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Model years to avoid

Toyota Corolla

What it says about you

Opinion

The most sensible decision available, made cheerfully. There is no story here and you did not want one. It will be running long after the interesting cars are gone.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

22 model years on record, 9,085 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2011 (confirmed), 2010 (brake pedal), 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 . Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • fuel 2018, 2019 peak 27.1% of that year's complaints
  • driving mph 2013, 2014, 2022 peak 21.1% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 1 recall 15 complaints
  2. 2025 0 recalls 27 complaints
  3. 2024 2 recalls 62 complaints
  4. 2023 3 recalls 72 complaints
  5. 2022 0 recalls 95 complaints
  6. 2021 1 recall 184 complaints
  7. 2020 3 recalls 306 complaints
  8. 2019 5 recalls 201 complaints
  9. 2018 3 recalls 133 complaints
  10. 2017 3 recalls 188 complaints
  11. 2016 1 recall 212 complaints
  12. 2015 1 recall 219 complaints
  13. 2014 2 recalls 267 complaints
  14. 2013 5 recalls 202 complaints
  15. 2012 5 recalls 445 complaints
  16. 2011 confirmed 590 complaints
  17. 2010 brake pedal 1,263 complaints
  18. 2009 13 recalls 1,533 complaints
  19. 2008 6 recalls 344 complaints
  20. 2007 6 recalls 883 complaints
  21. 2006 10 recalls 903 complaints
  22. 2005 10 recalls 941 complaints

What does a Toyota Corolla say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.