NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2005 Toyota Corolla has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Toyota Corolla. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 854
- Crashes reported
- 114
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Toyota Corolla, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2005 Toyota Corolla
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V741000
- Reported
- October 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 928,220
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2013 Corolla, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V627000
- Reported
- August 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 229,460
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2008 Corolla, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V883000
- Reported
- December 12, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 168,993
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Corolla, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V285000
- Reported
- May 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,973,468
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2007 Corolla, 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V286000
- Reported
- May 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,069,055
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2007 Corolla, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V384000
- Reported
- August 26, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,128,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008 Corolla, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006 Corolla, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006 Corolla, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006 Corolla, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Corolla, 46 other models
2005 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 854 owner complaints about the 2005 Toyota Corolla, the newest on October 12, 2026. Of these, 114 describe a crash (13%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 89 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the air bags (54%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (11%) and the vehicle speed control (8%).
5 of the 2005 Toyota Corolla's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (435 complaints), the median was 69,889 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags457
- Engine And Engine Cooling92
- Vehicle Speed Control66
- Electrical System59
- Power Train37
- Engine29
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 23 | |
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 22 | |
| 2009 | 29 | |
| 2010 | 158 | |
| 2011 | 45 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 237 | |
| 2016 | 134 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2005 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 237. 11% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Toyota Corolla drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 13th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 854 complaints about the 2005 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2005 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted