Other speed control problem on the 2007 Toyota Corolla
43 crashes 18 injuries 1 death 62 of the 82 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other speed control problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Toyota Corolla report other speed control problem at a median of 32,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 52,500 miles, from 68 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 78,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 2,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 75,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 73,051 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
51% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,850 miles | 15,925 miles | 32,500 miles | 52,156 miles | 74,901 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 43 a crash, 18 an injury and 1 a fatality are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $250–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 23 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2010, at a median of 6,000 miles, and latest on the 2000 at 130,000 miles.
By volume the 2009 carries the most reports, with 163; the 2007 has 82. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota corolla. While driving 2 MPH, the contact depressed the brake pedal, but depressed the accelerator pedal as well. The vehicle struck a pole. The bumper was scratched. He stated that the brake and accelerator pedals were too close to one another. The failure mileage was 5 and current mileage was 5,000. Updated 02-14-08 bf * updated 02/14/08 *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota corolla. While attempting to park the vehicle, it surged forward and caused a minor crash. One year later, while attempting to drive uphill with the accelerator pedal slightly depressed, the failure recurred. The contact struck a metal post. There were no prior warnings before the failures occurred. She is currently in the process of having the vehicle inspected. The speed was unknown. The failure mileage was 1,500 and current mileage was 2,700. *additional information: the vehicle was in an independent mechanic shop getting an oil change. The mechanic asked the contact to drive onto platform and the contact states the vehicle over accelerated and hit a post.*smch
When I took my foot off the gas pedal the car continued forward as though my foot was still feeding gas. As a result I hit a parked car next to the slot I was trying to pull into. No damage to the car I hit but $2500 estimate for body repair to the car I was driving. I have had infrequent similar experiences with this car, but always in the past it has been momentary and inconsequential car will be repaired and is being taken in to service for correction of the problem described above. *tr
Also reported on the 2007 Toyota Corolla
Airbag inflator rupture
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
Other steering problem
Other brake problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 82 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other speed control problem happen on the 2007 Toyota Corolla?
Across 68 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 32,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 15,000 miles and a quarter after 52,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other speed control problem on the 2007 Toyota Corolla?
82 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.6 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed