1995 Toyota Corolla problems
The 1995 Toyota Corolla has 226 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (27%) concerns air bags. Next are brakes (12%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 226 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 63 and 17
- Injuries and deaths
- 56 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 159,000 miles 21 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 7 |
What the data shows
Of the 21 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 159,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 63 complaints mention a crash; 17 complaints mention a fire; 56 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 1995 ranks 24th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (108 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.
Both air bags deployed in a low speed collision that was beneath the toyota threshhold, resulting in serious injury to mrs. Ruhlman, from which she died the following march. The possibility of low-speed deployment or deployment with relatively minor collision damage was not referred to in the owner's manual. Mrs. Ruhlman was sitting upright prior to the accident and was wearing a seatbelt.
Consumer attempted to brake at slow speed while approaching a stop sign and foot got stuck on the floor mat, and she was unable to brake. As the vehicle went through the intersection it was struck on driver's side. Upon impact, both air bags deployed. Driver's air bag caught on fire, and driver sustained second degree burns to the midsection and upper chest areas/bruises, and swelling to the face. Vehicle was totaled.
The driver's side airbag deployed in a low speed front end collision and caught my clothing and me one fire, causing second degree burns across my chest. I now know that there were so many complaints of drivers catching on fire from airbag deployment in 1995 toyota corollas that there was a five month investigation of the problem in 1997 (pe97-017) which did not result in a recall. I am shocked that you did not require toyota to recall airbags that catch drivers on fire.
While driving to work I noted a popping sound which seemed to be coming from my cigarette lighter. ( sounded like the pop sound when the lighter is ready for use) however I did not push in the lighter to use it, I just ignored the sound, but did hear it one more time before arriving at my destination, parking and leaving my vehicle. Thank god I had forgot my military id and had to return to my vehicle within a few minutes. When I arrived at my vehicle there were flames shooting up from inside my vehicle.
I ordered a super sized drink that was too large to fit in the cup holder, so I sat the drink in the center console to keep it stabile while I drove home. A car drove thru the stop sign without stopping and I had to make a sudden stop and the drink tipped over in the console. I removed the console thinking I can wipe off whatever I can wipe off , let the area air dry for a day or two then put it back together and it would be alright. However, the light remained on while driving.