2018 Toyota Corolla IM Transmission and drivetrain Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 25%of 8 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 66,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2018 Toyota Corolla IM, 25% of the 8 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 66,500 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was driving at 65 miles per hour on the freeway suddenly the RPM idle when to almost 700 RPM and quickly dropped to 0 RPM and started loosing speed , my brakes were hard to press .and we quickly notice that the transmission blew out.”
NHTSA complaint #11310013, filed 2020-02, 66,500 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10164330Jul 1, 2019TSB: REVISION NOTICE July 01, 2019 Rev2: ? Applicability has been updated to 2019 ? 2020 model year Toyota vehicles. ? The Techstream Preparation and Process Overview sections…
- 10153252Jan 25, 2019TSB: Some 2014 ? 2018 model year Corolla and 2017 ? 2018 model year iM vehicles equipped with the K313 Continuously Variable Transaxle (CVT) may exhibit a high-pitched hiss or…
Transmission and drivetrain: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 25% |
| 2017 | 2 | 17% |
Other parts of the 2018 Toyota Corolla IM
2 complaintsSteering
2 complaintsAir bags
1 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsElectrical system
1 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsFuel system
1 complaintsLane departure
1 complaintsOther or unknown
1 complaintsSuspension
1 complaintsTires
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2018 Toyota Corolla IM
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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