2003 TOYOTA COROLLA

7 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (2 open), 860 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations42 open
Owner complaints860
Complaints citing a crash143
Complaints citing a fire11

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 7

19V7410002019-10-17

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

19V6270002019-08-28

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.

18V8830002018-12-12

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

15V2860002015-05-13

AIR BAGS

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

15V2850002015-05-13

AIR BAGS

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

15V0430002015-01-28

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

Inadvertent deployment of the air bags or the seat belt pretensioners increases the risk of an injury or crash.

What owners report most

  • 314AIR BAGS
  • 68VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 33SEAT BELTS
  • 30ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
  • 28POWER TRAIN
  • 28ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 20ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
  • 18AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2003 TOYOTA COROLLAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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