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.
Whenever my 2007 Toyota Corolla CE was driven, the gas pedal seems to accelerate without pressing my foot on the gas pedal which really did scare me. I could drive 1/2 mile to 1 mile without using the gas pedal uphill or downhill.
Other persons have driven the Corolla with me as a passenger and stated the above also and also experienced this.
while driving the car accelerates faster on its own
The problem of the car suddenly accelerating on its own has gone on for about 1 yr. The car has spent time if various car workshops and I have spent a lot of money trying to find out the cause of the problem. Its a very dangerous situation which could easily lead to a fatal accident. Car is parked for now till I can find a solution.
- saelen,
Abuja, Nigeria
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Whenever my 2007 Toyota Corolla CE was driven, the gas pedal seems to accelerate without pressing my foot on the gas pedal which really did scare me. I could drive 1/2 mile to 1 mile without using the gas pedal uphill or downhill.
Other persons have driven the Corolla with me as a passenger and stated the above also and also experienced this.
- windtalker, Keaau, Pacific Islands (US)