the back (left hand side) is still there and now, since I got my car back from the dealer, it's got the most awful foul smell to it. The moment I start it and the fan or air con comes on there is this old sweaty foul smell coming from the airvents. I had to go and buy an airfreshener just to be able to drive my car. It doesn't help much! My car will never be the same again. :-( I am HEART BROKEN about this car. Don't know if I will ever trust the Toyota brand again. I can not believe that Toyota can't acknowledge there's a problem with the corolla. Can't we do something together to get their attention? How are you guys going? Any success stories or new rattles? Jas, how's your car now, still rattle free? O yes, and I asked the service Manager at the dealers and he said that there's no limit to km's for rattle warranty! They have to fix it no matter the km's. If it's within the 3 year warranty period, they have to do it. Let me know how you guys are doing! Y

Hey Chris I've got no news as yet. My car is still at Toyota. Almost a whole month now. I might get it back by the end of the week. I'm devastated as I don't know what to think and expect. Toyota advised me that they ordered a lot of new parts which they replaced in the dash etc, so will check on the work sheet what exactly was done to my car when I get it back and will let you know. Cheers Y

Hi Chris, Hmmm sounds like we're describing the rattles in each others cars! My Levin's got the glass roof, crystal pearl colour (which you pay extra for :( ) and I had x-pack applied to the exterior and interior. Now I think....what a waste of money it was, I shoul've gotten the entry level Corolla and then I might not have felt so devastated having all the rattles. I also reckon that the rattles in my car is too many to be fixed but Toyota dealership just gives me this sob story that they CAN fix it. Funny..you should see the 2 reports on all the rattles that they already "fixed" and it just came back. I have a feeling that after they've stripped my interior out now it might be worse. Let's see! O yes, and defintitely also worse when it was standing in the sun for a bit or when I turn the heater on in the morning. They gave me a brand new Rav4 to drive with for the week while they have my car....surprise, surprise, I can hear faint rattles in that starting too! My car's got 8000km on the clock now. Yours? Cheers - Y

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Hi Jason, I just googled "corolla levin rattle" silently hoping that I'm not the only one having a dodgy Corolla. I was wondering if there are other people out there that's also experiencing the frustration of a rattling brand new Toyota Corolla and whoalla.....discovered your post!!! I bought the new Corolla Levin ZR just after it was released last year (the first one in Central Queensland) and it started rattling on the same day that I drove it home for the first time. At first it wasn't too loud and I initially thought it was because it's new and the dash and all the other plastic bits just had to settle in. BUT to my dissappointment the rattles got more and even louder! I took it back to the dealership who insulated a lot of the clips and thought it would be ok after that. After just 2 days the rattles were back with a vengeance. Much worse and they multiplied!! It was so loud that I couldn't take a phone call in my car because I couldn't hear the person talk and vice versa. The overhead centre console (for you sunglasses) rattled so loud that I had to drive with my hand over it, just to silence it a bit. Everything in my car rattles!! The dash, the odometre display, steering wheel, the safety belt side panels (passenger and driver side). I took my car back again and once again the dealership insulated a lot of clips etc. And guess what, not 2 days after I picked it up, the rattles were back AGAIN and multiplying every day. I noticed that it's worse in warmer climate. And then just the last week a new sound appeared in the back....a loud wind noise!!! Very irritating!! As I'm typing to you, my car is back at the dealers for the week. They're going to rip the entire dash out, strip everything apart, take all the clips out, put new clips in and re-assemble the dash again. What a waste that a brand new car have to go through this kind of abuse hey. They recon that I'm the ONLY one complaining about this and that they haven't heard about it before. Obviously I can now see that this is not true. I can not express how dissappointed I am in Toyota. I paid a lot of money for my car and what a shame to know that a brand new car rattles like that. My car is extremely bad. I'm heart broken!!! Will let you know how I go after this "fixing". YLR