Other powertrain problem on the 2010 Toyota Corolla
9 crashes 1 injury 10 of the 37 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 powertrain problem gets reported
Owners of the 2010 Toyota Corolla report other powertrain problem at a median of 27,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 2,500 miles and a quarter after 80,000 miles, from 34 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 92,000 miles. It is the 8th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 500 miles at the tenth percentile to 92,500 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 91,476 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.
53% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484 miles | 2,225 miles | 28,000 miles | 80,000 miles | 91,960 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, 9 a crash and 1 an injury 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 $400–$4,500 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.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 24 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2017, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2000 at 120,000 miles.
By volume the 2003 carries the most reports, with 42; the 2010 has 37. 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.
I bought a 2010 toyota corolla and had the pedal sticking twice in cold weather . When taken to the dealer ship I was advised that everything was fine and I ask if they had any problems . I was told no in fact they did not even bother taking down my complaint. I again returned to the toyota dealership after the story broke on the news. I am now being told that it only effects some camry and not the corolla. I feel that toyota has gone out of its way to hide this from the public. Further the last time the pedal stuck I was on the high way going 50 MPH. And had to put it in neutral and pump the pedal until it returned to normal. Again please not that this information was given to them before it was made public in the news.after I became aware of the news . I took it back to them and this time they have no way to fix the problem. I hope that the NHTSA look into how many people brought this to toyota attention only to be told there was not a problem , how many people died or have been hurt because toyota tried to hide the problem. And what am I going to do or what they plan to do to make things right. I need to operate my vehicle , I…
For entire time owned - there is a gap of seconds between pressing gas pedal and actual acceleration. When I press gas pedal there is a hesitation leading me to press harder. Then of course the car has a sudden sprint in acceleration. This is not safe. I have had the car for 5.5 months so I am getting better at waiting instead of pressing harder. But I feel this is definitely a defect. I inquired over phone with service manager where I purchased - explanation: I am not use to a 4 cylinder, which I believed because I have never driven a 4 cylinder. But, I am beginning not to believe this excuse. *tw
1. Gave my 2010 toyota corolla for recall fix - a0a safety call 2. Drove the car home around 4:30 pm after the fix and parked in my home drive way 3. Around 4:31 pm reversing from my drive was and almost ran on the road, the car started reverse acceleration , took a turn and hit the small tree and stopped as the tree stem stuck under the car. 4. Reported the same incidence to toyota and the dealer and towed the vehic le to toyota service station where it was serviced. *tr ...updated 02/11/15 *bf updated 6/11/2015 *js
Also reported on the 2010 Toyota Corolla
Other steering problem
Airbag inflator rupture
Other speed control problem
Other brake problem
Other electrical problem
Other body or interior problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 37 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 powertrain problem happen on the 2010 Toyota Corolla?
Across 34 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 27,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 2,500 miles and a quarter after 80,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other powertrain problem on the 2010 Toyota Corolla?
37 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.3 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