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.
The "powered' steering is in fact powerless; in other words, there is no power provided from the engine to turn the steering, ESPECIALLY when the engine is running but the vehicle is STATIONARY (not running on the road), as while trying to parallel-park.
Since day-one this is the problem I am facing. The dealer says he can't do anything for it, because the design of the vehicle is like that.
I have tried many other vehicles including the 'u-haul' trucks, but their steering are so light that you can turn extremely easily.
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The "powered' steering is in fact powerless; in other words, there is no power provided from the engine to turn the steering, ESPECIALLY when the engine is running but the vehicle is STATIONARY (not running on the road), as while trying to parallel-park.
Since day-one this is the problem I am facing. The dealer says he can't do anything for it, because the design of the vehicle is like that.
I have tried many other vehicles including the 'u-haul' trucks, but their steering are so light that you can turn extremely easily.
I WILL NEVER BUY THIS VEHICLE AGAIN IN MY LIFE..
- mkb304nj, Passaic, NJ, US