Every Corolla model year from 2004 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Compact Passenger Car of the same year.
Across 22 scored model years the Corolla needs fixing less often than its class, and repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2012 is its strongest, 2009 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Compact Passenger Car sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | #11 /29 | 64th | ||
| 2005 | #21 /31 | 33th | ||
| 2006 | #10 /31 | 70th | ||
| 2007 | #7 /33 | 81th | ||
| 2008 | #4 /36 | 91th | ||
| 2009 | #19 /32 | 42th | Avoid | |
| 2010 | #18 /30 | 41th | ||
| 2011 | #11 /32 | 68th | ||
| 2012 | #3 /41 | 95th | Best year | |
| 2013 | #4 /43 | 93th | ||
| 2014 | #4 /41 | 93th | ||
| 2015 | #4 /39 | 92th | ||
| 2016 | #2 /38 | 97th | ||
| 2017 | #5 /41 | 90th | ||
| 2018 | #4 /35 | 91th | ||
| 2019 | #8 /34 | 79th | ||
| 2020 | #17 /27 | 38th | ||
| 2021 | #9 /25 | 67th | ||
| 2022 | #6 /29 | 82th | ||
| 2023 | #9 /22 | 62th | ||
| 2024 | #8 /22 | 67th | ||
| 2025 | #6 /18 | 71th |
The line has moved around across 22 model years, with its weakest stretch in 2009–2010. This 2025 car falls in a strong stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every Corolla model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Compact Passenger Car of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2023–2025), no single system stands out. All measured systems draw issue reports less often than the same systems on the average Compact Passenger Car of their year — a cleaner sheet than most of this class manages.
All 18 Compact Passenger Cars from 2025, plotted by how often they need fixes and what those fixes cost.
2012 is the strongest Corolla model year on record, ranking #3 of 41 Compact Passenger Cars that year.
2009 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #19 of 32.
The 2025 Corolla ranks #6 of 18 Compact Passenger Cars — the upper half of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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