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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JTDBL40E399••••••2009 Toyota COROLLA
That is about average for the 2009 Toyota COROLLA — 14 complaints per build across 92 builds.
16on this build
1276on the model
92builds in total
2involved a crash
Most reportedAir Bags 7Vehicle Speed Control 3Steering 2Equipment Adaptive/mobility 1
What owners of this build wrote
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashJul 2016
My wife was pulling into a parking space and when she hit her brakes the car took off just like been reported with unintended acceleration and witness even saw her brake lights on and the car was put in park and the engine was still revving very high like the accelerator was…
Air BagscrashDec 2009
This was the second accident in this car. Rear ended another vehicle. Car was nearly totaled with $9,700 in damage primarily to the front end. Air bags never activated. Prior accident one week earlier where the air bags also failed to activate. Air bag light comes on…
Electrical SystemMar 2016
My 2009 corolla experienced issues identical to a prior recall circa 2010 for '05-'08 corolla & matrix models regarding engine control modules (ecm) that may have been improperly manufactured. On 3/30/16, the check engine light turned on and my vehicle experienced harsh shifting…
SteeringApr 2014
The car's steering got out of control. The car was stopped at red light and I tried to turn left at green light. It suddenly turned left sharply and went over the opposite lane. While I tried to steer the car straight without applying either gas or break, the car swung to right.…
EngineApr 2013
The water pump seized up while driving and shot the remains of the serpentine belt out of the bottom of the car. The change in the handling was immediate, and I am thankful I was not on the highway. The car is not high mileage and is just out of the warranty period. No injuries,…
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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 JTDBL40E399074492 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.