Two problems related to brake master cylinder have been reported for the 2007 Toyota Corolla. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Toyota Corolla based on all problems reported for the 2007 Corolla.
I am filing a complaint to report a brake failure on my Toyota Corolla 2007 with 42,000 miles on the odometer. On June 25, 2013, I was in the passenger seat and my son was driving the car when the brakes began to fail. To slow down, he had to push on the brake pedal gradually further and further until it eventually reached the floor, making then the hissing sound of air forced through a small opening. We went into a parking lot and, by the time we found a space, the brakes were gone. We used the hand-brake to stop. Two hours later, when the tow truck came, I discovered that the brakes were functional again. The next day, the dealer, Toyota north of mount kisco, NY, was unable to replicate the failure and was at a loss to advise me. The brakes being so critical to safe driving and intermittent failure being unacceptable, I decided to change the master cylinder at own my expense. Regrettably, when I went to get the car on June 28, 1013, I was told that neither the dealer nor Toyota would take the master cylinder apart to understand why it failed. An opportunity to improve future safety was lost.
Brakes failed, pedal goes to floor, attempt to press brake pedal again still results in pedal moving to floor with no braking. Hit car in front. 2nd occurrence. First occurrence in June 2011. Dealer said they could find nothing wrong. Same problem occurred on 2/21/2012. Brakes then work after incident. Failure seems intermittent. Dealer service manager says he thinks the problem could be a master cylinder. Toyota investigating. So far had investigator inspect car but have not yet authorized dealer to do any repairs.