2025 Toyota Corolla Consumer Reviews
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LE (Editors' Pick) - $23,520 MSRP
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Prices based on sales in AZ thru 8/4/25
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We have a limited number of reviews for the 2025 Corolla, so we've included reviews for other years of the Corolla since its last redesign.
2025 base Toyota Corolla LE
Cody, 04/15/2025
2025 Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
This is my first new Toyota after having owned two new Nissans, so I had high expectations moving from the Japanese brand with the lowest reputation for quality (Nissan) to the Japanese brand with one of the highest reputations for quality (Toyota). To say I've been disappointed in the quality of my new, 2025 Toyota Corolla would be an understatement. Let's start with paint and body panels. The paint scratches and chips ridiculously easily much more so than either of my Nissans. One pebble or twig in the wind WILL damage your clear coat, if not also the paint underneath. Heck, one accidental swipe of a finger nail could leave a deep scratch.... As far as body panels, they do seems to be better held together than either of my Nissans, but not by much, and uneven gaps in body panels are not at all hard to find. But, still, if I had to choose between slightly less tightly fitting body panels, and paint as soft as chalk, I'd go with the loose body panels. In this respect, I miss my Nissans. My new Toyota is going to cost me far more money to maintain the integrity of the paint, where as this was not a worry or issue at all with my Nissans. Next, let's talk about drive train. This is where I wish I had bought the hybrid for it's higher refinement. The base CVT transmission (the hybrid uses a different, E-CVT) in my Corolla jerks and lurches like crazy. The Jatco CVT transmission in my 2018 Nissan Sentra, despite it's horrible reputation and not being as responsive from a stop as the Toyota, NEVER jerked or lurched in the 80k miles I put on that car. The engines in both of my Nissans also sounded MUCH more refined. The 2 liter engine in my base Corolla makes awful sounding, raspy rattles at different RPMs. These can usually only be heard if the music and air are both off, but they are definitely present, and easily make their way into the cabin. Many other owners have taken their Corollas with the base engine back to the dealer for the same issue, only to be told that all is well. On the note of rattles, they also are coming from interior components, and again, much more so than either of my Nissans. The air vent fan(s) rattle if you have the air all of the way up, and there's a rattle coming from somewhere inside of the center dash, another common complaint amongst new Corolla owners that Toyota is reluctant to address. Nothing like this ever rattled to this extent on either of my Nissans, and certainly not when they were brand new. More on the interiors: Nissan's seats are extremely comfortable. The only vehicle I've owned with more comfortable seats than my Nissans was my Volvo. Toyota's seats in this Corolla are flat, unsupportive, and a bit too firm. The rest of the cabin is okay in comparison to my Nissans, but I do still notice that some touch points, like interior door handles and steering wheel controls, feel significantly looser, less tactile, and cheaper than in my Nissans. Over all, I am still very nervous that I would have been happier with another Nissan, or even a Honda or Mazda, but on the same hand, the main reasons I wanted a Toyota (outside of assuming the quality and refinement would be significantly better than Nissan) were for longevity, reliability, and an over-all lower cost of ownership compared to other Japanese automakers. I'm not sure how much the paint issues will scew my ownership costs (body work is so expensive now), but if the car holds up to Toyota's reputation for longevity and reliability, I won't regret this purchase in the long run. I will say, though, that the quality issues I have mentioned do undermine my confidence in the car's long-term reliability. If I purchase another Toyota after this one, I will certainly be doing much more research into the quality of the model I am interested in. This time around, I trusted Toyota's reputation for quality much more than I should have.
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Middle of the road
Ash, 04/15/2024
2023 Toyota Corolla LE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
Good reliable vehicle so far. Great gas mileage. Issues I have had: rattling in back seat ceiling, they had to place 2 dampeners. High pitched sound from blower, they replaced blower but still a problem. Seems to be a thing with toyotas but they have not come up with a solution. There are places to put small coins in the front of the car. Glove box is small. There is no light surrounding the keyhole to start the car. No sunglass spot. Using FM radio is a nightmare because everything is on the screen. Cupholders are not adjustable. Only USB-C ports. Rust spot on top of the car a year in but probably from a rock or something hitting.
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“Engine Maintenance Required” Coolant Bypass Valve
Bus Passenger, 02/20/2025
2023 Toyota Corolla SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
I bought my 2023 Corolla brand new in April 2023. I’ve had the dreaded “Engine Maintenance Required” notification (code for cracked/malfunctioning coolant bypass valve) on 4 separate occasions, 3 of which were in the last month. It’s been replaced multiple times, and it’s still failing. It only has 15k miles, I’m wildly dissatisfied and disappointed in Toyota. AVOID 2021 - 2023 TOYOTAS AT ALL COSTS. They refuse to acknowledge the pervasiveness of this issue, despite the lawsuits, complaints, and frequency of failure. The heartbreak of buying a new vehicle only for it to be a catastrophic failure is real.
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It comes with a driver ed module
Third Timer, 08/09/2023
2023 Toyota Corolla SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
I tried to drive this thing as if my last three cars were Mercedes's. The new-fangled Corolla wanted to correct my steering, brake way ahead of time, turn red on the dashboard and ring bells when I went too fast, and I'm totally okay with that. Like any Corolla, it's fun to bomb around in this thing. The big difference from recent vehicles is that I would not drive it too fast on the highway, especially on a windy day. In that sense, I appreciate having an automated driver ed instructor in the car.
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Love what you do!
Pat C., 08/10/2023
2023 Toyota Corolla SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 9 people found this review helpful
I rented the 2023 Corrolla SE from Toyota Knoxville while my Highlander was in for service. Everyone out there please now Toyota builds great cars starting with safety. The SE was nice and stiff around town and on back roads. The front seats where comfortable. Once you own a Toyota you stay with Toyota because of there outstanding reliability. So there you have it. Incredible safety, comfort and reliability. This is why I love what Toyota does for our citizens.