1996 Toyota Corolla problems
The 1996 Toyota Corolla has 151 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns air bags. Next are seat belts (12%) and brakes (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 151 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 34 and 14
- Injuries and deaths
- 39 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 77,000 miles 16 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 | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 16 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 76,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 34 complaints mention a crash; 14 complaints mention a fire; 39 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% 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 1996 ranks 26th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (100 complaints in that window).
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.
No deployment of driver's/passenger's air bags during front and rear collisions, also sear belts did not lock, resulting in injuries.
Consumer came around a corner and hit the curb, then hit a pole and the air bag deployed later, causing his pants to catch on fire in lap area. Consumer received burns in lap area.
Consumer pulled the vehicle into the garage and took the key out of the ignition, engine continued to run, and consumer noticed smoke coming from under the hood. Contacted the fire department. They came and extinguished the fire. Fire department determined that a malfunction within the wiring harness caused the fire.
On oct 1 2006 my toyota corolla 1996 model economy type had its accelerator stuck and I was not able to reduce the speed or brake it. And after traveling at about 70 miles per hour for . 5 minutes it felt like some thing fell from the front and the car lost all power so I was able to coast to a stop in a parking lot. Then saw smoke from the hood and it burst in to flames by the time fire crew were able to stop all of the engine was one black molten mass.