Other steering problem on the 2013 Toyota Corolla
1 crash 1 of the 31 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 steering problem gets reported
Owners of the 2013 Toyota Corolla report other steering problem at a median of 10,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 100 miles and a quarter after 32,500 miles, from 26 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 100 miles at the tenth percentile to 65,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 65,430 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
73% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 miles | 100 miles | 8,875 miles | 33,250 miles | 65,500 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, 1 a crash is 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 $350–$2,400 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 22 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2010, at a median of 1,000 miles, and latest on the 2000 at 135,000 miles.
By volume the 2010 carries the most reports, with 342; the 2013 has 31. 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 noticed a rattle sound around steering wheel so I took corolla to service department. Technician was able to find the rattle. Dealership service center contacted toyota and they we're advised to replace my entire steering wheel column. The rattle sound is gone but since they replaced the steering wheel column there seems to be over rotation of the steering wheel (meaning I have to turn the wheel more than usual to make a right or left hand turn), steering wheel will not return to the center like normal and makes a rubbing sound when I turn left or right while parked or driving at very low speeds 5-10 MPH. Technician and service advisor stated they felt the car drove fine and that they did everything they could to remedy the problem. I will be taking my car to service department one more time to see if they can figure out what the rubbing noise is and why my vehicle steering is not as it should be. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota corolla. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds he noticed that the steering wheel had become loose. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 30. The current mileage was approximately 1,200. The VIN was unavailable. *tr
I just bought a 2013 toyota corolla on friday 4/12/13 and noticed while driving off the lot the steering wheel was cocked to the left a little and if straightened the car would veer to the right. I figured I would take it in next week to get fixed but wasn't too worried about it. The next night I was driving for the first time on the freeway around 65-70 MPH and felt like the car was all over the road and it was very hard to keep it straight in the lane. It felt like it was really windy and the car was being pushed left and right even if I kept the wheel straight. I immediately contacted the sales manager and told him I was taking the vehicle back the next day. I brought the vehicle in and the sales manager test drove the car with me in it and he felt the same thing I felt. The car stayed overnight until service dept was open for monday. I came to pick up the vehicle the next day and saw that the steering wheel was fixed, but once on the freeway it did the exact same thing so I took it back immediately and had the service manager test drive the vehicle, he too felt the problem and said to bring it back wednesday because a rep from…
Also reported on the 2013 Toyota Corolla
Airbag inflator rupture
Seat belt or retractor failure
Other speed control problem
Airbag failed to deploy in a crash
Other brake problem
Other engine problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 31 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 steering problem happen on the 2013 Toyota Corolla?
Across 26 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 10,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 100 miles and a quarter after 32,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other steering problem on the 2013 Toyota Corolla?
31 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