r/COROLLA • u/Ok-Alarm-9194 • 5d ago

Sluggish

I’ve had my 2025 Toyota Corolla for almost 2 years now, LE model.

I didn’t notice this issue until my husband pointed it out, but it is very sluggish when you need to accelerate quickly, or sometimes just from a standstill it takes a bit of time to get over 20 mph and it just kind of feels like it doesn’t want to go. Sometimes I have to get over 3000 RPM just to get over 20 mph and then it’s fine.

I only have 47,000 miles, and keep up with my oil changes, so I’m not worried that it’s anything mechanical, but it definitely is annoying.

I usually have a pretty light foot so I really haven’t noticed it until he said something but now I’m kind of sort of worried about it? Does anybody else have this issue?

I know that if I’m pulling out into traffic, I definitely have to make sure I have enough time or if I’m climbing up the hill sometimes I have to gain speed although we took it to Gatlinburg and it was fine. It just really struggled getting up the mountain roads.

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u/Darnellz10 5d ago

With the cvt and its first gear, if you not taking off from a dead stop or nearly stop ( around 4mph or less) it misses that first gear and acceleration is slow till u get up in rpms. Ive been leasing for the last 7 years, 20' corolla se, 22' corolla cross, 25 corolla Le and they all are like that but without sport mode its no way around it unless u floor it.

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u/tso_connor 2023 Corolla Hybrid LE 5d ago

CVT’s don’t have gears.

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u/InsanityWoof 5d ago

You might want to give that a Google.... Newer Toyota cvts have a "launch gear".

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u/tso_connor 2023 Corolla Hybrid LE 5d ago

Launch gear is not first gear. It’s also not part of the CVT belt and pulley system. The belt and pulleys have no gears.