2005 TOYOTA COROLLA

6 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (2 open), 972 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations42 open
Owner complaints972
Complaints citing a crash145
Complaints citing a fire5

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 6

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.

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.

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.

10V3840002010-08-26

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WARNINGS AND CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFECT. THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP COULD BE ILLUMINATED, HARSH SHIFTING COULD RESULT, THE ENGINE MAY NOT START, OR THE ENGINE COULD SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. AN ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 439AIR BAGS
  • 66VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 52ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 51ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 29ENGINE
  • 23UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 22POWER TRAIN
  • 22ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

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Two 2005 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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