NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2018 Toyota Corolla has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 17, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Toyota Corolla. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 135
- Crashes reported
- 26
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Toyota Corolla, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2018 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 2011–2017, 2019 Corolla, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 20V012000
- Reported
- January 13, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,830,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Corolla, 21 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 19V503000
- Reported
- June 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,325
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 2019 Corolla, 4 other models
2018 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 135 owner complaints about the 2018 Toyota Corolla, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 26 describe a crash (19%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the air bags (27%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (17%) and the engine (12%).
1 of the 2018 Toyota Corolla's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2018 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (73 complaints), the median was 17,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags36
- Fuel/Propulsion System23
- Unknown Or Other18
- Engine16
- Fuel System, Gasoline15
- Electrical System12
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 45 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2018 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 45. 67% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Toyota Corolla drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 18th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 135 complaints about the 2018 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2018 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted