2013 Toyota Corolla problems
The 2013 Toyota Corolla has 269 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (27%) concerns air bags. Next are steering (14%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 269 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 62 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 74 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 25,000 miles 187 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 | 86 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 27 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 24 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 187 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 25,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 39,000 miles (41 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 62 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 74 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 95% 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 2013 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (210 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Sunday, february 4 at about 7 pm, it had been a rainy day with a lot of humidity, leaving my parents' house a block before the traffic lights I do not understand how the air bags were activated and as a result of that I lost control of my vehicle and I caught the light in red. As a result almost a fatal accident my mother was in the hospital in intensive care for 3 days, me and my nephews with many blows, thank god not very serious.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while at a stop with the brakes depressed, the vehicle accelerated and the contact crashed into the wall of a private residence. The contact sustained injures to the right leg and the front passenger sustained a sprained back muscle. A police report was not filed of the incident. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic for body repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota corolla. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH a vehicle crashed into the contact and caused the contact to crash into a wall. During the crash the air bags did not deploy and the seat belts did not lock. The contact suffered injuries to the back and the passenger suffered injuries to the back and arm. The vehicle was not destroyed. The manufacturer stated in order for them to inspect the vehicle it had to be repaired. The failure mileage was 14,838.
I had a wreck and I ran into another car going about 25 MPH and my air bag did not deploy. I hit someone from behind, I thought I hit the brake but it did not stop and acted like I had the accelerator on. So I am asking about air bag & brake problems
"takata recall" ABS does not work and was diagnosed by toyota. Toyota wants $4500.00 to fix it. Car has 53,000 miles on it.