CarComplaints.com Notes: Beware of the NHTSA complaint data for the 2008 Corolla. It is almost certainly misleading. Read more »
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 hate this car what a peice of @#$% i will never ever buy another Toyota again a Lemon since day one. The car grinds in 2nd and 4th since new, and the Toyota people say that I have bad driving habits.
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I hate this car what a peice of @#$% i will never ever buy another Toyota again a Lemon since day one. The car grinds in 2nd and 4th since new, and the Toyota people say that I have bad driving habits.
- Corey U., Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada