1993 Toyota Corolla problems
The 1993 Toyota Corolla has 154 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (32%) concerns air bags. Next are electrical system (10%) and seat belts (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 154 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 33% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 46 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 42 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 101,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 101,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 46 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 42 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1993 ranks 31st most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (74 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* 1993 toyota corolla. When the driver attempted to move the vehicle from one parking space to another, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a tree. The frontal air bag deployed causing internal injuries that killed the driver on impact. The manufacturer sent an investigator to diagnose the failure. The investigation concluded that the vehicles sudden acceleration mileage was 18 MPH when it crashed into the tree. The current and failure mileages were 40,000. A police report was filed.
Car driven 3 miles to bank, parked, locked. Wife entered bank, exited 2-3 minutes later, went to car, someone yelled, look out car is on fire, she started to open door, viewed orange flames, black rancid smoke, people yelling it will explode, evacuate the area, she was badly frightened, ran away, fire and police responded immediately. Wife new mother, baby's car sear , clothing, toys, burned, soaked in sooty water.
Upon impact, during frontal crash at approx. 30MPH, 12:30 on front bumper, shoulder harness failed to retract enough, driver/ passenger sustained injuries when hitting steering wheel and dash.
On july of 1999, I was driving my 1993 toyoto corolla when I was run off the road by another driver, thus causing me to hit a guard rail ,and the cement highway divider, my air bag deployed and my passenger received permanent damage to his finger, I received burns on my stomach, arms and 5 fractured ribs, also when the air bag deployed the plastic from the steering column flew off cut me in my lip, causing permanent damage. I also received severe brusing and permanent nerve damage in my chest .
Exterior lights. I had the exterior lights meaning brake lights and parking lights replaced by the dealer. About a couple years later my brake ligths would not work nor my parking lights and turning lights. Well I took it to another toyota dealer, and on the light bulbs there are two solder joints on the bulb and they melted together causing a short in the electrical system. They got too hot, and they could have even melted in the socket harness.