2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Engine Problems

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If raining you stop in red light the engine is shut off need to wait about 10 minutes and start again why they no recall this problem that dangerous

As I stopped at the stoplight the vehicle enter the automatic shut off pause as it should when the brake is firmly pressed. when I released the brake the engine did not restart. instead the following message showed on the vehicle information center in the dash: ENGINE STOPPED, STEERING POWER LOW. then it prompted me to restart the car. I have to put the car in PARK, depress the brake and press my start button to restart the car. This happen in an intersection! This is the third time and it seems it happens in wet conditions. to temporarily remedy the problem I have deactivated the gas saving automatic engine stop. The manufacturer and dealer have been contacted.

The car shuts off completely when I brake at a stop light. When I lifted off my foot from the brake pedal it didn't restart. It had completely shut off and I had to put the car in park and restart in order to drive. This is dangerous as when the light turned green I could not move and cars behind me are already in drive. This incident has happened 5 times and I took the car into Toyota and they said they could not diagnose the code.

Stopped at a stop light and the engine automatically shut off as expected, however warnings appeared on the dashboard indicating that the engine stopped and power steering was low. I had to turn on my hazards at a very busy intersection as the light turned green so I could completely turn off the vehicle and restart it. This happened twice in the same trip two days ago and has happened once before a few months ago. Very dangerous.

This has happened several times since I have bought the car in October 2023. Every time I am driving in the rain, stopped at a red light, with the windshield wipers engaged my car completely shuts off (no it is not the auto-start/stop feature). I receive the message stating “engine stopped, press brake firmly to restart. Power steering low.” Everytime I have been at a red light and in order to get the car to start again, I have to put my car in park, then turn it back on. This is a very dangerous issue as I worry if it will happen while I am driving with wind shield wipers engaged. So far it has happened at a red light everytime. I have already taken it into the dealer and they thought they solved the problem with a software update, but it just happened again, three times today (1/22/24).

Rattling noise while climbing uphill and the cross is loosing engine power.

Engine stopped while the car was stopped at a red light, later at a stip sign and later while at a stop in traffic. A message popped up on the screen that indicated “Engine Stopped…Steering Power Low”. Had to put the car in park and restart the vehicle. 5 times it happened in one rainy afternoon while using the intermittent wipers and also while not using the wipers at all.

Idling in drive foot on break at stop light, 12197 miles and UTD on service and the “engine stopped” and indicated “power steering low”. Had the put in park and restart vehicle.

Sunday 10/22/23 while idling and brakes engaged at red light. Engine failure again at 11,619 miles. Had to put in park and restart vehicle and put in drive. This is the 4th time in 11 months. It idles weird as well.

Some of the times when the function Autostart/Stop is on and the windshield wipers are active the car shuts down and throws engine lights on the car and the car won’t start after releasing the brakes, the car panics , and only will start again when moving from D to Park again and pressing the button .

Engine stop and start while stopped in traffic 2 times on Saturday and vehicle lane assist seems to be off a bit- pulling to the right a bit. Also idles weird. Charges engine weird times when parked or idling.

The contact owns a 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The failure became persistent. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the failure had not been diagnosed. The contact stated that the vehicle had been taken to the dealer twice due to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 100.

It was a rainy day. I stopped and about to turn left, there was a check engine warning and it said “ ENGINE Stop press the break firmly to restart”. I was on full break and it dis not went away. I had to park it and on and off the car. It happened twice.in 3 minutes interval.

It was raining and wipers were on. I was at a red light, and all of a sudden the engine cut off. The dash read a message "Engine Stopped Steering Power Low" and then "Turn engine on". The engine light was on until a started the car back up again. It is a 2023 Corolla Cross LE with about 1,400 miles on it.

- While stopped at a red light my engine turned off. A message appeared that read ' not ready to drive, press break pedal, and push engine switch to start. Then another message appeared that read ' Engine stopped, steering power low.' It also said ignition with a check engine symbol light on. - My safety and others was okay, I suppose. But had I not been able to start my car I would have caused a lot of traffic. - I just bought this vehicle about a month ago, it is brand new and has been inspected. -There were no warning lamps or messages. The engine just turned off and I was not able to start the car for a while. This has happened twice now, both times while my windshield wipes were on as it was raining.

The auto stop start feature engaged at a red light on a rainy day. When I let off the brake instead of the car automatically starting it stalled and gave me an error message flashing between “Engine stopped, press brake firmly to restart” and “engine stopped steering power low”. I pressed the brake and nothing. Pressed the start/stop ignition and nothing. Had to put car in park and press start/stop ignition again to get it moving. This was on a busy roadway in the rain& is not safe at all! Others are reporting this same malfunction but Toyota pretends it isn’t happening. This is unacceptable.

I drove to a restaurant this evening. After starting the car and backing up to go back home, an engine light came on. I was trying to make a left hand turn out of the restaurant on a busy road when the car completely shut off in the middle of the road of oncoming traffic. Someone stopped to help me move the car. I turned the car back on, the engine icon did not come on, and I was able to drive home without any problems. This is very worrisome and potentially very dangerous. I can't imagine what would have happened had this been on the highway.

Twice, at a stop, the engine turned itself off. The car dash alerted the engine turned itself off and the warning alert sounded. The car/ignition key had to be turned off, then on to restart the vehicle. The first incident we had about 50-60 miles on the car. Today’s incident we had about 1080 miles on the vehicle. Our issue is similar to this. Both times we did not notice if the “low steering” indicator was present. We were too shocked and hurried to notice. https://youtu.be/3Pf4g40bYas

While driving the car stop working in the middle of the road, took a minute to restart the car in heavy traffic. Have happened three time now and scare to drive.