Used 2020 Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT) Consumer Reviews
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M. Flores, Los Angeles, CA, 12/30/2019
Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
So far the car is awesome to drive and the dealer in DT Los Angeles made this experience painless. Negotiations were done ahead of time, via email, text and phone. This probably cut 2 hours of wait time while at the Dealer.
Run away fast
Derek Welch, Fall River, MA, 10/27/2021
Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
3 of 6 people found this review helpful
I leased my car on March 20 of 2020 and this car has been nothing but a disaster since day 1. I first noticed that the welding on the muffler was rusted or appeared to be. Come to find out, it’s just a really crappy welding job. Then I start hearing a gurgling sound from the AC a month later. I Google it and it says that that’s normal for AC’s. Less then a month later I smell something and notice a CRAP TON of mold under the passenger carpet. I bring it in and the service manager spends 5 seconds (yes, only 5 seconds!!) with me. He puts on a glove, touches the carpet and says we won’t cover this, Toyota won’t cover this, call your insurance and then he walked away…………. He walked away because another service tech was screaming at the top of his lungs in anger that he was busy!!! Like how unprofessional do you get? So… I spent the next 16-17 days with no car. Toyota and progressive insurance wouldn’t cover it. Progressive claims Toyota didn’t do their due diligence in proving what the issue was. Toyota refuse to cover it because they claim they know what the issue was and they don’t cover this issue. They claim something crawled into my AC unit and flooded it out. The screwed up part about that is that I live in a city nowhere close to trees and I just bought the damn thing. How can they prove this wasn’t an issue when I bought the car. After waiting over two weeks I came in fuming 😡. It was at that moment they decided to pull the AC apart but lied to me. They gave me a rental car for 24 hours that was disgusting.. It had a ton of trash in the trunk, fresh coffee stains in the cup holder and dried spit marks all over everything. Touch screen, rear view mirror, steering wheel, etc all had dried spit on it. After the 24 hours, they called me and claimed they flushed out the system and found a spiderweb. I called back and said they had to prove it to me. It was at that moment he told me he was going to have a specialist come with a camera called a borescope to send down the drain tube. Wait???? You blew out the line? How are you going to see anything if you knew it out? Yea….. That was the first lie… ::eye roll:: In the end toyota refused to cover the damage and my insurance had to cover it with a $500 deductible. I got the car back after about 33 days or so. No credit was given to me on my car payment or anything. Not even a month after getting my car back, I went outside and my whole right side is melted. It’s like someone took a huge lighter or something to my siding. I bring it to the auto shop and call the police. We all just assumed that it was vandalism and it was fixed. That’s another $500 deductible… I got the car back about a week after that. Not even another month goes by and the siding is melted AGAIN in almost the SAME away!!!! It was so identical that the autobody shop staff were left speechless. I contacted the police, a fire marshal, my insurance and the auto body shop and they all mutually found out that it’s the windows of a building I park near. The company who has those windows won’t even give me the time. They ignore me or just claim that don’t care. Now I’m out another $500 deductible. Mind you, it’s not only been 4-5 months that I’ve owned this car and it’s flooded once and melted twice. Within that time and all the months up till now I’ve had a good 6 or so more issues. The dashboard touch screen keeps going 9/10ths black on me like it’s glitching. I took pictures to prove it. Toyota keeps having to do system updates to fix it. The back speakers barely play any sound and it makes it weird to be in the back seat listening. The tire noise on highways in INSANE. The plastic covering for the speaker on the driver side dashboard is peeling up or warping if you want to call it that. All of this on top of the transmission skipping as well. About 1-2 times a week the car jerks forward about 1-3 times like it’s about to stall out or something. It does this at about 30-40mph and usually when I’m slowing down or in slow moving traffic on the highway. I’ve brought this to the attention of Toyota multiple times and they basically tell me there’s nothing wrong or they can’t find anything. I found the same issue reported by many others and Toyota refuses to listen. I should also note that I’ve brought my car to 3 Toyotas and I called one more Toyota for assistance. All of them have given me attitude or been passive. At no point have I been rude or aggressive. Even when I came in fuming that day I calmed down quick. I’m not an angry person and have always been kind. That’s what makes this whole issue worse. Nobody is willing to help. Even corporate Toyota offers 0 help. You can’t even file a claim for the Better Business Bureau because they don’t do business with them. They force you to contact Toyota corporate so Toyota corporate can basically tell you to go F yourself. Needless to say I will never buy a Toyota again after how I’ve been treated. I understand that things happen in life and that things are not perfect. My issue is the lack of care. They claim all this Toyota reliability but when it isn’t reliable they don’t help. At one moment I wanted to go to the news but because of Covid there wasn’t really any easy access to getting a hold of anybody. This car has been nothing but a nightmare to say the least. The fact that I leased it is making things even harder. Toyota is denying everything and lawyers keep telling me I have no claim on a lemon law because everything happening isn’t affecting drivability. Only the transmission issue can be targeted and I can’t re-create the issue on the spot to prove that it’s happening. Basically I’m stuck with this piece of SHI* till the lease ends. On that day I’m throwing a legitimate party and positing it for all to see. It will be one of the best days of my life and I’ll never go to Toyota again..
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Passenger seat?
Linda E. , Toledo, OH, 05/02/2020
updated 05/05/2023
Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 13 people found this review helpful
Toyota has weird decontenting patterns. I remember when the LE had plain, plastic, ugly handles. That never set well with customers. Now, the passenger seat has no adjustments, other than moving forward and back for legroom. And this is in every trim level. To hell with passenger comfort. Seriously? An awesome car, for one person. For two, you now need a Camry. Or, hey...go buy a Mazda 3. Great mileage, sporty to drive, and more content. C’mon, Toyota! You should do better. I walked away from the vehicle for this reason.
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I’m miserable
Joe M, Patchogue, NY, 02/01/2020
Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
4 of 11 people found this review helpful
Just turned in my Corolla sport for the Corolla LE. I’m very unhappy. Side driver’s mirror is wavy and distorted and very difficult to see when driving and changing lanes. There is also a blind spot in between the front driver’s side and rear driver’s side windows, it is very dangerous. Many new controls, perhaps too many, and my sales person was very abrupt with me. Have had other Corollas before with no issue but I’m not happy with this.
Great excellent car for the price
Nelly, Miami, FL, 02/15/2020
Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl CVT)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The new Toyota Corolla has alot to offer from its specs to the looks and general safety. I just purchased this car and have no complaints drives smooth on the highway the cruise control works great i felt as if i was on an airplane the ride was so smooth. Anyone looking for an affordable and reliable car with great features also looks should buy this car i am thrilled
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