1999 Toyota Corolla problems
The 1999 Toyota Corolla has 188 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (12%) concerns tires. Next are air bags (11%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 188 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Tires 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 30 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 64 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 | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 18 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 64 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 70,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 30 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 28 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% 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 1999 ranks 27th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (97 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.
Was traveling 30MPH, road was wet. Applied brakes to stop. Vehicle went into a skid. Rearended another vehicle. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. Driver suffered a cracked sternum. Passenger received bruises from seat belt. Driver was hospitalized.
Tl* the contact owned a 1999 toyota corolla. While the driver was parking the vehicle, the front passenger removed her seat belt. The driver inadvertently mistook the accelerator pedal for the brake pedal. As a result, the vehicle accelerated to an estimated 30 MPH and crashed into a pole. The air bags did not deploy. The driver sustained a fractured sternum.
When I was driving my 1999 toyota corolla, the steering wheel started shaking. Then when I tried to make right turn, I heard something broke and the car couldn't move. Towed the car to dealership and found the left transaxle was broken. Fortunately, the accident happened on local street. If it were on highway, I cold have been injuried.
In 2004 during the winter my 1999 toyota corolla le accelerator extremely fast as if the accelerator was floored. I immediately put the car in neutral and coasted to the side of the road where I put the car in park and shut the engine off. I checked the floor mats as my first troubleshooting attempt. The floor mats were ok. I started my car again and again it accelerated at a high speed. At that point I was still on the side on the road and my car was in park.