CarComplaints.com Notes: Beware of the NHTSA complaint data for the 2007 Corolla. It is almost certainly misleading.
The problem with NHTSA data for the 2007 Corolla is that for months on end, the news media repeatedly told the public that several Toyota models have an unintended acceleration defect, & to go to safercar.gov (the NHTSA's website) to file a complaint.
So, the NHTSA received a disproportionate number of complaints about Toyota unintended acceleration issues because of the national news media attention, to the point where now the NHTSA data is unreliable taken in context with any other vehicle that did not receive national news attention.
CarComplaints.com typically receives more complaints per day about vehicles than the NHTSA does, but the news media did not repeatedly say "go to CarComplaints.com to report your Toyota acceleration problems" like they did about the NHTSA -- so although we have less complaint data than the NHTSA for the 2007 Corolla, our data for the Corolla is a far more statistically accurate representation of the Corolla's reliability than what the NHTSA data shows.
This is a Toyota problem they don't want to admit. They have cheap fuel lines that will not hold up to the road conditions of our area. It has nothing to do with the animals in our area, but it is an easy thing to blame so they will not have to pay for it. Then you are left paying because it is not covered under warranty at that point. Folks, I'm just saying there are too many accounts of this for it to just be animals. Animals don't affect that many cars. We are not talking about a few. Please post if you have had it to so they can see it is more that a couple complaints. The lines are really thin plastic. Not rubber even. Come on Toyota.
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This is a Toyota problem they don't want to admit. They have cheap fuel lines that will not hold up to the road conditions of our area. It has nothing to do with the animals in our area, but it is an easy thing to blame so they will not have to pay for it. Then you are left paying because it is not covered under warranty at that point. Folks, I'm just saying there are too many accounts of this for it to just be animals. Animals don't affect that many cars. We are not talking about a few. Please post if you have had it to so they can see it is more that a couple complaints. The lines are really thin plastic. Not rubber even. Come on Toyota.
- bobbert, Berryville, VA, US