2009 Toyota Corolla
This year drew 1,533 complaints against a median of 212 across the Toyota Corolla's other years, 7.2× that median. No single fault was reported unusually often, and it did not reach the 2.5× threshold this site flags at. It has 13 recalls, listed below.
First year of a new generation. The Toyota Corolla was redesigned for 2009. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,533 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 212 |
| Involving a crash | 194 |
| Involving a fire | 13 |
| Recalls | 13 |
| EPA combined | 27.5 mpg |
Recalls for this year
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 18V024000 AIR BAGS
- 17V006000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V689000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 14V168000 AIR BAGS
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V340000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 12V491000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 13. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Corolla was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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