2007 Toyota Corolla problems
The 2007 Toyota Corolla has 984 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (45%) concerns air bags. Next are engine (10%) and cruise control (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 984 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 45% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 165 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 107 and 4
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 519 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 | 117 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 121 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 86 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 78 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 39 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 30 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 19 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 15 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 519 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 45,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 82,000 miles (92 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 165 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 107 injuries reported; 4 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% 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 2007 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (436 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
On 01-22-20, in austin texas my daughter, [xxx], was killed in a head on collision while she was driving her 2007 toyota corolla. The other vehicle that was involved in the head on collision was driving a 1993 chevrolet silverado pickup. When the vehicles collided my daughter was killed because she was pinned against the steering wheel, unfortunately the airbags did not deploy and save her. The other driver received severe facial injuries. Why didn't her airbags deploy?
2007 toyota corolla. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle sudden acceleration. *smd the consumer stated his son was killed in an accident. He stated one of the photo's from the scene, showed the shifter was in the neutral position. The consumer would like to know, if the same defect part was used in the corolla models, that caused the vehicle to accelerate on its own.
Tl*the contact rented a 2009 toyota corolla. The driver stated that the rental company told him that there was no need to worry since they recently had the accelerator pedal recall repair performed. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle accelerated on its own. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 17,800.
I drive a 2007 toyota corolla and purchased my tires from america's tire (discount tire) in 2009. Strangely, there are three different DOT numbers for these four tires (two of the four have the same number). The numbers are as follows: cc9n 81p4509, 81p3109, and 81p2809. These yokohama avid touring tires are developing discoloration and concentric cracking around the outer and inner side walls. The cracking appears to be similar to dry rot. This seems to have occurred at 45,000 miles of wear.