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1997 Toyota Corolla seat belts problems

The 1997 Toyota Corolla has 39 seat belts complaints filed with NHTSA — 26% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

39

Seat Belts complaints

26%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Seat Belts complaints by year

Corolla seat belts complaints by model year39 complaints1981: 1 complaints1982: 1 complaints1984: 4 complaints1986: 2 complaints1987: 3 complaints1988: 7 complaints1989: 2 complaints1990: 4 complaints1991: 15 complaints1992: 9 complaints1993: 15 complaints1994: 26 complaints1995: 16 complaints1996: 18 complaints1997: 39 complaints1998: 17 complaints1999: 9 complaints2000: 9 complaints2002: 6 complaints2003: 38 complaints2004: 14 complaints2005: 6 complaints2006: 5 complaints2007: 11 complaints2008: 5 complaints2009: 11 complaints2010: 13 complaints2011: 6 complaints2012: 7 complaints2013: 12 complaints2014: 15 complaints2015: 8 complaints2016: 26 complaints2017: 11 complaints2018: 11 complaints2019: 9 complaints2020: 8 complaints2021: 8 complaints2022: 1 complaints2023: 1 complaints2024: 1 complaints2026: 1 complaints
Corolla seat belts complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“THE FRONT SEAT BELT WIRES PART OF RUBBED TOGETHER UNTILL THE SEAT BELT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE SEAT BELT HAS A DEFECT IN IT. THIS REPORT IS FROM A FIRE FIGHTER. *AK”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Seat Belts · February 2, 1997 · fire

Common questions

How many seat belts complaints does the 1997 Toyota Corolla have?

NHTSA has 39 complaints about the 1997 Toyota Corolla seat belts — 26% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.