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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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1NXBU40E49Z••••••2009 Toyota COROLLA
This build draws 4.5× more complaints than the average 2009 Toyota COROLLA build (62 vs 14).
62on this build
1276on the model
92builds in total
8involved a crash
1involved a fire
8injuries
Most reportedAir Bags 28Steering 14Vehicle Speed Control 9Service Brakes 8
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashJan 2024
The contact owned a 2009 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while driving at 5 mph and exiting a parking lot when the vehicle accelerated on its own, veered to the left, and crashed into a gate. No warning lights were illuminated and the air bags failed to deploy. The…
Exterior LightingcrashJul 2013
"takata recall" on 7/3/13, left work at 2:30 from fm1960 and aldine westfield. Took the on ramp of west loutetta to get off of ramp. I inched up to the intersection and the at&trepairman thought I was going, so, he gunned it. Needdlesstosay, I recieved spinal injuries, and the…
Power TrainfireMay 2012
I was driving on ca hwy 101 at 7:30pm when I smelled, then saw smoke and flames coming from the driver-side door. Luckily, I had a gallon of drinking water within reach. I poured it on the fire while swerving to the margin so as to avoid collision. I extinguished the fire and…
SteeringcrashMay 2009
Gas pedal in my 2009 toyota corolla stuck while my daughter was backing up and caused her to go into a tree causing $7,000 in damages to my car, which my insurance paid for and she is paying higher insurance from the accident. Also my car does have steering problems driving over…
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashFeb 2009
The contact owns a 2009 toyota corolla. While driving 45 mph and attempting to slow down the accelerator pedal was stuck to the floor and caused a crash to occur. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership although the contact previously experienced the same failure.…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1NXBU40E49Z042155 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.