2007 Toyota Corolla problems and complaints

Owners have filed 883 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Toyota Corolla. The most-reported areas: Air Bags (473), Vehicle Speed Control (96), Electrical System (92).

Key takeaways

  • 883 owner complaints on file with NHTSA.
  • 132 involve a crash, 7 a fire, 89 reported injuries.
  • Complaints are unverified owner reports; recalls are confirmed defects.
Complaints by component
ComponentComplaintsShare
Air Bags47354%
Vehicle Speed Control9611%
Electrical System9210%
Engine And Engine Cooling718%
Service Brakes465%
Steering445%
Engine334%
Power Train273%
Hydraulic273%
Unknown Or Other233%
Structure202%
Fuel System182%

One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.

NHTSA 5-Star crash ratings
VersionOverallFrontSideRollover
2007 Toyota Corolla 4-DR.Not ratedNot ratedNot ratedNot rated

Latest complaints, as filed

Owner-written and unverified by NHTSA.

Air Bags - filed 2026-07-03

Air bag lights is on all the time, tried to re-attached the connection under passenger seat still same issue

Electrical System - filed 2025-11-25

Odometer Fraud. The contact's aunt purchased a 2007 Toyota Corolla. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 180,000, and at the time of registration, it was discovered that the mileage was 195,000.

Unknown Or Other - filed 2025-09-12

I was driving down the street and all of a sudden I couldn't accelerate. I pulled over and I turned off the car and then tried restarting it but it wouldn't. It said on the gear shift it was in park, but come to find out, my gear shift bushing broke while I was driving. I KNOW I'm not the only driver this has happened ...

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Complaints are reports filed by owners with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA publishes them without verifying them, and counts rise with how many cars were sold, so compare years of the same model rather than different models. Crash ratings are NHTSA's own 5-Star Safety Ratings results.