Recall Alert: 2010 Toyota Corolla

Toyota has issued a recall for 1,309 Corollas from the 2010 model year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The recall is due to a failure to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, “Occupant Crash Protection.” The driver-side sun visor has an airbag warning label that may fall off. The safety issue is only that this does not meet standard requirements. While the recall is not likely to lead to many accidents, it's an illustration of how many different violations can lead to a recall.

Dealers will replace the label or sun visor for free. Owners may contact Toyota at 800-331-4331 or the NHTSA vehicle safety hotline at 888-327-4236.

Comments

How mighty Toyota has fallen.

BOB:
How mighty Toyota has fallen.

You cant be serious its not like an accident has been caused or a death occured.

Mitsubishi had a recall because of something similar back in 04 or 05 I believe. Its amazing how something as simple as a typo or not enough glue can lead to a recall.

Recalls are part of the life and business of any car company... but my main concern is how Toyota became the first company in the world and started to lose money after a few months.

By the way, nice try to copy the great Mazda Protege.

"...how Toyota became the first company in the world and started to lose money after a few months."

Thinkerdude ,

remember ancient Greece?
They said: the higher you climb the harder you fall.
thousands years later it is still accurate.

"By the way, nice try to copy the great Mazda Protege."

Where? Who? what?

I think they might be expanding a little too much in terms of the number of models and I think that the Scion brand was unnecessary from the beginning; however, I will admit that I am not really sure how much of an impact Scion is having on the overall market or how much it is benefitting Toyota. On the other hand I do know that Lexus has always been doing well ever since it was created.

Expanding also means producing cars in ideal locations to save cost in the long run. Most cars built in Japan are high quality. This statement I can attest to; however, Toyota has assembly plants here in the U.S. and also in Canada for the North American market. The quality of cars coming off these assembly lines are still good but not as good. Small problems with craftsmanship can annoy customers who buy the car with high expectation of quality in addition to reliability. i.e. one of the rubber door moldings on my corolla (assembled in Canada) came loose within the first week. Despite that was the only problem, it worried me for a while since that has never happened to any of my old Toyotas (most of which are assembled in Japan).

Nonetheless, I still think Toyota is a reliable company and perhaps they can fix some issues in terms of quality control.

Also, I apologize if I have stated anything that is incorrect, so feel free to correct me.

R.L.-
Trust me, on here, if you said something wrong, people wouldn't need your permission to feel free to correct you. Heck, even if you aren't wrong, you can still feel assured that you'll get corrected! :)

This isn't the first time we've seen a recall for something this minor. I seem to recall (oh, the pun is so intended) a while back a recall for a typo in an owner's manual. I've always wondered if a recall is really necessary in these cases, or if something like a TSB would do the trick. That'd allow you to save recalls for stuff like sludge-o-matic engines, or exploding saddle bag fuel tanks. That way when people hear "recall" they'd pay more attention.
Maybe the state of California will do something about this. After all, their governor knows a thing or two about "Total Recall"(s).

Toyota just announced a recall for brakes on the Crapolla...Oh what you do for me Tojo Motors!

My company bought 22 2010 Toyota Corolla's and have had to replace all of them between 5000-10000 miles. Toyota reps are saying this is "normal wear and tear", which is total B.S. I have had the brakes replaced with both Japenese and American replacements, which both failed as well. We have now replaced them with ceramic brakes, which seem to be working much better.

We are working on getting reimbursed through Toyota, otherwise we will be forced to file a lawsuit against them.

If you have a 2010 Toyota Corolla and are experiencing this problem, please continue to complain until they start a recall and reimburse us our $5000 we are out because their brake compound sucks!

My 2010 corolla had a brake failure issue a couple of nights ago. i pressed the brakes and my corolla would not slow down, this caused me to crash into the rear of another vehicle. i filed a claim with toyota re: their brake issue, we will see what happenes

Wow, throttles flooring themselves killing people, now brakes burning up in 5k off the lot, lol whats next!!!! This is great, nobody has to down toyota, there doing it themselves being so greedy