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2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Brakes Problems

Complaints
13about this part
Share
7%of 177 total for the year
Median mileage
1,000miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 13 complaints about the brakes of the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross, 7% of the 177 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 1,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Purchased a Toyota Corolla Cross 2023 on April 14th. Was very excited until I began noticing when the “Automated Start Stop” system began to engage at times, when I had the system supposedly off. I took it to the dealership where they tried to reenact the problem and nothing happened, they assumed it was user error. On April 21st I had driven the car for approximately 40 minutes and it was raining very hard. …”

NHTSA complaint #11518534, filed 2023-04

“I was stopped at a light and the engine breaked. It did not reengage when I pressed the break harder or let off the break. I had to put the car in park and press the ignition button. Engine started at that time. it was raining and I did have my wipers on.”

NHTSA complaint #11551963, filed 2023-10

“The vehicle stalls or shutdown while my foot is on brake or waiting at a red light.Unexpectedly and randomly. On rainy weather days it is more extreme.Sometimes your foot doesn’t have to be on the brake for it to happen.But when if you’re slowing down,before you brake, it will stall. A message will come on the dashboard about a system not being available. Vehicles will nearly rear end me sometimes because the vehicle is stuck. I would have to shut the vehicle off and restart it. Sometimes it is not fast enough to start. …”

NHTSA complaint #11728408, filed 2026-03

“Vehicle displayed a “power brake loss” on the 2023 Corolla Cross Hybrid instrument cluster upon trying to start it. After not being able to turn the vehicle on, I exited the vehicle to ensure my key fob was in my pocket. All electronics worked. After roughly 4 minutes of being in the car all power was loss - battery drained. Towing company that my Toyota Dealership Provides had a number out of service so a different towing service came out and jumped my car - my warranty couldn’t be used since the towing company didn’t answer. …”

NHTSA complaint #11728190, filed 2026-03

“My brand new Vehicle stopped functioning when I got to a stop light on 2 occasions. Steering and brakes do not work and Vehicle kept moving at a slow pace uncontrollably. The first incident, dash board read “engine pressure low” This was not safe at all. It happened at an 8 lane cross intersection and thankfully I made it through before the lights turned red again. The second incident, dashboard read “engine stopped, steering power low” and the car did not move after that. Had it towed back to dealership. …”

NHTSA complaint #11517724, filed 2023-04

Related service bulletins

Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026311%
2025419%
2024613%
2023137%
202224%

Other parts of the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross

Engine
104 complaints
Electrical system
70 complaints
Steering
44 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
27 complaints
Other or unknown
24 complaints
Exterior lighting
15 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
11 complaints
Air bags
10 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
10 complaints
Fuel system
7 complaints
Lane departure
5 complaints
Body and structure
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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