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Exterior lightingPart report

2023 Toyota Corolla Exterior lighting Problems

Complaints
11about this part
Share
15%of 74 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 11 complaints about the exterior lighting of the 2023 Toyota Corolla, 15% of the 74 complaints for this model year.

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.

“Low beam lights have a shadow that moves as car turns or goes up/down hills. When driving in dark back roads I see a line of shadow about 30’ ahead of me blacking out entire view. When high beams are on the shadow disappears. Bought car yesterday. Advised salesman. Will make appt to have it looked at. I have a video but it is failing to download.”

NHTSA complaint #11548513, filed 2023-10

“Low beam headlights have shadows that prevent me from seeing all of the roadway at night. Vehicle has been presented to multiple dealerships that have failed to correct this potentially dangerous issue. The last dealership stated it was normal and no fix is available. The issue did cause me to hit a tire on the interstate earlier this year and continues to make night driving hazardous. I will continue to present the issue to my Toyota dealer to have the issue fixed. Future updates will be provided on this issue.”

NHTSA complaint #11544225, filed 2023-09

“Problem 1 there is insufficient visibility of the road at night to drive the car safely. The local police officer helped me measure the distance of road visibility from the front of the car and it was 78 feet. At night with the lights on the top 3/4 of the windshield appears black (opaque) - cannot be seen through. I can only see through the bottom 1/4 of the windshield (left to right, the whole width). Problem 2 the transmission had to be replaced. Problem 3 the computer console only connects to the cell phone 25% of the time. …”

NHTSA complaint #11536926, filed 2023-08

“The low beam headlights have dark shadows which prevent me from seeing the left side of the roadway. I took the vehicle to the dealer and had low beams adjusted. After the adjustment I was constantly flashed by on coming drivers to lower my headlight beams which were already on low beams. Due to blinding oncoming drivers the lights were adjusted back down and the dark shadows returned. I have already hit a tire in the road on the interstate due to not seeing it because of the shadows. The low beam headlights make driving at night DANGEROUS. …”

NHTSA complaint #11527314, filed 2023-06

“2023 corolla is having some issue with headlights [Low Beams]. I understood from Toyota that this is an safety feature which is designed as per the rules. This is an good idea and i am not denying it. The issue which i have is the person who is driving this car is not having clear view on the Road. The shadow's is completely hiding the left lane. If we are driving in full dark road, and towards left there is an divider, we are not able to get an clear view of the road where the divider is starting / ending. This is going to be an serious issue. …”

NHTSA complaint #11510792, filed 2023-03

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Exterior lighting: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202616%
202446%
20231115%
202299%
202184%
202031%
201952%
201811%
201763%
2016105%
2015136%
201493%
201220%
201120%
201030%
200960%
200810%
200710%
200661%
200591%
200471%
200391%
200265%
200197%
200064%
199975%
199863%
199711%
1996129%
199585%
199463%
199332%
199212%
1987214%

Other parts of the 2023 Toyota Corolla

Other or unknown
18 complaints
Steering
16 complaints
Electrical system
14 complaints
Engine
13 complaints
Brakes
7 complaints
Air bags
6 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
6 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
6 complaints
Lane departure
5 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
5 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaints
Fuel system
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2023 Toyota Corolla

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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