2017 Toyota Corolla Exterior lighting Problems

“Headlights are inadequate, even dangerous. You can see a distinct horizon line in front of the car which has a sharp cutoff above which there is no illumination. In spite of their extreme intensity, these headlights illuminate everything but the road ahead. Makes me feel like I am driving without headlights. I thought they were not aligned properly but dealer says they look ok. I have since observed many similar complaints on various web sites for the Corolla over several model years. …”

“After being blinded by ridiculously bright headlights on newer Toyota vehicles the last couple years, I recently rented a Toyota Corolla. I was horrified that the headlights on this car are legal. Not only do you blind oncoming vehicles, but you can't see safely! The brightness of these headlights is such that anything reflective blinds yourself! (road signs, etc.) yet, somehow they don't ,in my opinion, light the road ahead adequately. They do seem to light the trees and things on the side of the road pretty well, but not what needs to be seen. …”

“The auto high beam headlights will dim for an oncoming car and quite often not go back to bright for quite some time (minutes/miles). When driving dark, two lane roads I have to turn my headlights off of auto setting, thus completely switching them off as I twist the knob forward to on instead of auto. Then I have to flick the high beams on manually. This process takes a few seconds while driving at 55+MPH which is very dangerous. The auto high beam indicator also completely disappears when this issue happens even though the light is toggled forward to the high beam setting.”

“The automatic high/low beam headlight system intermittently stops working. With the switch in correct position, everything is working as expected, then the auto indicator on dash goes off and the lights stay on low beams, even though there is no oncoming traffic or tail lights ahead. This may only be for about a minute to several minutes. With the auto indicator off, I am stuck on low beams. When the auto indicator comes back on, the system functions normally. During the time the auto indicator is off, I cannot get high beams unless I turn the headlight switch from auto to on. …”

“Was driving my car home from work and about 5 minutes after I started it and began to drive, I went over a speed bump going 5mph and suddenly my theft alarm system starts going off and incessantly honking. My hazard lights also began to blink and my high beams turned on. I pulled over and pressed my smart key alarm multiple times until the alarm stopped. Every time I would hit any sort of bump or use my turn signal switch, the alarm and headlights lights would start going off. I took it to Toyota and they can't figure out what's wrong. They said it is an electrical issue, but not a Toyota one. …”