FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Camry

Owners have filed 23,365 complaints about the Toyota Camry with NHTSA across model years 1983 to 2024. More of them are about the acceleration & cruise control than anything else.

Avoid

2009 Toyota Camry

1,616 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly acceleration & cruise control.

Cleanest on record

1993 Toyota Camry

334 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Camry year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2024 C 72 7 0 5,555 Body & Structure
2023 C 93 16 1 27,000 Other & Unspecified
2022 C 88 18 2 40,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 C 196 32 2 21,000 Airbags
2020 C 386 20 2 8,000 Electrical System
2019 C 565 38 1 10,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 D 1,092 82 10 15,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2017 C 206 40 7 31,623 Other & Unspecified
2016 C 253 63 3 25,000 Other & Unspecified
2015 C 362 48 6 40,000 Steering
2014 D 640 94 8 36,120 Transmission & Drivetrain
2013 D 377 64 1 24,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2012 D 810 128 8 36,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2011 D 781 155 14 46,300 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2010 D 766 138 1 29,900 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2009 F 1,616 204 27 51,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2008 D 1,140 121 20 59,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2007 F 3,670 386 81 63,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2006 C 393 138 6 47,560 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2005 D 905 292 17 44,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2004 D 799 265 16 47,850 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2003 D 946 300 13 47,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2002 F 1,183 324 24 50,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2001 C 356 87 19 73,500 Engine & Cooling
2000 C 577 152 39 69,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1999 C 661 134 55 81,500 Engine & Cooling
1998 C 751 87 39 89,500 Brakes
1997 C 685 92 31 84,226 Brakes
1996 C 567 69 9 87,000 Engine & Cooling
1995 C 373 59 11 124,000 Brakes
1994 C 364 78 11 107,077 Airbags
1993 C 334 58 14 133,017 Engine & Cooling
1992 646 38 24 122,000 Body & Structure
1991 186 11 12 114,056 Seat Belts
1990 160 5 3 150,500 Seat Belts
1989 138 13 4 163,000 Seat Belts
1988 88 8 5 90,000 Electrical System
1987 70 2 7 Seat Belts
1986 35 2 1 Seat Belts
1985 19 0 3 Brakes
1984 10 1 0 Seat Belts
1983 6 1 0 Seat Belts

What breaks on a Toyota Camry

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 2,782 11.9%

Worst in 2007

Brakes 2,310 9.9%

Worst in 2007

Body & Structure 1,801 7.7%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2007

Airbags 1,696 7.3%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2007

Other & Unspecified 1,487 6.4%

Worst in 2007

Electrical System 1,352 5.8%

Worst in 2007

Steering 1,070 4.6%

Worst in 2015

Suspension 799 3.4%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2018

Tires 551 2.4%

Worst in 2002

Seat Belts 529 2.3%

Worst in 2005

Exactly what failed on a Toyota Camry

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 618 17.8%
Automatic Transmission 573 16.5%
Frontal 441 12.7%
Accelerator Pedal 403 11.6%
Engine 362 10.4%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 332 9.6%
Hinge AND Attachments 209 6.0%
Gasoline 205 5.9%
Foundation Components 174 5.0%
Front 159 4.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota Camry, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 825 Aug 2026

Toyota Camry problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Toyota Camry

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.