NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2001 Toyota Corolla has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Toyota Corolla. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 133
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Toyota Corolla, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2001 Toyota Corolla
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Corolla, 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2006 Corolla, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2005 Corolla, 46 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 10E002000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Corolla, 1 other model
2001 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 133 owner complaints about the 2001 Toyota Corolla, the newest on February 11, 2023. Of these, 32 describe a crash (24%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 58 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (23%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the vehicle speed control (11%).
None of the 2001 Toyota Corolla's 4 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2001 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (69 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling31
- Air Bags23
- Vehicle Speed Control14
- Structure12
- Exterior Lighting9
- Power Train9
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 | |
| 2002 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 18. 47% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Toyota Corolla drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 21st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the three best-measured Toyota Corolla years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 133 complaints about the 2001 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2001 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: February 11, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted