1994 Toyota Corolla problems
The 1994 Toyota Corolla has 199 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (38%) concerns air bags. Next are seat belts (13%) and electrical system (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 199 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 38% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 78 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 57 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 134,000 miles 18 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 134,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 78 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 57 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 1994 ranks 23rd most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (112 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* the contact owns a 1994 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while backing out of a driveway at speeds of approximately 2 MPH, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was unable to stop the unintended acceleration as the vehicle proceeded to spin around and lunge forward onto the lawn. The passenger was ejected from the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. The police arrived and a police report was filed. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was unknown. Updated 9/29/11
Was involved in a rearend accident which LED to consumer's vehicle striking another vehicle from behind, and there was no deployment of driver's or passenger's side airbags. Owner was traveling at 45MPH at the time of accident. The cause of the problem has not been determined.
In a head on collision the drivers air bag did not deploy. This is the second collision where air bags did not deploy. Tt
My 94 corolla seems to have a power failure problem when a water puddle is run through. My steering wheel loses power and my brakes respond very weak. This effect lasts around 4 min. Any ideas?
Tl* the contact owns a 1994 toyota corolla. The contact stated the heat shield was removed from the fuel tank and what was found underneath the heat shield was a bubble which was located on the outside of the fuel tank, which was where the gas leak was coming from. It appeared there was a defect in the fuel tank. If the fuel tank was damaged, t hen there would have been an inward dent in the tank, which was not the case. The failure mileage was 307,097. Updated 11/10/11 updated 06/13/12