15: A Troubling Junker Corolla
Few cars have managed to keep the stellar reputation the Toyota Corolla has. But every once in a while you’ll come across a serious lemon. Reddit user BurningUpASun512 had this problem with his 1994 Corolla. “My first car was a 94 corolla. I was driving to school one day (I believe I was a junior in college) and stopped to get gas first since it was around a 45-minute commute. I filled up my tank and as I went to put the car into drive, my gearshift wouldn’t move.
“There’s a little reset button near the gearshift that will let you put it into drive, but then my brake lights wouldn’t work. So my parents had to come to help me push my car from in front of the gas pump. Happened again 2 weeks later in front of the same gas pump. They hate me there. Then about a year later, I was driving down the highway in the middle of a thunderstorm and I realize my dashboard lights are really low. My battery died in the middle of the highway. Couldn’t wait to sell that thing.”