2015 Toyota Corolla
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Air bags is the leading concern among 219 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 13th highest complaint count among 26 Corolla model years with reports.
Of the 2015 reports, 60 involved a crash and 1 involved a fire. 50 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Air bags, air bag/restraint control moduleJan 17, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon, and 2013-2018 Avalon Hybrid vehicles. During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners.
In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended may increase the risk of injury.
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ECU and install a noise filter between the air bag control module and its wire harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owners were notified of the safety risk beginning March 2, 2020. A second letter notifying owners of the remedy repair will be mailed between March 16, 2020 and June 27, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB03, 20TA03 and 20TA05.
Campaign 20V024000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints
219 reports, newest first.
Air bags, Mar 5, 2020
RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO AND STILL NO SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED
Electrical system, Mar 1, 2020
HAVE REPLACED BATTERY TWICE SINCE 7/2019. BATTERY IS DRAINED IF CAR IS NOT USED FOR 4 DAYS. TOYOTA DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. SAYS CAR MUST BE USED EVERY TWO DAYS TO KEEP BATTERY CHARGED.
Power train, Feb 11, 2020
SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN JSD PERFORMED ON NOV 03, 2019. THE SOFTWARE COMPONENT WAS UPDATED, HOWEVER THE SOLENOID VALVE INSPECTION AND THE VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT WAS DETERMINED AS "NOT REQUIRED". SINCE THEN THE CVT SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED TO FAIL. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE TRANSMISSION MAKES NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND SITES ISSUES WITH THE BELT IN THE CVT. *LN THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH A USED TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER INFORMED MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HELP BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *DL
Air bags, Seat belts, Jan 29, 2020, crash
MY TOYOTA WAS TEE BONED BY A DRIVER WHO RAN STOP SIGN. MY WIFE AND I WERE INJURED WHEN OUR AIRBAGS AND SEATBELTS FAILED TO DEPLOY PROPERLY. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TRAVELING AT 40MPH AND WERE HIT HARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE OTHER DRIVER RAN A STOP SIGN AND HIT US BROADSIDE.
Electrical system, Jan 24, 2020
THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING FOR THE BOTTOM HALF AND THE DEALERSHIP TRIED CHARGING ME TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR..
Electrical system, Jan 22, 2020
DRIVER SIDE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK SYSTEM HAS FAILED! DOES NOT OPERATE USING THE FOB, THE KEY HAS TO BE INSERTED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOOR!!
Structure, Dec 30, 2019
CAR STARTED HAVING PAINT PROBLEMS AT 3 YEARS OLD. PAINT MISSING ON CERTAIN PROTECTED AREAS OF CAR, WITH PRIMER ONLY (TRUNK AND HOOD AREA.) PAINT ON DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FORMED BUBBLES ON THE EDGE. PAINT SCRATCHING EASILY ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR. FIRST CAR I HAVE OWNED THAT WAS HAVING PAINT ISSUES AFTER ONLY 3 YEARS. NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CARS I'VE OWNED. ALWAYS WELL MAINTAINED AND REGULARLY WASHED.
Other or unspecified, Engine, Nov 17, 2019
IM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH GEAR SAFETY SWITCH IT DOESNT LET ME CHANGE GEARS OR GO FORWARD..IT STARTED HAPPENING WHEN I WAS OUT AT THE STORE SO IT SCARED ME.
Power train, Nov 4, 2019
PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WOBBLES WHEN ACCELERATING. HAD TOYOTA CHECK FOR PROBLEMS THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS. CHANGED BRAKES AND ROTORS AND PROBLEM STILL EXIST. WAS TOLD IT WAS TIRES AND BALANCE HAD THEM CHECKED AND IT STILL WOBBLES.
Air bags, Service brakes, Sep 30, 2019, crash
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO COLLISION AT ABOUT 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND AIRBAGS DID NOT OPEN. IT WAS A SOLID FRONT END COLLISION AND THE SEAT BELTS WORKED BUT NOT THE AIR BAGS NOR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. CLEAR AND DRY WEATHER AND ROADS BUT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DID NOT KICK IN. DRIVING ON A CITY STREET GOING STRAIGHT NOT TURNING.
Power train, Sep 25, 2019
THE 'AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION' SEEMS TO HAVE AN ISSUE ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE! WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, I NOTICE THAT THE RPM GAUGE REACHES APPROXIMATELY 5,000 TO 5,250 RPMS BEFORE THE 'AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION' SHIFTS INTO THE NEXT FORWARD GEAR! THIS SITUATION HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING CITY STREETS AND DEFINITELY WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES HIGHWAYS!!! TO BEST DESCRIBE THIS PROBLEM, IT IS BASICALLY LIKE WHEN I FIRST LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE A 'MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE' AND I DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. BECAUSE THE RPM GAUGE IS READING SO HIGH BEFORE THE 'AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION' AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTS INTO THE NEXT GEAR RATIO, IT CONCERNS ME QUITE A BIT!!! I HAD THIS SIMILAR ISSUE WHEN I OWNED A 1976 PONTIAC TRANS-AM. AFTER THE TRANSMISSION ON MY CURRENT 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA STARTED ACTING LIKE MY OLD PONTIAC TRANS-AM, I STARTED BECOMING VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE! BECAUSE ON MY OLD 1976 PONTIAC TRANS-AM WHEN THE RPM GAUGE WAS RUNNING VERY HIGH BEFORE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR RATIO, ONE DAY THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY BURNED OUT ALL THE FORWARD 'AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION' GEARS AND ALL I HAD LEFT TO GO UP A HILL WAS MY 'REVERSE GEAR'!!! WHEN I TOOK THE 1976 PONTIAC TRANS-AM INTO A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT ALL THE FORWARD GEAR CLUTCH PLATES WERE BURNED OUT!!! SO, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLES 'AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION' THEN TOYOTA SHOULD LOOK IN TO THIS ISSUE AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE 'RECALL(S)'! I PURCHASED THIS 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA TWO YEARS AGO. THIS PROBLEM STARTED APPROXIMATELY SIX-MONTHS AGO, OR AROUND MARCH OF 2019!
Air bags, Aug 30, 2019, crash
THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING HE REACHED BEHIND HIM AND GAVE OUR SON HIS BOTTLE AND STEERED OFF THE CITY STREET GOING STRAIGHT AND HIT A TRUCK. THE TRUCK THEN HIT TWO OTHER CARS ALL 3 WHICH WERE PARKED THE TOYOTA IS TOTALLED OUT THE AIR BAGS NEVER CAME OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH THEY SHOULD'VE CONSIDERING THE IMPACT.
Air bags, Structure, Aug 8, 2019, crash
WAS IN A ROLL-OVER ACCIDENT. A DEER JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF ME SO I LOCKED UP THE BREAKS AND THE REAR END OF THE CAR CAME OUT FROM BEHIND ME AND I WENT INTO A DITCH AND ROLLED 3 TIMES.
Air bags, Structure, Aug 8, 2019, crash
WAS IN A ROLL-OVER CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. NONE OF THE SIDE AIRBAGS WENT OFF ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CAR AND THE CAR ROLLED THREE TIMES DURING THE ACCIDENT.
Power train, Aug 5, 2019
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL FROM TOYOTA - REFERENCE ID JSD. THE NOTICE STATED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE ECU THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO ISSUES WITH THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION THAT WOULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO NOT WORK PROPERLY AND WOULD ALSO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LOSE SPEED. SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE I EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AROUND SPEEDS OF 35-40 MPH. AROUND THESE SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION WOULD RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFT TO A LOW GEAR AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY POWER TO ENGINE. NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE WHILE DRIVING - ANY ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE WOULD JUST REV THE ENGINE TO HIGH RPM - AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COMPLETELY STOP THE CAR BEFORE THE CAR WOULD CORRECTLY DRIVE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT MORNING. THESE FIRST EXPERIENCES OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. I CALLED TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO BRING CAR IN FOR SERVICE UNDER THE RECALL NOTICE THE SAME MORNING. WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES. TOYOTA CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY ASKING IF I HAD EXPERIENCED ANY ISSUES, AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES I HAD THAT MORNING WHILE DRIVING TO WORK AND WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. LATER IN THE MONTH THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ISSUES WERE UNRELATED TO THE RECALL AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON ITS OWN SO NOTHING WAS COVERED. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING SIGNS OF ANY ISSUES TO ALERT ME THAT SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION.
Other or unspecified, Jul 12, 2019
TOUCH SCREEN UNRESPONSIVE NEAR THE BOTTOM
Service brakes, Jun 27, 2019, crash
VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AN HOUR CAME TO A RED LIGHT, DEPRESSED BRAKES HAD VIRTUALLY NO RESPONSE FROM BRAKE PEDAL. BRAKES ARE FAIRLY NEW A MECHANICALLY SOUND BUT DID NOT RESPOND TO A HARD EMERGENCY STOP ATTEMPT AND RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES TYPE INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION AS THE LIGHT WAS TURNING RED BUT RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE GOING ENTIRELY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND STRIKING A CROSSING VEHICLE. CROSSING VEHICLE WAS VIRTUALLY UNDAMAGED AS IT WAS A HEAVY DUTY FLATBED TOW TRUCK BUT THE COROLLA INVOLVED IS POTENTIALLY TOTALED OR NEAR TOTAL FRONT END DAMAGE
Air bags, May 22, 2019, crash
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING 60 MPH, HE SWERVED TO AVOID CRASHING INTO A DEER. THE VEHICLE WAS CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER CRASHING INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF A DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,408.
Power train, Other or unspecified, Apr 27, 2019, crash
POSSIBLE STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL . WHEN SLOWLY PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT, THE CAR ACCELERATED AT MASS SPEED INTO BARRIER
Air bags, Apr 24, 2019, crash
I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION GOING 35MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS FASTER THAN THE SPEED AT WHICH THE MANUAL STATES AIRBAGS SHOULD DEPLOY FOR THIS VEHICLE. I WAS INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.
Air bags, Apr 1, 2019
MY CAR 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA ,CLEAN TITLE AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY DAMAGE OR ACCIDENT. I HAVE IN DASHBOARD LIGHTS THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON . I WENT TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ON APRIL 01 2019,. THEY SAID YOUR CAR DOESN'T HAVE ANY SAFETY RECALL.
Electrical system, Structure, Mar 23, 2019
LOCK ACTUATOR FAILURE. THE ELMOR TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN HUNTINGTON BEACH CALIFORNIA TOLD ME WITH OUT PERFORMING ANY DIAGNOSTIC THAT MY DRIVER AND PASSENGER LOCK ACTUATOR IS FAILING AND DUE TO THE USE OF GEL AIR FRESHENERS.. WHICH I DO NOT USE.. BOTH FROM DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS DO NOT LOCK AND UNLOCK WITH KEY FOB OR PANEL INSIDE THE CAR DOOR. THEY DO NOT LOCK EITHER WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THEY ONLY UNLOCK WITH MY MECHANICALLY USE THE KEY FROM THE FOB OR I HAVE TO FLIP THE DOOR OPEN FROM INSIDE THE CAR.
Steering, Electrical system, Mar 19, 2019
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND HOLE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND THE KEY BROKE IN THE IGNITION.
Power train, Feb 28, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH HILLS TOYOTA (7401 MCKNIGHT RD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15237, (412) 318-3000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CV HALF SHAFT ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR AN INVESTIGATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,762.
Air bags, Feb 22, 2019, crash
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE IMPACT TURNED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE 360 DEGREES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SHOULDER AND HEAD INJURIES, BUT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.