NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Toyota Corolla Recalls
The 2021 Toyota Corolla has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on December 20, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Toyota Corolla. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 188
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Toyota Corolla, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2021 Toyota Corolla
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 23V865000
- Reported
- December 20, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 999,901
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Corolla, 10 other models
2021 Toyota Corolla complaints by year
NHTSA has received 188 owner complaints about the 2021 Toyota Corolla, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (10%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Toyota Corolla, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the engine (22%) and the electrical system (12%).
The 2021 Toyota Corolla's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2021 Toyota Corolla owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 39,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags53
- Engine41
- Unknown Or Other33
- Electrical System23
- Power Train19
- Visibility/Wiper15
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 52 | |
| 2025 | 55 | |
| 2026 | 32 |
Complaints about the 2021 Toyota Corolla peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 55. 54% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Toyota Corolla drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Toyota Corolla year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 188 complaints about the 2021 Toyota Corolla are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Corolla by model year
Other 2021 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted