2023 Toyota Corolla

No clear pattern

44.1% of complaints about the 2023 Toyota Corolla arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2023 vehicle, but with only 118 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is other (18 complaints), typically at 2.1 yr.

Complaints: 118
Median age at failure: 1.3 yr
Median mileage: 55,000 n=4
Crash / fire / tow: 14.4% of reports
Safety recalls: 3

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

25V040000 2025-01-29

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023 Toyota Corolla, Corolla Cross, Corolla Cross Hybrid, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Tacoma, Lexus RX350, 2023-2024 NX250, and NX350 vehicles that may have been incorrectly repaired under previous NHTSA recall number 23V-480. An electrical connection inside the steering column's spiral cable assembly may be insufficiently welded, causing the connection to separate and deactivate the driver's air bag. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occu

A deactivated driver's air bag will not deploy as intended, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.

24V878000 2024-11-21

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Corolla and Corolla Hybrid vehicles. Due to cracks developed during the manufacturing process, the steering intermediate shaft assembly may fracture and possibly result in the shaft detaching from the steering column.

A steering shaft that detaches can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.

23V480000 2023-07-12

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023 Corolla, Corolla Cross, Corolla Cross Hybrid, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Tacoma, 2023 Lexus RX350, RX350 Hybrid, RX500 Hybrid, 2023-2024 Lexus NX250, NX350, and NX350 Hybrid vehicles. An electrical connection inside the steering column's spiral cable assembly may be insufficiently welded, causing the connection to separate and deactivate the driver's air bag. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

A deactivated driver's air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of injury during a crash.

In owners’ own words

Steering mileage not reported 5 mo in service

This is the 3rd time itâs happened. It seems to happen after itâs rained and itâs wet and humid outside. I was at a red light waiting for it to change. The car starts making a buzzer noise and shows âignition onâ with âEngine stopped power steering lowâ and flashes to âpress break firmly to restart.â Pressing the break does nothing and I cannot move the vehicle at all. This whole time the engine is off and I have to go into park to restart the car by pressing the start/stop button. Itâs very dangerous when the light turns green because I cannot go anywhere.

Steering mileage not reported 5 mo in service

I was at a stoplight and the car cut off. Not the normal auto power down feature, there was no power. A message saying press the brake down to restart appeared. Then a message saying steering power low appeared. The check engine light came on. I pressed the break down, and the vehicle did not restart. I put the car in park then restarted it and was able to drive again. But at the very next light, the same thing happened.

Steering mileage not reported 5 mo in service

Engine stopped at a red light and I had an indicator saying that the power steering was low and to press the brake to reset. Try to once it happened yesterday two 222/2023

Other mileage not reported 5 mo in service

This is the 3rd time itâs happened. It seems to happen after itâs rained and itâs wet and humid outside. I was at a red light waiting for it to change. The car starts making a buzzer noise and shows âignition onâ with âEngine stopped power steering lowâ and flashes to âpress break firmly to restart.â Pressing the break does nothing and I cannot move the vehicle at all. This whole time the engine is off and I have to go into park to restart the car by pressing the start/stop button. Itâs very dangerous when the light turns green because I cannot go anywhere.

Other Corolla model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2023 Toyota Corolla

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Corolla model years

How to read this