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.
3.5
definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
37,000 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, there was a loud bang from the top of the vehicle as the contact noticed glass falling from the interior rear-view mirror. The contact merged to the shoulder and noticed that the sun roof had become shattered. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 61,000. The VIN was not available.
Shortly after purchasing my 2007 vehicle in 2008 I discovered a problem with the driver's sun visor hitting the rear view mirror when attempting to put it all the way down. I was driving and attempted to pull down the sun visor and then when I looked at the rear view mirror it had moved and become mis-aligned due to the visor hitting the rear-view mirror. This resulted in having to re-adjust the rear-view mirror unexpectedly while driving. This is a manufacturer's because everything is oem. You cannot fully deploy the sun visor in a perpendicular position without hitting the rear-view mirror. The sun visor needs to be replaced at manufacturer's cost since it was designed and installed that way.
- Fairfax, VA, USA
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