NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2008 Toyota Corolla has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Toyota Corolla. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 314
- Crashes reported
- 74
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Toyota Corolla, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2008 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 2003–2007, 2009–2013 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 2003–2007 Corolla, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V127000
- Reported
- March 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 147,242
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V128000
- Reported
- March 2, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,163
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 10V384000
- Reported
- August 26, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,128,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007 Corolla, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Corolla, 17 other models
2008 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 314 owner complaints about the 2008 Toyota Corolla, the newest on September 10, 2026. Of these, 74 describe a crash (24%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 47 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the air bags (44%), followed by the vehicle speed control (17%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
4 of the 2008 Toyota Corolla's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (182 complaints), the median was 39,645 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags138
- Vehicle Speed Control54
- Engine And Engine Cooling33
- Electrical System22
- Engine21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 77 | |
| 2011 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 96 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 96. 42% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Toyota Corolla drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 314 complaints about the 2008 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2008 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted