1. Toyota Corolla
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  3. Service Brakes

Toyota Corolla Service Brakes Problems

252
Owner complaint records in our dataset
19
Years with records
2001–2020
Stored years

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 252 stored complaint records:

  • 95 indicate a crash
  • 42 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • brake pedal · 34 records
  • grinding noise · 10 records
  • failure mileage · 8 records
  • cruise control · 7 records
  • applying brakes · 7 records
  • takata recall · 7 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi104
30–60k mi48
60–100k mi42
100–150k mi17
150–400k mi14

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • February 5, 2020

    Service Brakes · Steering · Wheels

    The car is pulling i've taking it to the dealership over 6 times when i'm driving the car is shaking and pulling and it feels like i'm going to flip over from the wind you can go over 60 on the freeway if a car is next to you my car will shake when i turn i'm so scard the tires are going to break off it's not a safe car

    ODI 11307206

    2017 records in this system

  • February 2, 2020 · 160,000 miles

    Engine · Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other

    Driving on the freeway, my car engine shut-off and breaks locked. Car will not start on the move so i have to bring it to a stop. The process of transitioning lanes without breaks was very scary. After the car was brought to a full stop the car was able to start.

    ODI 11306682

    2006 records in this system

  • January 20, 2020 · 45,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    Continuing problem when foot is on brake pedal and hit a bump in road, grinding noise and vibration sensation in pedal. Toyota dealer says brakes are ok. Today this happened but this time the grinding noise was pronounced and the car would not brake - fortunately i was not driving at a high rate of speed and barely stopped in time before almost rear ending car in front of me. I have found several complaints on line…

    ODI 11300452

    2016 records in this system

  • January 1, 2020 · 6,290 miles

    Service Brakes

    On 1/1/2020 while the vehicle was in motion on the city street; and when attempting to depress the brake pedal, the vehicle brakes started to grind and the vehicle would not stop. This same brake failure occurrence with the vehicle, reoccurred two more times intermittently. Luckily there was no other vehicles nearby that could have resulted in a crash

    ODI 11292480

    2016 records in this system

  • December 12, 2019 · 90,000 miles

    Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control · Wheels

    Hi sir i have problems in adjust the angles that affect to my staring and speed the mechanical said i have to replace the rear sup frame that will cost about 900$

    ODI 11308864

    2013 records in this system

  • November 23, 2019 · 97,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    Tl* the contact owns a 2017 toyota corolla. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, there was an abnormal sound coming from the front and the rear of the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to (northridge toyota, [redacted], northridge, ca 91324) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that failure was due to the brake shim kit. The vehicle was repaired however, the…

    ODI 11307303

    2017 records in this system

  • November 19, 2019 · 1,345 miles

    Engine · Power Train · Service Brakes

    Will driving the car decelerated and would not go pass 20mph. Break,engine,ect. Lights turned on. The car has only 1345 miles. So far it has happened twice. Second time going to the dealership.

    ODI 11288777

    2020 records in this system

  • October 20, 2019 · 19,200 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other

    On sunday, october 20, 2019, approximately 3:10 pm i got into my 2018 toyota corolla, the car was stationary in park, and was not running on a flat surface. I realized i forgot my wallet so i got out of the car and left the driver's door open. I retrieved my wallet within 1 minute and when i came out my car was rolling slowly on the flat driveway where i park every day. I tried to grab the door handle to see if i…

    Crash reported

    ODI 11271148

    2018 records in this system