2012 Toyota Corolla vehicle speed control problems
16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2012 Toyota Corolla — 4% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The contact owned a 2012 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while parking in a post office parking lot and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle experienced sudden and unintended acceleration, crashed into a tree, and shut off. There was no warning light illuminated before or after the…”
filed Dec 9, 2025
“I was positioning the car into a parking place when it accelerated forward very quickly. It seemed to me that it made two spurts, veering to the right, before crashing into an area of bushes and small trees bisecting the grass strip that divided two areas of the parking lot. I was not injured, and…”
filed Jun 18, 2016
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Corolla years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Corolla | 2 | 7% |
| 2024 Corolla | 2 | 3% |
| 2023 Corolla | 1 | 1% |
| 2022 Corolla | 2 | 2% |
| 2021 Corolla | 7 | 4% |
| 2020 Corolla | 4 | 1% |
| 2019 Corolla | 13 | 7% |
| 2018 Corolla | 11 | 8% |
| 2017 Corolla | 29 | 16% |
| 2016 Corolla | 22 | 10% |
| 2015 Corolla | 18 | 8% |
| 2014 Corolla | 29 | 11% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2012 Toyota Corolla
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.