2008 Toyota Corolla problems
The 2008 Toyota Corolla has 379 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (36%) concerns air bags. Next are cruise control (14%) and engine (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 379 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 36% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 95 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 63 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 40,000 miles 232 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 | 53 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 63 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 41 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 24 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 13 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 232 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 40,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 76,000 miles (43 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 95 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 63 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% 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 2008 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (203 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.
Purchase a set of pirelli p4 tires DOT xl 886a 3017 195/65r15 six months ago and kept going back to fix the tire. It kept loosing air and going flat. So after the six months past I had a blow out of the same tire that was going flat. And it almost kill me.
Vehicle continued to accelerate after releasing throttle. Unable to stop vehicle and had accident with vehicle ahead. Plenty of distance between cars to stop vehicle, but unable to bring vehicle to a stop in time. Apparent throttle problem.
2008 toyota corolla, engine computer failure caused car to stop acceleration on freeway nearly causing accident with children in the car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. The contact was driving approximately 20 MPH when he encountered a set of railroad tracks. After driving twenty feet over the tracks, the vehicle would no longer shift into any selected gear and failed to respond to the contacts attempts to accelerate. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was approximately 62,000.