1993 Toyota Corolla Body and structure Problems

“I purchased my 93 Toyota Corolla in 94 and my clear coat is coming off on the doors and bumpers. I`ve talked to the local dealership months back and they said that year was a bad type of clear coat. I was wondering what I should do about it? I can`t afford a brand new paint job. But I want some type of closure out of this. The clear coat chips off like its a very thin piece of ice on it. It just looks terrible.”

“3 inside door handles broke on my 93 Toyota Corolla. Happened at about the same time. Both front handles and rt rear door handle. Very strange.brought to haley Toyota and cost about 189.00 to fix. Shouldn't this have been paid for by the manufacturer??? Are there any recalls on these door handles?? We are not rough on the handles.... Can't believe that this is normal wear!! Please advise....was brought to haley Toyota in richmond, va and fixed on 12/23/99 for $188.11.”

“In the past year and a half I have had three handles break on my 1993 Corolla. One handle just has a hole in the plastic, but two others actually broke off rendering the doors inoperable. The first incident occurred about a year ago. The right rear handle just fell off in my niece's hand when she attempted to open the door. Because the door must be taken apart to replace the plastic handle, I've been told that the cost for the repair is approx. $250.00. The second incident occured only a month or two later. The inside driver's handle broke off as I attempted to get out of the car. …”

“The driver's side inside door handle broke . As consumer pulled the lever to open the door on the driver's side she heard a snapping sound and realized that the frame around the lever had cracked, consumer states she was told this happens often, and that plastic from which it is made is weak.”

“Plastic part behind l-shaped door handles on both front doors snapped/cracked trapping occupants inside; have to open door from outside or crawl over to rear.”