Importing Toyota Corolla to US

[Murse10 6]

Hello, 

 

I am looking for some advice on importing my vehicle from Canada to the USA. We have a 2014 Corolla S and I was under the impression that it was fairly easy to import this type of vehicle. 

I had contacted Toyota Canada to obtain compliance letter that was needed to import the vehicle. I was informed that they no longer providing compliance letters for outgoing vehicles. Apparently it is a new policy that the company has laid out. 

I'm not sure if there is anyone has been able to import a Toyota recently but if anyone knows how to please let me know. 

 

Also, for anyone that owns a Toyota in Canada and is moving to the United States be aware of this because this really changes things for us. 

[Chancy 6,241]

*** Moved from Moving to the US forum to the Canada regional forum, where similar topics are discussed ***

 

23 minutes ago, Murse10 said:

I had contacted Toyota Canada to obtain compliance letter that was needed to import the vehicle. I was informed that they no longer providing compliance letters for outgoing vehicles.

 

The folks in the thread below had the same problem --

 

[Carport 0]

I am also in the same boat. I had a 2016 Toyota Venza. Had to sell it. Now I am in this forum looking for a brand to choose that issues compliance letters and has OEM TPMS in their cars. If anyone knows of a car that is hassle-free to import to the states from Canada please advise.

[Lkkclub123 23]

Is your car finally successfully imported to the United States? Did Toyota finally give you a compliance letter? Or via RI? how much did you spend? Please share with your successful experience to us. I just got my green card and I am eager to import Lexus cars to the United States. Used cars in the United States are so expensive now.

[Murse10 6]

On 6/28/2023 at 2:11 PM, Lkkclub123 said:

Is your car finally successfully imported to the United States? Did Toyota finally give you a compliance letter? Or via RI? how much did you spend? Please share with your successful experience to us. I just got my green card and I am eager to import Lexus cars to the United States. Used cars in the United States are so expensive now.

Unfortunately I am not able to import it. I had found one RI that that said they could do it but after I paid them they realized that they were not able to do it because I couldn't get a compliance letter. We now have to sell our car in Canada and buy something in the US. Toyota Canada really screwed us over on this. 

I had called about 15-20 RIs and one issue that I had was it not having TPMS. Maybe if your car has TPMS they will be able to import it. 

[Lkkclub123 23]

1 hour ago, Murse10 said:

Unfortunately I am not able to import it. I had found one RI that that said they could do it but after I paid them they realized that they were not able to do it because I couldn't get a compliance letter. We now have to sell our car in Canada and buy something in the US. Toyota Canada really screwed us over on this. 

I had called about 15-20 RIs and one issue that I had was it not having TPMS. Maybe if your car has TPMS they will be able to import it. 

My car has TPMS, but I still need to modify the lights on the dashboard. I asked a few RIs and they said they could import my car, we drove to their facility for 30 days and then picked up the car, took their documents and went to DMV to register. How much did they tell you the total cost of importing?Which province are you in?i'm in quebec

 

 

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by Lkkclub123