2018 Toyota Corolla
This year drew an ordinary 133 complaints for a Toyota Corolla — the model's median is 219. What they were about is the unusual part: 27.1% of them mention fuel, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Toyota Corolla, which began in 2014 and ran to 2019. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 133 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 219 |
| Involving a crash | 25 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 32 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 27.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation (8.5×).
- bumper — 8.3% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: bumper, brand new, stated warning.
- close — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the other years of this generation (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: close, noticing, started noticing, inside vehicle.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
IN PAST TOYOTA HAD A RECALL OF REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS OF 2.9 MILLION TOYOTA'S. I JUST NOTICED ON MY BRAND NEW TOYOTA COROLLA THAT MY 7 YEAR OLD SPECIAL NEEDS DAUGHTER , IS TORN AND RIPPED. SUN TOYOTA SAID IT WAS BECASUE THE BELT GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. I HA…
After having no indication of any issue, my 2018 Toyota Corolla has stopped re-starting after fueling. The only light that appeared was regarding my battery. My battery is brand new and tested.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V503000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 20V024000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 20V012000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Corolla was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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