Ford Focus vs Toyota Camry

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Ford Focus	Toyota Camry
Complaints on file	29,823	23,397
Model years covered	1999–2018	1983–2024
Worst model year	2000	2009
Best model year	1999	1993
Crashes reported	1,631	3,872
Fires reported	424	560
Injuries reported	979	2,077
Deaths reported	54	77
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	10.4%	28.1%

Ford Focus by year

15 5,152 2,361 1,198 1,224 499 600 270 524 336 323 409 157 4,986 2,924 3,633 1,331 1,571 1,187 1,123

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 6,871 23.0%

Electrical System 4,477 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 3,630 12.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,729 9.2%

Steering 2,111 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,539 5.2%

Brakes 1,204 4.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,082 3.6%

Toyota Camry by year

6 10 19 35 70 88 138 160 186 646 334 364 373 567 685 751 661 577 356 1,183 946 799 905 393 3,670 1,141 1,616 766 781 810 377 640 365 256 206 1,097 568 393 197 90 97 75

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3,184 13.6%

Engine & Cooling 2,787 11.9%

Brakes 2,311 9.9%

Body & Structure 1,803 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,765 7.5%

Airbags 1,698 7.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,548 6.6%

Other & Unspecified 1,490 6.4%