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2023 Toyota Corolla problems

The 2023 Toyota Corolla has 120 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (13%) concerns steering. Next are electrical system (12%) and engine (11%).

At a glance

Complaints
120 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Steering 13% of complaints
Crashes and fires
16 and 2
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

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%.

  • Steering 13%
  • Electrical system 13%
  • Engine 11%
  • Lighting 9%
  • Forward collision avoidance 8%
  • Brakes 6%
  • Air bags 5%
  • Drivetrain & axles 5%
  • Lane departure 4%
  • Wipers, windshield & visibility 4%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2023 ranks 22nd most-complained-about out of 37 model years of the Toyota Corolla with enough data (120 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 in a extremely bad accident, I was parked waiting for the light to turn green, when i felt a massive bang from the back and glided me to the next car, car was totaled and the car was saying the airbags deployed and none deployed at all. There was 4 passengers in total and at the very least one should have deployed.

April 2024 CrashInjury

While driving my vehicle Southbound on [XXX] in the Simpsonville/Fountain Inn area of South Carolina, my vehicle suffered some sort of catastrophic failure while driving and became completely engulfed in flames. The vehicle was a total loss. The vehicle had been serviced a little over a month prior to this incident happening. The fire department took a report for the fire.

March 2025 Fire

The contact owns a 2023 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while the vehicle was unoccupied and parked in the driveway, the vehicle caught fire. The fire originated from the engine bayapproximately five minutes after the vehicle was started. The fire department extinguished the flames and determined that the source of the fire was the battery. Both the manufacturer and the dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Reported at 80,000 miles, May 2026 Fire

The contact owns a 2023 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that whenever the vehicle was shifted to park(P), the word (P) was illuminated on the PRNDL, but the word was not displayed on the instrument cluster. The contact stated that while shifted to drive(D) there was no indication of drive on the PRNDL, or the instrument cluster, and the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that the failure had occurred while shifted to reverse(R).

Reported at 55,000 miles, November 2025

The contact owns a 2023 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the infotainment screen unexpectedly turned on and off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who determined that the infotainment system needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.

Reported at 70,000 miles, May 2025

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