2016 Toyota Corolla problems
The 2016 Toyota Corolla has 314 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns air bags. Next are brakes (10%) and seat belts (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 314 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 104 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 91 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 25,000 miles 203 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 | 85 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 49 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 31 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 19 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 203 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 25,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 35,000 miles (44 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 104 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 91 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 2016 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (262 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.
This is a report of brake failure that caused a vehicle collision with injuries. On october 29, 2016, I rented a 2016 toyota corolla from a betterway rent-acar, inc. D/ba budget rent a car of atlanta, at 6509 roswell rd, atlanta, ga 30328. The toyota had 21,619 miles at the time of the rental. At approximately 12:30pm I was driving southeast on jimmy carter blvd in norcross georgia. The weather was clear and sunny and the road was dry.
Was in major accident, front frame bent, radiator crush, whole front and side fenders schredded and neither driver nor passenger airbags were deployed. Was stationery at 4 way intersection, driver ran light, got hit by a truck from the side, took off front of car.
On 08/11/2017 my daughter was driving through a intersection when another vehicle failed to yield in front of her. She was involved in a head on collision and the airbags did not deploy on her 2016 toyota corolla. The body shop said the car should have been totaled but due to the airbags not deploying, the insurance company did not total the vehicle. I feel we were treated unfairly due to this. My daughter also suffered injuries from the incident. Two years later we see there is a recall for the airbags.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the paint peeled on the front bumper of the vehicle. The contact later received a letter from the manufacturer, requiring vehicles painted with factory applied blizzard pearl or super white paint to go to a local dealer, to have the vehicle repainted. The contact stated that the vehicle was not in an accident. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and sided with the dealer.