10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
700 miles

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problem #4

Nov 062021

Corolla

  • miles
Headlights are defective. There is a "V" shaped dark spot in the headlights of the vehicle when on low beam. The significant unlit "V" shaped area does not allow the driver to see objects in the roadway which come up on a driver rather quickly, resulting in collisions. Toyota is aware of the defect, but will not act on it. Toyota Claim # 220811002276. There have been two collisions involving items in the roadway due to this headlight defect. Total out of pocket costs on the damage have been in excess of $1,500.

- Calimesa, CA, USA

problem #3

Dec 302021

Corolla

  • miles
I purchased this vehicle new in June 2021. It is the hatchback model. Prior to that I drove a motorcycle since 2015. I noticed right at the beginning that the headlights don't illuminate far enough ahead at night for what I consider safe. My ability to see off into the distance ahead of the vehicle is far less than what I would get from my motorcycle, which doesn't make any sense to me because this car has LED headlights which are supposed to be better. I live in Washington, DC and have family in New Jersey that I visit regularly. There are two ways I can go. The first is Interstate 95 which has a speed limit of 65 but I set my cruise control at 60. When I come to an area where there is no street lighting and there are no other cars around which are helping illuminate the roadway, I am overdriving my headlights. This is not safe. The second route is taking Route 50 to the Annapolis Bay Bridge, then getting on Route 301 North towards Middletown, Delaware and then New Castle, Delaware, over the Delaware Memorial Bridge and then Route 295 towards Burlington County where my family lives. Route 50 is 65 mph until you get to Annapolis where its reduced to 55, then stays 55mph all the way to Route 301, and then Route 301 is 55 mph, until the Delaware Memorial Bridge. When I get to Route 301 North there is very little other lighting on the road other than my headlights. There are far fewer cars than on Interstate 95 so I get very little illumination from passing cars. Even if I reduce my speed to 50 mph, I am still over-driving my headlights. There has to be something wrong with how the headlights have been positioned. They are not shining for any reasonable distance ahead of the car. I have gone to the Toyota dealer in Bethesda, MD where I purchased it, Jim Coleman Toyota three times to tell them about it. Each time they have told me that there is nothing wrong with the lights. But I don't know what they did to check them.

- Washington, DC, USA

problem #2

Sep 292021

Corolla

  • miles
Turn signal light fogged up when washing vehicle. Must be moisture getting in somehow. On a 2 month old car. Not good

- Suffolk, VA, USA

problem #1

Sep 192020

Corolla

  • 2,800 miles
I-20 0400. Traveling in the right lane. 18 wheeler ahead was pulled to the shoulder. I moved over to the left lane. While moving over there was metal in the road(learned from state police later from the 18 wheeler). Unable to avoid the object the result was a blown tire. The design of the left headlight is made so on a two lane road the oncoming traffic wont be blinded. However, with an interstate if in the right lane the left lane has a blind spot. The headlight is 1/2 the length of the right headlight. Please please look into this. I was lucky with only a blown tire more severe damage or loss of life due to lack of visibility on dim setting is frightening.

- Lubbock, TX, USA