Vehicle report
1989 TOYOTA COROLLA
This model year
What the record shows
The 1989 Toyota Corolla is a subcompact car, and the 21st model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1969 to 2027.
The EPA rated six configurations: a single 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine, 4-wheel or all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive, three transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 22 to 28 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 23 owner complaints, 2 safety recalls and 16 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.