Owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the exterior lights, automatic emergency braking, and electrical. The 8 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
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0/8 checked
2025 Toyota Corolla Cross: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/1
Engine off, key in hand0/2
Ask the seller not to warm the car up first0/1
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/4
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
Nearby years usually share most parts, so their problems are worth checking on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0L 4-cylGas | AWD, FWD | 30–32 mpg |
| 2.0L 4-cylHybrid | AWD | 42 mpg |
NHTSA complaints for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
Taillights put out only a small dot of red light at each corner after dark, so the car is hard to see from behind. Complaints single out the SE, compare it poorly with the larger XSE lamps, and describe near rear-end collisions at night. A separate report describes a broken front left headlight mount. A dealer inspected it and declined to cover it under warranty, and the owner says similar complaints appear online.
The pre-collision system sounds loud warnings and brakes hard when nothing is in the road. That raises the risk of a rear-end crash, especially at highway speed. A dealer suggested a loss of communication as the cause. Other reports describe cruise control speeding up well past its set speed until the driver braked. Lane keeping is also reported to misread center and shoulder lines and steer the wrong way, mostly on rural roads without markings. Drivers report near collisions and switching the feature off. These problems show up on new cars.
The infotainment screen goes black and the speedometer reads well above or below actual speed. Some cars also lurch forward in park when they switch from electric idle to engine idle. One car arrived new with a warped dashboard, speakers pulling loose and a puckering steering wheel cover. Dealers either did not attempt repairs or found no fault without doing a road or GPS test. An inaccurate speedometer can lead to accidental speeding.
Power cuts out while driving and then comes back, leaving the car briefly unable to keep up with traffic. Both reports involve cars only days old. One describes a transmission failure at about 25 miles that took a month to repair, and acceleration still felt weaker afterward. The other describes repeated power loss in the first week, which the dealer first put down to unfamiliar technology. Losing power in traffic creates a real risk of being hit by other vehicles.
Excerpts from complaints Corolla Cross owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
Front Left Side Headlight Mount is Broken on my Vehicle. On Internet also many consumers are complaining about the Left Headlight mount Broken but no support from Toyota. Feel Safe but not sure when this Headlight might come out of the vehicle. This issue is there and already inspected by the Dealer but they dont care to cover under warranty.
Filed with NHTSA, August 2025
The tail lights on the SE version are way too small. We have had numerous instances on near rear end collisions due to the size and placement of the SE model tail lights. They are tiny and they only offer much larger, safe taillights on the XSE model. Really do not even understand how the SE taillight configuration is legal.
Filed with NHTSA, November 2025
Passive cruise control was set to 65 mph and the vehicle without being prompted by operator rapidly accelerated to 80 mph before operator hit brakes. Acceleration would have likely continued if operator had not hit brakes.
Filed with NHTSA, October 2025
On day 3 of having the car brand new straight from the dealer about 25 miles on it the transmission went out. Spent a month for them to fix it. Still does not drive the same and I can tell does not excellerate the same.
Filed with NHTSA, November 2025
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2025 has the fewest owner complaints of the 4 Corolla Cross years we cover, well under the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Cars shoppers compare with the Toyota Corolla Cross, with their own 2025 checklists.
2025 owner complaints, side by side
