Sorry for the loss......it's common with 2010 to 2014 Corolla. I had similar experience few years ago....I parked the car in the afternoon without issues.....the fire alarm woke me up around 3.30am the following morning. Lo and behold car got burnt. Thank God for comprehensive insurance.

foreveryoung1515:
Are you in ilesha?

yea

timekeeper1:
..why did Nigeria allow such car

Because it’s leaders are only concerned about bribe at the expense of the lives of its citizens.

FarahAideed:

There is a reason people avoid this particular corolla from SA , the Wahallla of that car is too much, too much wires and sensors for a corrolla.

I am sure it short circuited . You are lucky it didn't start accelerating on it own on the highway , that car is dangerous

Accelerating on it own ke

Not a car guy.... but if there was a braking system defect in that model car.... Toyota would have put out a recall. Did you check? On reasoning.... what does a defective braking system has to do with causing a fire when the car is parked? Isn't the braking system not deactivated? You should ask your mechanic consultants to explain. While at it.... find out if any of the cars caught fire while driving.... parked during the day.... or parked at night? I am almost sure the answer.should be at nights.... late.... after the engine is no longer hot. Like someone said earlier.... you need to get rid of rodents in your area... most likely they are the ones biting away at your wires and causing short circuits which cause fires... electrical fires.

.. He wanted to warn us B4 hand yet he doesn't want us to see the vehicle... How do I recognize the vehicle on sight....?

Just curious for the gurus. Agreed the abs created leakeges, but what could have ignited the fire? Was the car close to a spark or under a very high temperature?

Futurejoy:

Because it’s leaders are only concerned about bribe at the expense of the lives of its citizens.

The car is unique in performance it only has ABS problem

StubbornGENIUS:
Buhari is not on this forum and even if he is,he can neither read or comprehend this post.

Remove that genius from your moniker, cos you're everything but

Japanese cars ! Make I no talk

alramon:
yea

nice one, same here

Nikeruka:
One guy is currently working on this car to sell as neatly used 2012 Corolla

GBAM!

Buy and drive for that matter

BunsenBurner:
Im so sorry and I pray God the giver of good things will restore you.

Pls help me out.Pls 500 or 1k would go a long way to save my life.Im sorry if I'm seeming entitled.Im a student but I go to do mini jobs for people around me to help myself but as of late they will tell me there's no job or one silly excuse like that.Most of my family are in the village so to get help is hard as they depend on my mum who is not buoyant herself for help.I already sold some of my properties earlier in the lockdown to help myself and my mum.Pls I really need to feed.Ive tried different places but nairaland is now my last resort.Im using a new account because my moniker was suddenly banned this morning.I was surprised.Pls I have no other option that's why I'm doing this.I hate my life.My account is pls Gtb 0176-556-777 if you are convinced I'm not a thief and scammer.Im just frustrated.You can insult me cause a worthless person deserves it.God bless Nigeria.

NB:Pls I'm using the freebasics service to access nairaland as it's allowed.At least that's the little hope for we commoners.

How can a grown up man with working hands and legs be begging online, can't you work

Fogman:
OP, Sorry for the loss, hope car was comprehensively insured? I don't think this is peculiar to Toyota Corolla. Last week I was at my panel Beater workshop and saw this Lexus RX330 that was seriously burnt upon inquiry, was told the owner woked up to see his vehicle on fire.

First, that Lexus could had had it's electrical or fuel systems compromised and it caught fire.

Secondly, I can spot lots of inconsistencies in that story making the Original post.

Let's analyse this critically, the man said he got a 2013 corolla SA specs in 2015. Meaning this isn't either a brand new unit or it's a returned unit or its resold from an initial owner.

From 2015-2020 nothing happened. Did he service or worked on that car? Yes, did he go to the approved dealership or competent technician, I can't tell. But as far as I can tell, lots of Nigerians patronize kazeems and we all know what these kazeems could do.

Was there a recall on that car yes, what part did the recall specifically stated, driver side window switch could become sticky due to uneven grease and could get smoky and result in a fire. Was a recall carried out on cars within the recall duration, YES.

Why was his left out, where and how he got his car matters.

Judging from the pictures, and the burn sites, I can emphatically state the window switch isn't/wasn't burnt but engine bay and ECU was which is testament of failed kazeemization.

It happened to my colleague's Toyota 2013 model too. Got home, parked the car and a few minutes later boom... Car dey burn by hin sef.

JAWBONE:
Toyota, this is unacceptable!

I bought a new Toyota Corolla 2013 (South Africa) back in 2015. I have since been driving it without issues. However, something mysterious happened on the 3rd of June, 2020.

Thread.

On the day before (2nd of June), I returned home around 7:30pm, and parked the car without any issue. To my utter shock, my neighbours woke me up around 7:00am the following day (3rd June) to inform me that my car was on fire.

It sounded like a joke; for a car parked twelve hours ago to catch fire all by itself. "This has to be a sabotage", I whispered to myself before I quickly got dressed and went to check, and alas, she was on fire!

But my very good neighbours were already ensued in a fight with the fire, and the only thing I did was to open the car for them to finish the last flame with their extinguishers. I'm deeply grateful to their good neighbourliness.

When the emergency was dealt with, I began to search for answers to this mystery, and what I learned was more shocking than the mystery.

My mechanic told me that that particular version (2012-13, South Africa) of Toyota Corolla had a flawed breaking system design, which caused it to catch fire by itself, even if the car was off for a long time.

Not entirely convinced, I called another mechanic for a second opinion, who drove me to his workshop, where he showed me another burnt Toyota Corolla like mine, and told me the same thing happened to her.

He also told me about another one that caught fire in the middle of the night, which eventually burnt another vehicle and an adjoining building. He said "Oga, all countries rejected this car, but Nigeria allowed it. It is sad".
He told me many people were changing the breaking system to American version of the same car.

I have decided to put this here so that others don't become victims of this professional negligence by Toyota, and regulatory failure by Nigeria.

I also want to put this here so that our government will understand the cost of not having an efficient regulatory system for quality and standards.
I also want this here so that Toyota's brand will pay for their design error, they way we paid with our resources (and probably, our lives). This type of error should not be allowed to happen again.

https://mobile.twitter.com/_abba_g/status/1268982247702646784

foreveryoung1515:
nice one, same here

cool
what is happening now in ilesha?

foreveryoung1515:
nice one, same here

Like I've heard, the best Toyota cars, are those made in Japan. They are of better quality than Even those made in USA.

Corroro:
Sad one, what a big loss , good news though is you can now open an account online from the comfort of your home with FCMB for free , how cool is that? Now you don't have any worries going to the banking hall for anything

Fcmb na bank?
Metcheew

Comprehensive Insurance...

rawtouch:

that's anoda advantage of insurance

Fogman:
OP, Sorry for the loss, hope car was comprehensively insured? I don't think this is peculiar to Toyota Corolla. Last week I was at my panel Beater workshop and saw this Lexus RX330 that was seriously burnt upon inquiry, was told the owner woked up to see his vehicle on fire.

Lexus is Toyota... All na the same ... Just like differentiating 6 and half a dozen

Engine burnt
Wires burnt
The whole car system messed up
Shaply by on monday enter owode onirin
Make dem butcher am sell am 500k

Kalapizim:
Accelerating on it own ke

I swear that's a very common fault with that car

Wetin omozuwa no go see for rapists hand

I use a Corolla 2010 also, and one day,i parked in a restive to get dinner, car i just parked 2mins, someone ran to the restaurant who parked red corolla smoke is coming out of it, i tot it was a joke until i came out, people brought water and no fire came out.. but after much investigation o found d problem, toyota cars use ABS AUTOMATIC BREAK SYSTEM WHICH NEEDS CHANGE EVERY 5years.. and mainly Toyota Corolla 2009-2015 model.. since den am always removing my battery wen i get back from work.. please do the same of u drive a replica

That is terrible. Nigeria is a dumping ground since 1900. We buy beauty and not equality.

grafixdon:
I read similar story on this forum last year, but it's toyota camry

2007 -2010 Camry has a faulty engine. The pistons and rings were faulty. Eventually they fail. In America a recall was issued for these model years, and some were fixed by Toyota. Many were not, though, ands got to Nigeria as "extremely clean Camry 2008, no fault."
Go online and search consumer forums before you buy any car. Listen to testimonies of former owners.
Car dealers are scam artists.

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Bigibigiiiii:
Very interesting

So 9k to get 11k make sense to you eh? Better no go find work

Where are the Toyota crew,come and hear o.To avoid your car being barbecued.

tonididdy:
wtf...i don't believe this a braking system malfunction.
usually such occurrences will make Toyota recall all this models back for corrections or refunds.

I will like to read a scientific or mechanical proof to this happening, it's quite weird.

anyway I have never been a fan of this car.

idiot

Dangrace01:
Sorry
I sell cars never heard of this before however it's noted
I deal on majorly Lexus products
Check profile

how much is the cheapest Luxus i can buy?

NaijadrivaCars:
Toyota (South Africa) is usually problematic.

Always check VIN.

What's VIN