The 1980 Corolla was catalogued in twelve separate configurations: ten Base cars spread across five body styles — 2D Coupe, 2D Hatchback, 2D Sedan, 4D Sedan and 4D Wagon — each split again by automatic or standard transmission, plus the SR5 Coupe and SR5 Hatchback. That spread is the reason the badge on the back is not enough to identify the car you are working on. Service figures are tied to the 1980 model year and to the exact trim, body and transmission on the door tag, not carried across from a neighboring year or a later revision of the same body.
Trims
- Base, 2D Coupe, Automatic Trans
- Base, 2D Coupe, Standard Trans
- Base, 2D Hatchback, Automatic Trans
- Base, 2D Hatchback, Standard Trans
- Base, 2D Sedan, Automatic Trans
- Base, 2D Sedan, Standard Trans
- Base, 4D Sedan, Automatic Trans
- Base, 4D Sedan, Standard Trans
- Base, 4D Wagon, Automatic Trans
- Base, 4D Wagon, Standard Trans
- SR5, 2D Coupe
- SR5, 2D Hatchback
Known issues on the 1980 Corolla. One recall stands on the federal record for this model year — NHTSA campaign 80V045000 — filed against the electrical system under the alternator, generator and regulator group. A faulty press die used in manufacturing alternator pulleys left pulleys installed on certain vehicles able to crack and break during vehicle operation; the battery would then be constantly drained. Owners have filed 2 complaints against the 1980 Corolla, and 7 technical service bulletins have been issued for it.
When you are under the hood of one of these, the door tag is what decides which numbers apply — Base or SR5, which of the five bodies, and on the Base cars which transmission. That is exactly the distinction the twelve entries above are drawing, and it is the one to settle before you touch a torque wrench.
DUE TO A FAULTY PRESS DIE USED IN MANUFACTURING ALTERNATOR PULLEYS, PULLEYS INSTALLED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES MAY CRACK AND BREAK DURING VEHICLE OPERATION
DEALER WILL REPLACE THE ENGINE ALTERNATOR PULLEYS ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNERS.
TSB: Replacement certification labels (the vinyl label installed on the driver door or door post) and VIN plates (the metal plate riveted to dashboard) (see Figure 1) for most 1979 ? 2023 model year vehicles may be available provided the re
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Replacement vin plates.
TSB: Replacement certification labels (the vinyl label installed on the driver door or door post) and VIN plates (the metal plate riveted to dashboard) (see Figure 1) for most 1979 ? 2021 model year vehicles may be available provided the re
TSB: SUPERSESSION NOTICE The information contained in this bulletin supersedes Service Bulletin Nos. PG021-88, PG015-89, PG0015-90, PG002-91, PG002-93, PG005-97, PG007-01, PG007-07, PG006-01, PG004-97, T-SB-0144-08, and T-SB-0304-17. The af
TSB: OBSOLETE NOTICE April 07, 2020: This bulletin is now obsolete. Please see T-SB-0032-20. Replacement Certification Labels and VIN Plates
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Showing the 8 most recent of 15 technical service bulletins on file with NHTSA.
WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT REAR AXLE CAME OFF OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN WHEEL FALLING OFF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS
THE TOYOTA COROLLA I BOUGHT AT SPINELLI TOYOTA IN LACHINE, QUEBEC, ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO ALSO HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION SPEED
