CarComplaints.com Notes: Beware of the NHTSA complaint data for the 2008 Corolla. It is almost certainly misleading.
The problem with NHTSA data for the 2008 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 2008 Corolla, our data for the Corolla is a far more statistically accurate representation of the Corolla's reliability than what the NHTSA data shows.
I am totatly at a loss of words this is my main car to do every thing with. I could not believe it last night it was dark and driving home from the hospitol the dashboard lights startred to flick on and off. There was a crackling sound as well. My day was already bad my husband broke his ankle why I was out driving after dark and the darn car has to have some sort of electrical problem, what else can go wrong I am already waiting on a repair for the airbag recall. That has been months of waiting and still has not happened.What is Toyota looking to get a bad reputation?
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dashboard lights going off and on
I am totatly at a loss of words this is my main car to do every thing with. I could not believe it last night it was dark and driving home from the hospitol the dashboard lights startred to flick on and off. There was a crackling sound as well. My day was already bad my husband broke his ankle why I was out driving after dark and the darn car has to have some sort of electrical problem, what else can go wrong I am already waiting on a repair for the airbag recall. That has been months of waiting and still has not happened.What is Toyota looking to get a bad reputation?
- juanitahaley, Alstead, NH, US