2017 Toyota Corolla problems
The 2017 Toyota Corolla has 279 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (19%) concerns air bags. Next are cruise control (10%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 279 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 67 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 60 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 13,000 miles 171 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 | 99 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 26 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 16 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 171 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 13,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 27,000 miles (29 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 67 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 60 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% 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 2017 ranks 14th 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 3 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.
I was driving for work and got into a pretty bad accident and the airbags did not deploy. I am not sure if it was because the airbag recall I got fixed back in 2020 or it was because the damages weren’t enough to deploy the airbags.
Lost control of my 2017 toyota corolla and hit a utilitypole head on collision and my airbags failed to deploy causing my wife and kids injuries.
On 3/22/17 I was driving an enterprise rental car into an apartment complex and pulled in front of the leasing office to park. While stepping on the brake pedal the car did not stop and it suddenly accelerated causing the car to crash into the pillars of the leasing office with force. Airbags deployed and my passenger and I had to crawl out of the rear passenger door to escape the vehicle. We are lucky to be alive and escape with minor injuries. There are drag skid marks on the ground from the rear wheels.
The contact owns a 2017 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while at a stoplight, an Audi truck crashed into the rear of the vehicle, allegedly due to being distracted by a cell phone. The air bags did not deploy. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact sustained broken bones, whiplash, chest injuries, and a broken toe; her knee was swollen, and she had head, neck, and foot injuries. and medical attention was provided. There was no reported fire. A police report was filed.
As I was traveling on a major street a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and crossed my path , causing my vehicle to hit the crossing vehicle on the driver's side. The air bags failed to deploy. No air bags deployed. I complied with the recall, had vehicle in for updating by the dealer where I purchased the vehicle, the "repair" was done three weeks prior to my misfortune.