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2007 Toyota Corolla Seat belts Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA

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Seat belts reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
12
Latest Jun 3, 2021
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
1%
of 836 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
3
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
4

What this page shows

Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Toyota Corolla submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming seat belt

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Seat belts
Filed Jun 3, 2021

My car's all seatbelts not retracting properly, especially the both rare belts. Needs to fix immediately.

NHTSA ID
11419494
Incident
Jun 3, 2021
Seat belts
Filed May 28, 2021

Rare Left, Right and central seat belts are loose. Not working.

NHTSA ID
11418928
Incident
May 28, 2021
AirbagsEngineSeat belts
Filed Jan 13, 2019

TAKATA RECALL, EL CARRO FUE COMPRADO EN LA FLORIDA Y TRADO A HONDURAS, TEGUCIGALPA, HUBO UN PROBLEMA CON LA BOLSA, EST EXPLOTADA Y PARECER MI VEHCULO DEBI SER RETIRADO SEGN LA INFORMACIN QUE VEO, POR LO CUAL QUIERO PEDIR AYUDA DE USTEDES CON VER SI LA CONCESIONARIA DE HONDURAS DE TOYOTA, ME SOLUCIONA MI PROBLEMA DE LAS BOLSAS DE AIRE E IGUAL A HACERLE UN CHEQUE DEL MOTOR POR CAUSAS DE APAGONES INESPERADOS MIENTRAS CRCULO.

NHTSA ID
11166691
Incident
Jan 1, 2018
Mileage
73,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Jul 16, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO SECURE A CHILD SAFETY SEAT, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND FAILED TO SECURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

NHTSA ID
10734553
Incident
May 1, 2015
Mileage
64,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Jul 10, 2015

WE WHERE DRIVING BACK FROM A FAMILY FUNCTION AND WHEN WE GOT HOME, THE SEATBELT WOULD NOT RETRACT BACK IN. WE HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SEATBELTS LOCKING FOR AWHILE BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE BELT DID NOT RETRACT. I CALL THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $800.00 SO I DID NOT GET IT FIXED BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD IT. THE SECOND SEATBELT WENT OUT WHILE WE WERE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65MPH AND WERE AT ABOUT 100,000 MILES. THE SEATBELT LOCKED SO WE REMOVED IT TO RESET IT AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THEN IT STOPPED WORKING. THE THIRD REAR BELT WAS A HARD TIME RETRACTING AS WELL. THE DEALER TESTED IT AND IT ALSO FAILED THEIR TESTS. THE DEALER NOW SAYS THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT MECHANICAL FAILURE AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MILEAGE. THIS HAS BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT A DIME INTO THIS REPAIR.

NHTSA ID
10733319
Incident
Nov 14, 2012
Mileage
75,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed May 21, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SEAT BELTS RETRACTORS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

NHTSA ID
10593242
Incident
Apr 13, 2014
Mileage
50,000 mi
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Apr 13, 2014
Crash reported1 injury reported

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2013 AT ABOUT 5 PM I DROVE OUT OF A PARKING LOT IN THE LEFT LANE TAKING A LEFT TURN AND CONTINUED DRIVING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE, WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR; IT WAS DARK AND STARTING TO DRIZZLE;I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT;I WAS SUDDENLY HIT FROM BEHIND BY A CAR AND WE CRASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME;IMMEDIATELY UPON REAR IMPACT I WAS THROWN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AT AN ANGLE HITTING MY STERNUM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL;MY INJURIES WERE A SEVERELY BRUISED STERNUM, AND CONTINUING NECK AND BACK INJURIES; MY CAR WAS TOTALED;I CONTACTED TOYOTA ON NOVEMBER 30, 2013 TO COMPLAIN AS MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK;ON JANUARY 16, 2014 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOYOTA STATING THAT THEY INSPECTED THE CAR ON DECEMBER 23, 2013; I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A COPY OF THE INSPECTION, WHICH I DID NOT;THE RESPONSE FROM TOYOTA WAS THAT FOR THE NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE OVERRODE THE FRONT BUMPER OF MY VEHICLE;FOR THE SEATBELT FAILING TO LOCK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES OBSERVED WITH THE SEATBELT AND LATCHED;I AM REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION OF MY COMPLAINT;ALTHOUGH TOYOTA IS STATING THAT THE SEATBELT LATCHED AND RELEASED AS DESIGNED MY CONCERN IS NOT THAT THE SEATBELT LATCHED AND RELEASED BUT THAT THE SEATBELT FAILED TO LOCK AND I KNOW THAT THE SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK BECAUSE IF IT HAD WORKED PROPERLY I WOULD NOT HAVE SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY;TOYOTA STATED THAT THE INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS NOT A RESULT OF A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT;MY COMPLAINT IS NOT THAT THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT WITH THE CAR AS THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE OTHER DRIVER BUT THAT IF THE AIR BAG AND SEATBELT FUNCTIONED AS EXPECTED, MY INJURIES MAY HAVE BEEN AVOIDED OR NOT AS SEVERE. *JS

NHTSA ID
10579451
Incident
Nov 26, 2013
Mileage
91,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Sep 18, 2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT BECAME UNLATCHED INDEPENDENTLY AND WOULD NOT SECURE AROUND THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

NHTSA ID
10475855
Incident
Sep 16, 2012
Mileage
57,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Sep 14, 2011

SEATBELT IN MIDDLE 2ND ROW NOT FUNCTIONING-- WOULD NOT TIGHTEN UP AND ONCE IT DID RETRACT- IT LOCKED IN ITS FULL RETRACTED POSITION AND WILL NOT LOOSEN TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. *KB

NHTSA ID
10425440
Incident
Aug 5, 2011
Seat belts
Filed May 11, 2011

REGULAR USE OF THE GRACO SNUGRIDE 32 AND BASE IN 2007 COROLLA. THE CARSEAT WILL FLIP SIDEWAYS BUT REMAIN INSTALLED IN THE BASE. IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH NOW THAT THE BABY IS 17 LBS IT CAN OCCUR ON A SHORT TRIP, LESS THAT 10 MINUTES IN THE CAR. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF THE FLIPPING. THE CARSEAT BASE IS REINSTALLED WEEKLY AT MINIMUM IN ATTEMPT TO DECREASE THE FREQUENCY THAT THE CAR SEAT FLIPS. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS "IF THE CAR SEAT IS NOT FITTING SAFE IN THE MIDDLE SEAT, THEN YOU WOULD WANT TO USE ONE OF THE SIDE SEATS WITH THE LATCH SYSTEM." TOYOTA RECOMMENDS THE CARSEAT BE INSTALLED IN THE CENTER SEAT HOWEVER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10399998
Incident
Feb 15, 2011
AirbagsBrakesSeat belts
Filed Dec 28, 2010
Crash reported1 injury reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACTS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 60 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THEY DID NOT RESPOND, AND CONSEQUENTLY SHE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RESTRAIN HER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERAL LACERATIONS TO THE HEAD AS WELL AS SEVERAL BRUISES AND BODY SWELLING. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,500. UPDATED 02/23/11 *BF UPDATED 10/14/11 *JB UPDATED 12/05/2011 *LN

NHTSA ID
10372724
Incident
Dec 19, 2010
Mileage
29,500 mi
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Apr 28, 2010
Crash reported2 injuries reported

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA REAR-ENDED IN COLLISION RESULTING IN THE 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT - THE 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGE BROKE, NOT RESTRAINING THE PASSENGER IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10327878
Incident
Mar 2, 2009

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