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2025 Toyota Corolla Cross

Hybrid Gas

Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD
3 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

94 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

RecallsNHTSA campaigns 1

Complaints1 crash reported 21

Crash ratingNHTSA overall 5★

Fuel economybest combined, EPA 42 mpg

Starting MSRP10 trims · manufacturer $24,035

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022

The 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross is sold in the U.S. as a hybrid and gas compact SUV with 3 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the Corolla Cross Hybrid AWD, is EPA-rated at 42 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of A. Owners have filed 21 complaints, most often about the forward collision avoidance. NHTSA crash-tested it at 5 stars overall. Manufacturer pricing runs from $24,035 to $31,580 across 10 trims.

Toyota Corolla Cross — photograph via Wikimedia Commons — Toyota Corolla Cross · Photo: S5A-0043 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitWhich trim should I buy? → Compare a trim →

Trim	Powertrain	Drive	MSRP	HP	Torque	MPG comb	Seats	Cargo (2nd row)	Wheels
L	Gas	FWD	$24,035	169 hp	150 lb-ft	32 mpg	5	19.6 cu-ft	17 in
L	Gas	AWD	$25,335	169 hp	150 lb-ft	30 mpg	5	17.1 cu-ft	17 in
LE	Gas	FWD	$26,365	169 hp	150 lb-ft	32 mpg	5	19.6 cu-ft	17 in
LE	Gas	AWD	$27,665	169 hp	150 lb-ft	30 mpg	5	17.1 cu-ft	17 in
XLE	Gas	FWD	$28,260	169 hp	150 lb-ft	32 mpg	5	19.6 cu-ft	18 in
XLE	Gas	AWD	$29,560	169 hp	150 lb-ft	30 mpg	5	17.1 cu-ft	18 in
S	Hybrid	AWD	$28,395	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17 cu-ft	17 in
SE	Hybrid	AWD	$29,715	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17 cu-ft	17 in
Nightshade	Hybrid	AWD	$30,640	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17 cu-ft	18 in
XSE	Hybrid	AWD	$31,580	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17 cu-ft	18 in

Warranty basic 3 yr / 36,000 mi · powertrain 5 yr / 60,000 mi · roadside 2 yr

MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov

Configuration	Powertrain	Drive	Engine / motor	City	Hwy	Comb	Annual fuel*
Corolla Cross Hybrid AWD	Hybrid	AWD	2.0L 4-cyl + 222V Li-Ion	45	38	42	$1,600
Corolla Cross	Gas	FWD	2.0L 4-cyl	31	33	32	$2,100
Corolla Cross AWD	Gas	AWD	2.0L 4-cyl	29	31	30	$2,250

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 48939, 48911, 48938.

Emissions & certification

Source: EPA emission certificates

Configuration	Smog rating	Emission standard	Where it can be sold new	SmartWay
Corolla Cross Hybrid AWD	6 / 10	Federal Tier 3 Bin 30 / California LEV-III SULEV30	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—
Corolla Cross, Corolla Cross AWD	6 / 10	California LEV-III SULEV30 / Federal Tier 3 Bin 30	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—

Certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S.

The smog rating scores tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, 1 (worst) to 10 (best), and is comparable only within a model year. The standard is the federal bin or California tier the configuration was certified to. Both come from the EPA certificate behind the window sticker.

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Recalls (1)

Source: NHTSA recall database

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Back Over Prevention

26TB08 / 26TA08

73,528 vehicles built May 4, 2023 – Aug 8, 2025 Hybrid only

Problem Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Corolla Cross Hybrid vehicles. The vehicles may fail to make sufficient pedestrian warning sounds when in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 141, "Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles." Risk Insufficient pedestrian warning sounds may fail to alert pedestrians of a reversing vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. Fix Dealers will update the software for the pedestrian warning sounds, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed September 1, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB08 and 26TA08.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Remedy instructions PDF

NHTSA campaign 26V203000 reported Mar 31, 2026 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

Whether any of this applies to one specific Corolla Cross

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2025 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Toyota publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →Toyota’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

21complaints filed

1 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 0 injuries · 0 deaths reported

3.0 per 10,000 built · Toyota reported 70,560 Corolla Cross built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2025: 14 · 2026: 7

Most-cited components

Unspecified 5

Forward Collision Avoidance 5

Service Brakes 4

Power Train 4

Exterior Lighting 3

Electrical System 3

In owners' own words

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.

I was driving on the XXX freeway going towards and my sunroof exploded while I was driving. The sunroof was shattered. I was maybe 15 to 20 minutes from my exit

Visibility/Wiper Oct 12, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11770554

The contact owns a 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross. The contact stated that while driving at highway speeds with the adaptive cruise control activated and activating the left turn signal to overtake another vehicle, the vehicle immediately accelerated to the set speed before the contact could steer to the left to overtake the vehicle.

Forward Collision Avoidance Sep 29, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11767759

I turned on the car after it had been sitting in the hot sun for about 4 hours (after a 180 mile trip). When I turned on the vehicle, about a minute into driving (on a gravel driveway), the car started blaring multiple lights and the steering wheel locked.

Steering Aug 14, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11757009

At around 4:20 pm I was turning left at a stop sign (did not put on turning signal) and then about 30 feet later, turning right at a light. This is the same location I have driven for the past month. The car had been on for about 3 minutes after sitting in a hot parking lot all day (104 degrees).

Power Train Jul 5, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11748341

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

Exterior Lighting Nov 13, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11699082

While in park, when vehicle switches from electric idle to engine idle the car lurches forward. This has happened on multiple occasions

Service Brakes Oct 18, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11694235

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Reported by Toyota itself: 12 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 4 killed, 12 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 17 per 100,000 built. Every Corolla Cross model year, by year and system → Dated and by system, they are exhibit F of the defect dossier.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

Configuration	Overall	Frontal	Side	Rollover	Rollover risk
SUV AWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	16%
SUV AWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	16%
SUV FWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	17%

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program. Standard driver-assist: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking.

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 83

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-08-20

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 82 service bulletins, 1 service campaign

Most often about: Unknown Or Other, Electrical System, Structure, Engine, Wheels.

T-SB-0110-20 Rev2 Service bulletin
2026-08-20 · Engine
OBSOLETE NOTICE August 20, 2026: This bulletin is now obsolete. Please see T-SB-0051-26.
T-SB-0051-26 Service bulletin
2026-08-20 · Engine
This bulletin includes basic procedures for performing a rescue charge at battery on high voltage (HV) Ni-MH and Li-ion batteries.
T-TT-0808-26 Service bulletin
2026-08-13 · Fuel/Propulsion System
Customer states MIL ON (P04602A) and fuel gauge indicating incorrect fuel level, showing that there is more/less fuel in the vehicle.
T-SB-0066-24 Rev2 Service bulletin
2026-02-11 · Structure — Body
Some 2022 – 2026 model year Corolla Cross and 2023 – 2026 model year Corolla Cross Hybrid vehicles may exhibit a loose roof rail. This condition may be present at the front and/or rear of one or both roof rails.
T-SB-0055-24 Rev2 Service bulletin
2026-01-07 · Unknown Or Other
Some 2005 – 2026 Toyota vehicles that have undergone water intrusion may exhibit a condition in which a musty odor is present. Follow the procedures in this bulletin to remediate the odor and address this condition. The purpose of this Service Bulletin is to provide general guidelines and procedures for odor remediation. This Service Bulletin provides a guide on how to prepare and treat the interi
T-SB-0083-25 Service bulletin
2025-11-07 · Electrical System
A new head unit software update is available for 2022 – 2025 model year Tundra, and Tundra Hybrid; 2023 – 2025 model year Corolla Cross, Corolla Cross Hybrid, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Mirai, and Sequoia Hybrid vehicles equipped with Toyota Multimedia versions earlier than version 2230.
T-SB-0066-24 Rev1 Service bulletin
2025-09-02 · Structure — Body
Some 2022 – 2025 model year Corolla Cross and 2023 – 2025 model year Corolla Cross Hybrid vehicles may exhibit a loose roof rail. This condition may be present at the front and/or rear of one or both roof rails.
T-SB-0010-24 Rev2 Service bulletin
2025-06-25 · Electrical System
Some 2021 – 2022 model year Avalon, 2018 – 2024 Camry, 2019 – 2025 model year Corolla, 2022 – 2025 model year Corolla Cross, and 2019 – 2025 model year RAV4 vehicles with A25A-FKS and M20A-FKS engines may have a MIL ON condition with one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) upon cold soak start up with engine coolant temperatures between 14°F – 41°F: •P030027 – Random/Multiple

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

At the New York inspection station

Source: New York State DMV

New York inspections 0.28%

failed the safety inspection

2,883 initial inspections of 2,865 vehicles.

Measure	The 2025 Corolla Cross	Every 2025 vehicle	Behind it
Failed the safety inspection	0.28%	0.36%	2,883
Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit	0.24%	0.16%	2,883
Miles driven a year	7,228	8,354	odometer at inspection
Average odometer	10,793	12,194	odometer at inspection

New York does not emissions-test model years this new, so the safety inspection is the record here. First inspections only, so a car that failed and came back is counted once; private and special plates, not taxis, livery or commercial plates. A rate appears only where at least 200 inspections stand behind it. “Every 2025 vehicle” is every 2025 model-year car, SUV and pickup inspected in the same window, all makes. This is the state’s record of test results, not a reliability score by itself. Source: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Vehicle Inspections (data.ny.gov, Open NY terms).

Compare the 2025 Corolla Cross with

Any vehicle, your weights →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2025 Nissan Rogue · Compact SUV · grade B	Corolla Cross +3.4
2025 Hyundai Tucson · Compact SUV · grade D	Corolla Cross +3.7
2025 Tesla Model Y · Compact SUV · grade B	Model Y +18.1

Corolla Cross by model year

all years, side by side →

Year Safety Recalls Complaints

2026 B 1 29 42 mpg 2025 this page A 1 21 42 mpg 2024 B 3 52 42 mpg 2023 D 7 178 42 mpg 2022 B 2 49 32 mpg

Common questions about the 2025 Corolla Cross

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

How much does the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross cost?

Manufacturer pricing runs from $24,035 for the L FWD to $31,580 for the XSE AWD, across 10 trims. Those are MSRPs from the manufacturer's own press material; they exclude destination, options, taxes and whatever the dealer adds. Every trim and price is listed above.

Does the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 1 recall campaign for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross. The most serious on file is 26V203000, covering Back Over Prevention. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross?

NHTSA gave the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross 5 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 4-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 4-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it A (94/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross?

Across the 3 EPA-rated configurations of the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross, the best EPA combined figure is 42 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross?

Owners have filed 21 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross, most often about unspecified, forward collision avoidance, service brakes. Of those, 1 involved a crash. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.

How clean is the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross?

The EPA smog rating for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross is 6 out of 10. That score covers tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, and it only compares vehicles within the same model year. It is certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S. Its configurations were certified to different standards — California LEV-III SULEV30, Federal Tier 3 Bin 30 — which the table above lists per configuration.

Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross?

The manufacturer has filed 83 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross, most often covering unknown or other, electrical system, structure. The most recent is dated 2026-08-20. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

How does the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross do at state inspection?

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross failed the safety inspection on 0.28% of first inspections — lower than the 0.36% for every 2025 model-year vehicle inspected. The figures are New York State DMV’s own inspection records, first inspections only, and the table above sets each one against every vehicle of the same model year.

Which 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross trim is the best value?

$7,545 separates the cheapest of the 10 trims from the most expensive, so the answer depends on which of the differences you would actually use. Every trim has its own page here with the manufacturer's full specification and equipment list, plus a short summary of exactly what it adds over the base trim — worth reading before a dealer frames the walk-up for you. The trim-by-trim ladder shows what every step up costs and what it makes standard.

Is the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross better than the 2025 Nissan Rogue?

The Toyota Corolla Cross edges it, 93.1 to 89.7, on price, tech & comfort, safety. The Nissan Rogue is ahead on space & cargo and performance. Raise the space & cargo weight from 2 to 4.2 and it flips. We publish a full side-by-side of the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross against the 2025 Nissan Rogue — specifications by family, equipment feature by feature, safety record and ownership costs. You can re-weight what matters to you and the verdict recalculates.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

Data	Held	Source	What it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations	3 configurations	EPA certification records	Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates	3 configurations	EPA emission certificates	Smog rating, standard and the sales area that decides where the car can be sold new.
Recalls	1	NHTSA recall campaigns	A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints	21	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	3 tested	NHTSA NCAP	Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins	83	NHTSA manufacturer communications	Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations	none	NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation	No defect investigation has been opened.
Driver-assist crash reports	none	NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01	No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like.
Specifications filed with NHTSA	none	NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns	We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment	10 trims	Manufacturer press kit	Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.

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