Toyota Camry vs Ford Focus

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	Toyota Camry	Ford Focus
Complaints on file	23,365	29,786
Model years covered	1983–2024	1999–2018
Worst model year	2009	2000
Best model year	1993	1999
Crashes reported	3,870	1,631
Fires reported	557	424
Injuries reported	2,075	979
Deaths reported	77	54
Most complained-about part	Acceleration & Cruise Control	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	28.2%	10.4%

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 1,140 1,616 766 781 810 377 640 362 253 206 1,092 565 386 196 88 93 72

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 2,782 11.9%

Brakes 2,310 9.9%

Body & Structure 1,801 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,761 7.5%

Airbags 1,696 7.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1,547 6.6%

Other & Unspecified 1,487 6.4%

Ford Focus by year

15 5,152 2,361 1,198 1,224 499 600 270 524 336 323 409 157 4,981 2,919 3,628 1,327 1,568 1,183 1,112

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 6,857 23.0%

Electrical System 4,474 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 3,622 12.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,723 9.1%

Steering 2,111 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,536 5.2%

Brakes 1,204 4.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,082 3.6%