Owners have filed 18 complaints on the Toyota COROLLA iM, covering 2017–2018. The system named most often is Air Bags (4 reports). Worst years by volume: 2017, 2018; cleanest: 2018, 2017. 5 reports describe a crash. On average the car was 3.3 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Toyota COROLLA iM
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 18 COROLLA iM complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Air Bags 4 Read
The contact's daughter owns a 2018 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated while his daughter was at a standstill at a traffic light when another vehicle rear-ended her and pushed her forward causing her to crash into the front vehicle. The contact stated the air bags failed to deploy. The driver sustain head, neck and…
Air bags not deployed during extensve collision....none deployed.....also drivers seat belt did not activate during collision. This vehicle was at a complete stop on the interstate i77.....it was rear-ended at a high speed of another vehicle causing back, front and drivers side damage...vehicle is totalled
Vehicle struck a dear at approx. 50-55 mph. No airbag deployment. Vehicle suffered damage as far back as the engine requiring replacement of the intake manifold. Front impact bar and core support was noticeably bent. How could airbags not deploy? I was not driving my wife was
Power Train 3 Read
I was driving at 65 miles per hour on the freeway suddenly the RPM idle when to almost 700 RPM and quickly dropped to 0 RPM and started loosing speed , my brakes were hard to press .and we quickly notice that the transmission blew out
During a routine drive on the 91 West freeway my car got stuck in gear. I was unable to move the car that was on a busy freeway that was seconds ago driving perfectly
From a complete stop when attempting to accelerate you can push the accelerator all the way to the floor and it will accelerate extremely slow then will take off creating one of two safety concerns. Either you must floor the accelerator to even attempt to keep up with traffic or feather the accelerator and get run…
Steering 2 Read
The steering wheel locks and unable ro drive
2018 toyota matrix im this is a letter addressing the vehicles that are being sold and distributed in my state of california. As an american to this beautiful nation, united states of america, I'm appalled to find that toyota motor sales, u.s.a. Is losing business and having copycats or as I may call them toys 'sold'…
Seat Belts 1 Read
The contact owned a 2017 Toyota Corolla IM. The contact stated that while driving at 5 MPH, another vehicle struck the driver's side front door, causing the seat belt to forcefully retract inward on his chest. The air bags were deployed upon impact. The contact received medical attention for his chest pain and was…
Tires 1 Read
Originally my rear left tire had a blow out on 6/28, and when I brought the car in to have the tire changed on 6/29, Goodyear determined that the belts on all 4 tires were defective and concluded that it was a manufacturers defect. 1. Defective tires were replaced and recycled by Goodyear. 2. Safety at risk and could…
Electrical System 1 Read
"Precollition system malfunction" "visit your dealler". "Headlight system malfunction" " visit your dealer". Codes: B124C, C1AAO
Exterior Lighting 1 Read
Ok so what had happen is the cars so call foward collision of the speific car did nit work steering wheel lock when i made a left turn and i hit a curve lane departure did not work or anything i just hit the curve and not too long ago on sept 2021 i had a fender bender and i stepped on the brakes and car still slid…
Fuel/propulsion System 1 Read
I was driving came to a stop at red-light, car was idling and I felt a jerk from back, once light turned green car had loss of power when acceleration and didn't want to go. This incident happened on 5 different occasions starting in July 2021 into August
COROLLA iM years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Air Bags | 2 | — | |
| 2017 | Air Bags | 3 | — |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 12 |
| Average complaints per series | 1.5 |
| Worst single series | 2 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 3.3 years |
A model average of 1.5 hides a worst series at 2. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the COROLLA iM?
By complaint volume, 2017, 2018 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which COROLLA iM years are the cleanest?
2018, 2017 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Toyota COROLLA iM have?
18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 2017–2018. Of those, 5 describe a crash and 0 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.