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2016 Toyota Corolla brakes problems

The 2016 Toyota Corolla has 29 brakes complaints filed with NHTSA — 9% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

29

Brakes complaints

9%

Share of year

13

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Brakes complaints by year

Corolla brakes complaints by model year168 complaints1981: 2 complaints1987: 1 complaints1988: 1 complaints1989: 3 complaints1991: 2 complaints1992: 7 complaints1993: 2 complaints1994: 2 complaints1995: 26 complaints1996: 15 complaints1997: 9 complaints1998: 16 complaints1999: 7 complaints2000: 9 complaints2001: 15 complaints2002: 8 complaints2003: 34 complaints2004: 14 complaints2005: 37 complaints2006: 35 complaints2007: 47 complaints2008: 26 complaints2009: 121 complaints2010: 168 complaints2011: 22 complaints2012: 11 complaints2013: 24 complaints2014: 17 complaints2015: 18 complaints2016: 29 complaints2017: 26 complaints2018: 11 complaints2019: 17 complaints2020: 22 complaints2021: 10 complaints2022: 15 complaints2023: 6 complaints2024: 10 complaints2025: 7 complaints2026: 3 complaints
Corolla brakes complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE THERE HAS BEEN MANY TIMES THE BRAKES DELAY BEFORE STOPPING. THIS TIME THE CAR ACCIDENT. I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO BRAKE 4 THE CAR TO DTOP BUT THE BRAKE SCREECH AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTILL COLLISION. IN NOVEMBER THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY, TOYOTA SAID THE VEHICLE SPARK…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Brakes · February 24, 2017 · crash

Common questions

How many brakes complaints does the 2016 Toyota Corolla have?

NHTSA has 29 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Corolla brakes — 9% 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.