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No Frills, Basic Car. Paint peeling
Devon, 04/09/2018
updated 10/09/2018
2005 Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 4A)
3 of 6 people found this review helpful
This was purchased as a used starter car. It's basic no frills car. My biggest concern is that the paint is wearing off on most of the car, and when I see this car on the road, it appears to be a problem with a LOT of them. Not sure what happened with the paint this year, but the car looks a mess now. Toyota claims no responsibility even though it is happening to thousands of their cars. I would not recommend this car.
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Joey C., 11/01/2008
2005 Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
I bought a Toyota because I'd heard good things about them. I can only hope they're reliability exceeds build quality. At 54,000 or so miles there began a pronounced rattling under the dash. By 56000 or so miles, there were more along with rattling in the rear of the cabin. The car I traded in was a Mitsubishi Eclipse with 310688 miles. The Toyota has more rattles at 56000 miles than the Eclipse with over 310,000. I did contact Toyota about this. By how their response read, they couldn't help because my car wasn't a Certified Pre-Owned. My next vehicle WON'T be a Toyota.
Excellent fuel economy, almost reliable
Yongwon, 04/01/2008
2005 Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Everything runs great after 34000 miles. Smoothest ride in its class (which isn't saying much), although somewhat sluggish in handling and noisy on the highway. Driving position is very awkward if you are tall, although my 5'2" wife loves it. I wish we had the Japanese model in the US. (It has automatic climate control, vehicle stability and ABS standard, etc) Toyota reliability and quality is somewhat overrated. Mine came with dislodged window rubber from the factory. ECU replaced because engine didn't always start due to known factory defect on early 05 production. However, everything else is in excellent shape after 3 years of use, with no sign of wear.
Like it...but too noisy
Shannon, 02/16/2007
2005 Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Bought the car new. Took until about 18000 miles before it started getting good gas mileage 36-39 mpg mainly highway, so do not get discouraged, it does improve! Am very disappointed in the road noise and uncomfortable seats. The windows do not seal real well. If there is a good cross wind, the side mirrors produce a high- pitched whining noise. Would not recommend this car for highway commuters who spend more than 30 minutes on the interstate one-way. It is very good in the city and the road noise is not really a problem when driving at slower speeds. It is very peppy and fun to drive. Have had absolutely no problems with it.
XRS is worth it
Dave, 01/30/2007
2005 Toyota Corolla XRS 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 6M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I had purchased a Matrix XR...always wishing I had a Matrix XRS. I couldn't find one when I started looking again so I got the Corolla XRS and am loving it. I've put 15000 miles on it in the last year. I purchased snow tires for winter as the summer rated tires suck in the snow and cold we have in Minnesota.