2010 Toyota Corolla Service Brakes Problems
- 44
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 44 stored complaint records:
- 14 indicate a crash
- 8 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- brake pedal · 12 records
- failed respond · 8 records
- brakes failed · 8 records
- failure mileage · 8 records
- without warning · 6 records
- pedal depressed · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 13 |
| 30–60k mi | 12 |
| 100–150k mi | 7 |
| 60–100k mi | 7 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving at an unknown speed and attempting to stop at a traffic light, the brake pedal was depressed, but failed to respond and the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact shifted the vehicle into neutral and was able to stop. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (vann york toyota, [redacted], high point, nc 27262,…
ODI 11084604
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owned a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle accelerated without warning. While depressing the brake pedal to stop the vehicle, it failed to stop. As a result, the contact crashed into an electrical pole. The contact sustained chest and arm injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the home of the contact's sister.…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11079606
Air Bags · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle accelerated rapidly on its own. The brake pedal was depressed, but the brakes failed to respond. As a result, the contact crashed into a wall and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained bruises to the arms and right knee, which did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11066604
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. As a result, the vehicle was involved in a front end collision with a concrete wall. The contact depressed the brake pedal, but the brakes did not respond. A police report was not filed. The insurance company towed the vehicle to a collision repair shop. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified.…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11053524
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
When the vehicle is sitting stationary and turned off for any given length of time in weather that is below freezing and then the ignition switch is then turned on, abs, vsc, and traction control lights come on and none of their corresponding functions are operable. Tires go into full lock up skid without abs and there is no vsc or traction control. The problem will not cease until the part causing the problem has…
ODI 11045977
Service Brakes
Brakes are very spungy and do not seem to ingage. Brakes will fill like they are starting to work and then release and you must push brakes down further before they will start braking. Very slow braking response time. Had the brakes bleed twice and did not fix the problem so the mechanic replaced the master brake cylinder and the car braking did not change at all. Makes me very nervous to drive the vehicle due to…
ODI 11012334
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on a street named hamner this afternoon on a warm day in the city of norco with clear skies traveling approximately 15 mph my 2010 corolla did not stop at a distance of about 15 feet when i applied the brake pedal and that caused me to hit another vehicle. The brake system failure which felt like the anti-lock brake system where the brakes did not engage but rather made a pulsating movement against my…
Crash reported
ODI 11003537
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Re: i haven't followed up on rcmn-10v017-5275 as i hadn't noticed a problem living in an area with level streets. However, when trying to park or leave a parking space on an incline or decline it is a problem. When moving in or out of a parking, i noticed that my gas pedal is very sensitive. It lurches my car quickly forward. This is not about my parking technique. Someone else familiar with parking on these streets…
ODI 11002738
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked on an incline with the brake pedal engaged but it failed to respond and the vehicle rolled down the driveway and crash into the curb. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where minor auto body repairs were completed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The driver sustained…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11003042
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving approximately 15 mph and depressing the brake pedal on a curve, the brakes failed to respond. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
ODI 10969064
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
During the operation of the vehicle on a normal surface street during morning commute through city streets following traffic at speeds not exceeding 35 mph the vehicle seemed to have accelerated (sped up) during the application of the brake causing the vehicle to strike the vehicle in front of it. The damage to the vehicle struck was not visible due to the slow speed, but it did cause minor damage to the vehicle in…
Crash reported
ODI 10946415
Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
At approx 11:30 pm on july 15th 2016, my fianc, myself and 2 of our friends were heading home from downtown miami on i-95. It was raining extremely hard, so everyone was going well below the speed limit. I would approx we were going 35-40 mph. The car in front of us slammed on his breaks due to the rain coming down extremely hard, and i proceeded to do the same. However instead of my car breaking, it began…
ODI 10885191
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving 40 mph, the brakes failed without warning. The contact stated that there was a vibration in the steering wheel and an abnormal grinding sound coming from the front brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the disc needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The…
ODI 10861002
Service Brakes · Suspension
The vehicle was in motion on freeway taking my grandson to practice it was heavy traffic alot of breaking every time i would break my breaks felt like they would lock everytime i would break. I got concern got off freeway called dealer to inspect my brakes. Results they discovered my rotors were warp and that was the cause recomended i replace rotors but did not find reason how rotors got that way.other issue my cv…
ODI 10846478
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving at 5 mph, the brakes failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the technician could not determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.
ODI 10785368
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving at 25 mph, the brakes failed to respond without warning. The contact engaged the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the emergency brake was activated when the contact wanted to stop the vehicle. The dealer diagnosed that the air drums and clippers had dust build-up and needed to…
ODI 10765047
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving 99 south in south sacramento last aug 21 2015, at around 2 pm. My lt foot was on the brake as i stopped to glance at my blind spot on my rt side so i can take hwy 50 toward lake tahoe, when i turned my head to the front, i noticed my car was moving forward on it's own, so i pressed the brakes all the way down and i lost control of the car, i felt the brake stucked to the floor and the only reason the…
Crash reported
ODI 10780279
Electrical System · Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the brake pedal was depressed and the brakes failed to respond without warning. The emergency brake had to be depressed in order for the vehicle to remain stationary in park. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 168,000.
ODI 10748200
Air Bags · Power Train · Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. While driving approximately 20 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The brake pedal was depressed, but failed to respond. As a result, the contact crashed into the garage. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed, but the body damage was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The…
Crash reported
ODI 10745072
Air Bags · Service Brakes · Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the steering wheel became unresponsive and the brakes became stiff. As a result, the vehicle hydro-plane on the wet pavement and crashed against a guard rail. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10677022
Service Brakes
Brakes grind and skip causing car to slide sideways. *tr
ODI 10587215
Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on route 30 east in pa, i experienced a scenario where i was on cruise control and pressed the brake. The car continued to accelerate at it's speed and subsequent pressings of the brakes did not slow the car. I shifted the car into neutral and the brakes still were not slowing the car enough. I had to drive into the left shoulder and grass beyond that in order to slow the car down enough to let other…
ODI 10584255
Service Brakes · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the brakes failed and caused her to crash into the rear of another vehicle. The contact sustained a fractured left hand and a police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact referenced nhtsa campaign id number: 09v338000(service brakes, hydraulic ) but did not confirm if the vehicle…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10595625
Service Brakes
I was driving and the person in front of me had hit their brakes due to the cars in front of them hitting the brakes due to a red light. I then hit my brakes as well and the car didn't stop, i pumped the brakes a few times and still had no brakes. My husband had panicked and pulled the emergency brake and the car still did not stop. My car then hit the vehicle in front of us which in turn cause a chain reaction for…
Crash reported
ODI 10577779
Service Brakes
I was driving on the interstate and took an exit. Attempted to apply the brakes, and there was a grinding noise. The vehicle did not stop and hit another vehicle at the stoplight. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10569269
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2010 Toyota Corolla.
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