2022 Toyota Corolla: owner complaints and recalls

The 2022 Toyota Corolla has no recall campaigns on file, but owners have still filed 95 complaints, most often about electrical system.

95
Complaints
0
Recalls
12
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
10
Injuries
134.7
Severity index

Severity index 134.7 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 134.7p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2022 Toyota Corolla sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 96 2022 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2022 Toyota Corolla ranks 13 of 96 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 86% of its model-year peers. See the full 2022 ranking.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 19 complaints (20.0%)19 20%Power TrainPower Train: 15 complaints (15.8%)15 16%Service BrakesService Brakes: 14 complaints (14.7%)14 15%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 14 complaints (14.7%)14 15%EngineEngine: 13 complaints (13.7%)13 14%Air BagsAir Bags: 9 complaints (9.5%)9 9%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 9 complaints (9.5%)9 9%StructureStructure: 7 complaints (7.4%)7 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1920.0%
POWER TRAIN1515.8%
SERVICE BRAKES1414.7%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1414.7%
ENGINE1313.7%
AIR BAGS99.5%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING99.5%
STRUCTURE77.4%

Complaints filed per year

012242021: 12022: 202023: 242024: 152025: 182026: 17 (partial year)21222324242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20211
202220
202324
202415
202518
2026 (year to date)17
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 2.7x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.