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.
10.0
really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
9,350 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
purchase new steel support band once available (1 reports)
My wife went shopping and thought the muffler system had failed. I took the car into the local Toyotal dealer and they told me the steel band that supported the gas tank had failed. To me, it sounded like the whole muffler assembly had crashed. The deal resupported the gas tank with wire and charged me $17. They said the new steel band was on back-order.
It has been ten days now and still no new support bands. The car rattles like an old 19550 Toyota. Complained to the dealer again and they said I had no complaints and that some have been waiting for the same part since July. What gives Toyota?
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
My wife went shopping and thought the muffler system had failed. I took the car into the local Toyotal dealer and they told me the steel band that supported the gas tank had failed. To me, it sounded like the whole muffler assembly had crashed. The deal resupported the gas tank with wire and charged me $17. They said the new steel band was on back-order.
It has been ten days now and still no new support bands. The car rattles like an old 19550 Toyota. Complained to the dealer again and they said I had no complaints and that some have been waiting for the same part since July. What gives Toyota?
- Richard H., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada