Reliability & cost of ownership
Toyota Corolla Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Toyota Corolla? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Toyota Corolla problems by model year
173 recall entries and 11170 owner complaints on file across 32 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Toyota Corolla, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- air bags4551 complaints
- steering1167 complaints
- vehicle speed control1125 complaints
- electrical system821 complaints
- service brakes806 complaints
- engine and engine cooling656 complaints
- power train629 complaints
- engine604 complaints