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Toyota Corolla 2011

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.34 per 1,000

1.2 times this nameplate’s own median · from 87 complaints filed in the first three years, of 589 ever. 95% lower bound 0.27.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.30	107
2009	1.98	640
2010	2.12	597
2011	0.34	87
2012	0.18	49
2013	0.29	86
2014	0.28	91
2015	0.25	87
2016	0.23	87
2017	0.24	86
2018	0.27	86
2019	0.26	78
2020	0.33	88
2021	0.20	49
2022	0.26	62
2023	0.29	67

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 422 complaints

recall	382	90%
takata	326	77%
takata recall	306	72%
recall notification	141	33%
tool	136	32%
tool confirms	135	32%

When it breaks

45% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 33,000 miles, from 197 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Electrical overstress

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10392891 · 10394103 · 10394172 · 10398175 · 10399518 · 10400661

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.