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.
Hit the brakes to the floor, nothing happens! Barely brakes. Did this two or three times in under 5 minutes. Pulled over to parking lot. open door and there is a burnt smell. Tow it to a repair shop, they can look at it later that night and the next day and can't find anything wrong with it. Can't reproduce the issue. Scary situation to not know if it's going to happen again. You hit you breaks and think you've hit the wrong pedal because nothing happens.
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Hit the brakes to the floor, nothing happens! Barely brakes. Did this two or three times in under 5 minutes. Pulled over to parking lot. open door and there is a burnt smell. Tow it to a repair shop, they can look at it later that night and the next day and can't find anything wrong with it. Can't reproduce the issue. Scary situation to not know if it's going to happen again. You hit you breaks and think you've hit the wrong pedal because nothing happens.
- Ron P., Kettering, OH, US