FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Camry Solara

Owners have filed 1,108 complaints about the Toyota Camry Solara with NHTSA across model years 1999 to 2009. More of them are about the body & structure than anything else.

Avoid

2004 Toyota Camry Solara

204 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly body & structure.

Cleanest on record

2003 Toyota Camry Solara

34 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Camry Solara 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
2009 1 0 0 Body & Structure
2008 D 99 12 2 36,000 Body & Structure
2007 D 158 15 1 56,887 Body & Structure
2006 D 159 34 8 47,505 Body & Structure
2005 D 131 34 1 45,000 Body & Structure
2004 F 204 40 2 54,000 Body & Structure
2003 B 34 15 0 70,000 Airbags
2002 C 67 23 0 70,008 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2001 C 66 26 2 82,557 Airbags
2000 D 80 15 0 50,000 Brakes
1999 C 109 25 2 95,815 Airbags

What breaks on a Toyota Camry Solara

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

Body & Structure 174 15.7%

Worst in 2006

Airbags 130 11.7%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 2004

Worst in 1999

Brakes 70 6.3%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2007

Steering 53 4.8%

Worst in 2004

Lights 41 3.7%

Worst in 2007

Seats 36 3.2%

Worst in 2004

Tires 32 2.9%

Worst in 2000

Suspension 31 2.8%

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a Toyota Camry Solara

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

Body 59 33.3%
Automatic Transmission 36 20.3%
Frontal 24 13.6%
Head Restraint 12 6.8%
Accelerator Pedal 11 6.2%
Engine 9 5.1%
Dashboard 7 4.0%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 7 4.0%
Pressure Monitoring AND Regulating Systems 6 3.4%
Latch 6 3.4%

Complaints filed over time

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

Feb 2000 peak 47 Aug 2026

Toyota Camry Solara 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 Solara

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