NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2002 Toyota Corolla has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 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
- 117
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 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 2002 Toyota Corolla
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Corolla, 23 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2006 Corolla, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001, 2003–2005 Corolla, 46 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 10E002000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Corolla, 1 other model
2002 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 117 owner complaints about the 2002 Toyota Corolla, the newest on August 22, 2023. Of these, 27 describe a crash (23%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the air bags (20%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the vehicle speed control (9%).
None of the 2002 Toyota Corolla's 5 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2002 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags23
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
- Vehicle Speed Control11
- Visibility8
- Seats7
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17 | |
| 2003 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 20. 43% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Toyota Corolla drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Toyota Corolla years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 117 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2002 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 22, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted