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 have a problem which requires your advise. My 2008 (July) model corrolla has 'range meter' which shows the kilometer range the car can travel with the fuel left in the tank. Previously (when new) it was showing the range as 460km with full tank fuel. But it has (the total range) reduced uniformly to lower values when I am filling the petrol full tank. Last time when I filled full, it was showing 410 but suddenly yesterday when i filled full it showed only 350 KM range. My car total running mileage is 71000km.
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I have a problem which requires your advise. My 2008 (July) model corrolla has 'range meter' which shows the kilometer range the car can travel with the fuel left in the tank. Previously (when new) it was showing the range as 460km with full tank fuel. But it has (the total range) reduced uniformly to lower values when I am filling the petrol full tank. Last time when I filled full, it was showing 410 but suddenly yesterday when i filled full it showed only 350 KM range. My car total running mileage is 71000km.
- bennylgenc, Doha, Doha, Qatar