r/CorollaCross

I bought a wheel and tire from my dealer parts department, used foam floor tiles from Walmart (about four tiles thick to clear the hybrid stuff). I used remnants of the tiles to stop the wheel/tire from shifting to the passenger side so as not to impinge on the hybrid portion that goes through the floor. What isn’t shown is a cargo strap that crosse over the wheel in an x shape using the cargo tie down points, and secured the spare for safety. The cargo floor sits in top of the strap with no issue at all.
There is a cutout in the plastic already that my jack sits in (purchased from the Canadian equivalent of harbor freight) and the rest of the stuff is, as you can see, placed around where it fits. Nothing rattles. I check the tire periodically and the foam hasn’t compressed to any noticeable degree.

Modern Spare now makes a compact tire for the Cross and it fits perfectly without losing trunk space!

Supplies:

-Modern Spare spare tire found here or here

-Couple of pieces of 2x4s

You will need to remove the foam block from the bottom of the trunk.

Arrange the 2x4s so the Spare is elevated off the orange pump and orange wires but flush with the floor.

Tie the 2x4s to the Spare so they dont move around.

Reapply the floor on top of it and voilà! Now you have a spare tire without losing space and peace of mind!

Our 2026 XSE finally arrived on Friday! We’re having a great time figuring out all the new features and I’m having fun learning how to maximize my MPG!

RE- many posts I’ve seen lately
I went to the dealership on 4/25, the salesperson was able to secure an allocation trade on 5/5, and the car was finally delivered to the dealership (after a short transport delay) on 6/22. We happily paid MSRP. And we live in the middle of nowhere at least 2 hours from any sizable city in the midwestern US. I’m not sure if that helped or hurt our search.

I have a 2026 Corolla Cross Hybrid and got this warning yesterday while driving after several hours. It was a bit rainy but the warning came on and wouldn’t go away. If I clicked the return button on the steering wheel, the error would reappear within 10 seconds. It persisted for about 30 minutes until I reached my destination. I tried restarting the car and the error immediately reappeared. I stayed at my destination for about 4 hours and when I started the car to leave, it did not come back. I’m hesitant to take it in to the dealership and have them say “well it’s gone now so everything is fine”. Does anyone have any tips here? I know the systems it’s indicating are the Blind Spot Indicator, Rear Cross Traffic Alert Indicator, and Safe Exit Assist Indicator.

Hello everyone! I just wanted to ask how much it would cost to have a paint chip about the size of a 1-centavo coin repaired at the Toyota dealership (casa). Did they do a touch-up, spot repair, or repaint the whole hood? How much did it cost? Thanks!

Hi all, I recently picked up 2026 XSE in Canada and loving it so far. There are two concerns that I would like to ask the community here.

1. There is a small green leather exposed on the steering wheel. Attached an image.

2. Even though it’s a week old, I clocked around 1050 km on it. I sometimes see hybrid battery is low and the ICE starts running. I’m averaging about 5.6 L / 100 km overall.

Would Toyota consider this a warranty issue with steering wheel stitching? Is anyone experiencing low hybrid battery when you switch to EV only mode?

Im looking at getting a cross hybrid and have been comparing the atmos and the GR and notice the different wording on the parking assist section. Is there a difference ?

Left is the atmos right is GR

Cheers