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Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Toyota Corolla problems, by model year and system

1,561 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Toyota Corolla 2016–2027, and the 3 systems the record is deep on — airbag (284), engine (242), transmission and drivetrain (211). Each system has a page across the years; 5 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications
284complaints, airbags

Airbag problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

242complaints, engine

Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

211complaints, transmission and drivetrain

Transmission and drivetrain problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

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Toyota Corolla complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database
Model yearairbagenginetransmission and drivetrain
2027 0 in all———
2026 17 in all2——
2025 42 in all6—5
2024 70 in all7811
2023 84 in all—1311
2022 104 in all101517
2021 185 in all524019
2020 309 in all1810939
2019 204 in all313956
2018 142 in all361514
2017 190 in all57317
2016 214 in all65—22

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

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Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Toyota Corolla system draws the most complaints?

Airbag: 284 complaints across 12 model years, 18% of everything owners filed about the Toyota Corolla. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Toyota Corolla year has the most complaints?

2020 (309), 2016 (214), 2019 (204). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.