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2015 Toyota Corolla Electrical Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA

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Electrical 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.
19
Latest Aug 19, 2023
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.
9%
of 219 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.
5
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
2

What this page shows

Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2015 Toyota Corolla submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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 electrical

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

Electrical
Filed Aug 19, 2023

Vehicle touch screen does not accurately depict where touched. This prevents being able to access car information or settings.

NHTSA ID
11539500
Incident
Mar 19, 2022
Electrical
Filed Aug 5, 2023

I connect my phone to the hand free system especially when traveling, the screen and monitor has been malfunctioning now to the point where I am not able to adjust speakers sound, source and volume. I am only able to to hear from rear speakers. It is illegal to drive and use mobile devices so to be able to connect to a properly working systems is most definitely needed. I have notice that quite a few drivers of Corollas have this issue and dealers wants approximately a thousand dollars to fix (that a new stereo system). Please investigate this issue and recall for repair. Thank you!

NHTSA ID
11536657
Incident
Jul 1, 2022
Electrical
Filed Apr 12, 2021

THE TOUCHSCREEN FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT CONSOLE DOES NOT WORK. YOU CANNOT SELECT ANY BUTTONS FROM THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SCREEN.

NHTSA ID
11407813
Incident
Apr 12, 2021
Electrical
Filed Sep 29, 2020

ALL THE ACTUATORS HAVE GONE BAD AND DO NOT WORK, AND IS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX. THE CAR ONLY HAS 29000 MILES ON IT.

NHTSA ID
11361886
Incident
Jul 15, 2020
Mileage
29,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Mar 1, 2020

HAVE REPLACED BATTERY TWICE SINCE 7/2019. BATTERY IS DRAINED IF CAR IS NOT USED FOR 4 DAYS. TOYOTA DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. SAYS CAR MUST BE USED EVERY TWO DAYS TO KEEP BATTERY CHARGED.

NHTSA ID
11315436
Incident
Nov 25, 2019
Mileage
22,320 mi
Electrical
Filed Jan 24, 2020

THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING FOR THE BOTTOM HALF AND THE DEALERSHIP TRIED CHARGING ME TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR..

NHTSA ID
11301671
Incident
Jan 1, 2018
Mileage
30,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Jan 22, 2020

DRIVER SIDE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK SYSTEM HAS FAILED! DOES NOT OPERATE USING THE FOB, THE KEY HAS TO BE INSERTED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOOR!!

NHTSA ID
11301183
Incident
Jan 2, 2020
Mileage
62,000 mi
Body & structureElectrical
Filed Mar 23, 2019

LOCK ACTUATOR FAILURE. THE ELMOR TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN HUNTINGTON BEACH CALIFORNIA TOLD ME WITH OUT PERFORMING ANY DIAGNOSTIC THAT MY DRIVER AND PASSENGER LOCK ACTUATOR IS FAILING AND DUE TO THE USE OF GEL AIR FRESHENERS.. WHICH I DO NOT USE.. BOTH FROM DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS DO NOT LOCK AND UNLOCK WITH KEY FOB OR PANEL INSIDE THE CAR DOOR. THEY DO NOT LOCK EITHER WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THEY ONLY UNLOCK WITH MY MECHANICALLY USE THE KEY FROM THE FOB OR I HAVE TO FLIP THE DOOR OPEN FROM INSIDE THE CAR.

NHTSA ID
11191146
Incident
Feb 27, 2019
ElectricalSteering
Filed Mar 19, 2019

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND HOLE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND THE KEY BROKE IN THE IGNITION.

NHTSA ID
11189859
Incident
Mar 18, 2019
Mileage
34,000 mi
Body & structureElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Dec 8, 2018
Fire reported

TRUNK FIRE UNKNOWN CAUSE, CAR WAS PARKED

NHTSA ID
11157027
Incident
Dec 8, 2018
Mileage
60,000 mi
ElectricalSteering
Filed Jan 31, 2018

WHEN I PUSH THE START BUTTON ON MY VEHICLE IT TAKES A MINUTE TO START. IT DOESN'T START UP RIGHT AWAY LIKE IT USED TO. THEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOCKED MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. WHEN I DRIVE THE VEHICLE THE WHEEL THEN GETS LOOSE.

NHTSA ID
11066009
Incident
Jan 29, 2018
Body & structureElectricalVisibility
Filed Nov 30, 2017

I WANT TO REPORT THAT I FOUND A LOOSE BOLT POKING OUT OF THE DRAIN HOLE ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR OF OUR 2015 TOYTOTA COROLLA. IT WAS ORIENTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT ONLY THE THREADED END WAS POKING OUT THE HOLE AND HELD INSIDE THE DOOR BY THE BOLT HEAD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AS A COURTESY THEY REMOVED THE DOOR PANEL AND DETERMINED IT HAD COME FROM ONE OF THE WINDOW PARTS (REGULATOR OR MOTOR). THEY REINSTALLED AND TIGHTENED THE BOLT. I READ ON THE INTERNET THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH PREVIOUS TOYOTAS AND CREATED SAFETY CONCERNS. THIS MAY BE A CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH TOYOTAS. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY SMALL CHANCE THAT THE BOLT ACTUALLY LANDED IN A FASHION TO PARTIALLY STICK OUT OF THE DRAIN HOLE SO I WAS ABLE TO SPOT THIS, SO I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF OTHER WINDOW BOLTS IN THE CAR HAVE, OR WILL, COME LOOSE AND FALL INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE DOORS WITHOUT DETECTION. THIS MAY ALSO BE THE CASE WITH MANY OTHER COROLLAS SOLD. BOLTS THAT BECOME LOOSE AND FALL OFF OF WINDOW PARTS COULD LEAD TO INADVERTENT AND DANGEROUS FAILURE OF WINDOWS ON THE ROAD. I SUGGEST YOU INVESTIGATE THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.

NHTSA ID
11051602
Incident
Sep 19, 2017
Electrical
Filed Oct 10, 2017

TAMARA RECALL I HAVE A 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA LE I HAVE SEARCHED ALL OVER THE WEB AND FIND ALL ASPECTS OF THIS VEHICLE AND COMPLAINTS ARE THE SAME THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS FAULTY WIRING ON THE PCM THIS CODE KEEP POPPING UP WHEN I CONNECT MY COMPUTER TO IT P2757 WHICH IS P2757 MEANS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID DUE TO A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER OR SOLENOID OR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD IT SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM THIS CAR ONLY HAS 6,100 MILES AND I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR ALL MOST A YEAR ALSO THE THE TRAC OFF LIGHT IS ALSO ON WHICH MEANS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ABS SYSTEM ALSO SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR THIS CAR TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM THIS CAR IS TO NEW

NHTSA ID
11032693
Incident
Oct 6, 2017
AirbagsElectricalOther / unspecified
Filed Aug 13, 2017
Crash reported1 injury reported

TAMARA RECALL MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING IMPACT. CONSTANT LOWVTIRE PRESSURE AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES

NHTSA ID
11014880
Incident
May 29, 2015
Mileage
55,000 mi
Driver assistanceElectricalPowertrain (other)
Filed Dec 19, 2016
Crash reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY BEGAN TO ROLL AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE FOR APPROXIMATELY A MONTH BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND SENT A FIELD SUPERVISOR TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

NHTSA ID
10936233
Incident
Sep 30, 2016
Mileage
22,000 mi
Body & structureElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Oct 15, 2015
Crash reported1 injury reported

ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING AND EIGHTEEN WHEELER CAME OVER ON MY CAR AND HIT AND DRAGGED MY UNTIL MY DETACHED FROM THE TRUCK SPIN AROUND AND THE BACK OF MY CAR SLAMMED INTO THE MEDIAN WALL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY....UPDATED 10/29/15*BF

NHTSA ID
10782267
Incident
Sep 30, 2015
Mileage
17,000 mi
ElectricalEnginePowertrain (other)
Filed Oct 2, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED OR DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,900. UPDATED 1/21/16 *SS *TR

NHTSA ID
10779291
Incident
Sep 22, 2015
Mileage
4,900 mi
Driver assistanceElectricalPowertrain (other)
Filed Jul 16, 2015
Crash reported

FILING A COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF OUR INSURED/POLICYHOLDER. SHE WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE AND FOOT APPLIED ON BRAKE, AT THIS TIME THE ACCELERATOR BEGAN SURGING AND THE VEHICLE WHILE IN REVERSE AND BRAKE BEING PRESSED WENT UP IN SPEED TO POSSIBLY 35 MILES PER HOUR AND ACROSS THE STREET, HIT CURB AND JUMPED CURB, AND THE REAR END ULTIMATELY STRUCK A TREE AND CAME TO A REST IN THE OPPOSING HOME'S YARD. RESEARCH ONLINE SUCH AS THE LATIMES.COM SHOWS THAT THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL HAS HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF ACCELERATOR SURGING OCCURRING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE.

NHTSA ID
10734509
Incident
Jul 14, 2015
ElectricalSteering
Filed Feb 12, 2015

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND FAILED TO ROTATE WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. USING MY FULL WEIGHT I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL AND THANKFULLY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AVOIDED HITTING ME. TOYOTA TOWED MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR ONLY TWO MONTHS, AND IT WAS PURCHASED WITH LESS THAN 10 MILES. AFTER A DAY OF TESTING, I WAS TOLD THAT AN ELECTRICAL ITEM MALFUNCTIONED. THE PIECE HAS TO BE REPLACED AND IS ON BACKORDER. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SCARY INCIDENT AND UNBELIEVABLE CONSIDERING THE AGE OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10682998
Incident
Feb 9, 2015
Mileage
1,869 mi

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