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vehicle
2009 / toyota / corolla
known issues
6 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-16)
complaints
1,533 on file (2008-07-29 → 2025-03-04)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
379 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
11020988 THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V006000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE
11031208 THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO COMPLETE THE RECALL REPAIR
11039774 I HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO USE THIS VEHICLE BY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER. I HAVE ALSO BEEN ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAG MANUFACTURER MAY SOON NOT BE ABLE TO PAY
Air bags failed to deploy or deployed with injury in a crashAIR BAGS19 complaints2017-09 → 2024-01corolla-2009-airbag-non-deployment-crash
11421414 2009 Toyota Corolla S was involved in an accident where the car flipped several times. Not a single airbag deployed
11338186 THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT 25 MPH AND WAS HIT ON THE LEFT REAR FENDER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
11035757 MY CAR WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ON OCT 7TH AND WAS TOTALED AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF DESPITE THE DRIVER HITTING THEIR HEAD RIGHT WHERE THE SIDE AIR BAG WAS
Excessive oil consumption from engine piston ringsENGINE16 complaints2018-03 → 2025-03corolla-2009-excessive-oil-consumption
11374929 MY VEHICLE IS GOING THROUGH SEVERAL QUARTS OF OIL WITHIN THE 3,000 MILE RANGE. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION
11221587 I OWN A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA LE 1.8 THAT HAS DEFECTIVE PISTON RINGS WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO CONSUME EXCESSIVE OIL AND IT HAS CAUSED TWO OF THE ENGINE CYLINDERS TO MALFUNCTION
11078891 ENGINE BURNS OIL AT A RATE OF 1 QUART EVERY 500 MILES. MILEAGE IS ONLY 105,000
Electric power steering wander or sudden loss of assistSTEERING12 complaints2017-09 → 2024-04corolla-2009-power-steering-loss-and-wander
11549792 Power steering fails to operate causing loss of control while navigating turns
11471536 The steering stopped responding, car started spinning hitting both left and right retaining walls
11291779 EXTREMELY LOOSE STEERING. CAR HAS NO CONTROL ON HIGHWAY. I ALMOST HIT A CAR
Electrical system stalling and wiring harness failuresELECTRICAL SYSTEM12 complaints2017-12 → 2024-02corolla-2009-electrical-stall-wiring-harness
11417402 My Toyota power door lock actuators continue to fail, even after multiple replacements
11130045 VEHICLE HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. ALL INSTANCES THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEM IS RANDOM AND NON-REPEATABLE
11081465 SUSPECT FAULTY ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) AS EVIDENCED BY RECALL ON VEHICLES UP TO 2008. VEHICLE RANDOMLY LOSES POWER, BOTH IN MOTION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND AT REST
Vehicle speed control unintended accelerationVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL7 complaints2018-04 → 2022-07corolla-2009-unintended-acceleration
11438174 My 2009 Toyota Corolla is once again exhibiting undesired acceleration. Toyota has deemed this vehicle repaired in response to the recall that covered this issue
11097575 AT RANDOM TIMES THE CAR BEGINS TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WITH NO INTERFERENCE TO THE PEDAL
11089448 CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2009 Toyota Corolla vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2009/toyota/corolla
@misc{wrenchpro_2009_toyota_corolla_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2009 Toyota Corolla},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2009/toyota/corolla}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
