2010 Toyota Corolla
Complaints about this year name brake pedal far more often than the other years of this generation — 6% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 2.5%.
Generation 2 of the Toyota Corolla, which began in 2009 and ran to 2013. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,263 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 212 |
| Involving a crash | 146 |
| Involving a fire | 10 |
| Recalls | 17 |
| EPA combined | 27 mpg |
What owners wrote
THERE WAS A DELAY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED IN FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5000.
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ON A CURVE, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V005000 AIR BAGS
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 18V024000 AIR BAGS
- 16V340000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V689000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V396000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V168000 AIR BAGS
Showing 8 of 17. 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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