NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2013 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 2013 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
- 201
- Crashes reported
- 46
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 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 2011–2012, 2014–2019 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 2003–2012 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 2010–2012 Corolla, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V024000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 628,018
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Corolla, 9 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 2010–2012 Corolla, 15 other models
2013 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 201 owner complaints about the 2013 Toyota Corolla, the newest on January 22, 2026. Of these, 46 describe a crash (23%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 51 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the air bags (36%), followed by the steering (19%) and the service brakes (11%).
5 of the 2013 Toyota Corolla's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (138 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags72
- Steering39
- Service Brakes23
- Vehicle Speed Control18
- Engine16
- Unknown Or Other15
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 42 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 42. 50% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Toyota Corolla drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 17th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 201 complaints about the 2013 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2013 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: January 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted