NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2000 Toyota Corolla has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Toyota Corolla. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 145
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Toyota Corolla, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2000 Toyota Corolla
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006 Corolla, 57 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 10E002000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Corolla, 1 other model
2000 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 145 owner complaints about the 2000 Toyota Corolla, the newest on August 6, 2026. Of these, 22 describe a crash (15%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2000 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (32%), followed by the air bags (12%) and the steering (8%).
None of the 2000 Toyota Corolla's 5 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2000 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (70 complaints), the median was 69,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling47
- Air Bags17
- Steering11
- Tires10
- Seat Belts9
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18 | |
| 2001 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 18. 36% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Toyota Corolla drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the three best-measured Toyota Corolla years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 145 complaints about the 2000 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2000 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted