2015 Toyota Corolla problems
The 2015 Toyota Corolla has 310 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (18%) concerns air bags. Next are body & structure (11%) and drivetrain & axles (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 310 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 104 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 79 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 27,000 miles 194 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 | 83 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 41 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 24 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 12 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 194 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 26,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 41,000 miles (38 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 104 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 79 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% 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 2015 ranks 13th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (243 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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 in a roll-over accident. A deer jumped out in front of me so I locked up the breaks and the rear end of the car came out from behind me and I went into a ditch and rolled 3 times.
1st wreck 9/2017-was hit on driver fender side and bent wheel frame and partially dented the door . The impact moved my car to hit the side curb . My airbag did not deploy 2nd wreck -tboned on passenger side twice caved the entire door and rod. 2nd part of hit tore the rear bumper completely off . Airbag deployed on passenger not on driver in result person now has a hematoma to the breast due to all trauma at impact to the steering wheel. Car is now totaled
I got the crash from passenger side, so they replaced two doors. But, side airbag was not deployed. So, my wife was smashed to the window. Fortunately. She was not hurt much. How does side airbag deploy? How much is the accident can deploy? They, toyota, are not answer to me.
Special service campaign j0d - remedy notice certain 2014 - 2017 model year corolla vehicles certain 2017 model year corolla im vehicles certain 2016 model year scion im vehicles - (suspended) vehicle will lose acceleration or not accelerate after coming to a complete stop and trying to accelerate. Vehicle was serviced at toyota service center for a similar issue including an idle issue. Acceleration issue could not be replicated, but still happened several times afterwards.