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2008 Toyota Corolla electrical system problems

22 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2008 Toyota Corolla, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
22 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
36,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2008 Toyota Corolla Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 36,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 36,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 71% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 36,000 miles, and 71% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I have had failure to disclose issues with this car. I have had an accident in which the airbag did not deploy and brake had difficulty. I had a bad accident and have reached out to toyota to wither repair my car or setup rental or make a payment for rental. I do not want to drive this car until repaired, therefore renting for the past 3 months

Reported at 55 miles, January 2016 CrashInjury

2008 toyota corolla, engine computer failure caused car to stop acceleration on freeway nearly causing accident with children in the car.

Reported at 68,000 miles, August 2010

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Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Toyota models