NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2012 Toyota Corolla has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 446
- Crashes reported
- 41
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 Toyota Corolla
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module
- Campaign
- 20V024000
- Reported
- January 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,891,976
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2019 Corolla, 3 other models
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 2003–2011, 2013 Corolla, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V005000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,299,448
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013 Corolla, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V006000
- Reported
- January 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 577,875
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Corolla, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 13V014000
- Reported
- January 16, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,235
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013 Corolla, 15 other models
2012 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 446 owner complaints about the 2012 Toyota Corolla, the newest on September 16, 2026. Of these, 41 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the air bags (83%), followed by the steering (4%) and the vehicle speed control (4%).
5 of the 2012 Toyota Corolla's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (115 complaints), the median was 36,509 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags370
- Steering18
- Vehicle Speed Control16
- Structure14
- Electrical System13
- Service Brakes11
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 313 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 313. 14% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Toyota Corolla drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 19th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 446 complaints about the 2012 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2012 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: September 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted