Toyota Camry reliability by year
41 recall campaigns and 12,022 owner complaints across 21 model years. Best year to buy: 2025. Year to avoid: 2007.
Worst model years to avoid → — the single year to avoid for every model line we track, ranked side by side.
Years to avoid — and why 12 flagged on the NHTSA record
Cleaner on the data: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 . Still verify the specific vehicle.
At-a-glance: every year color-coded
Each cell shows the last two digits of the model year and its 0–10 reliability score from NHTSA data. Click any year to see the full record. ★ best year · ✕ year to avoid.
Year-by-year reliability 21 model years · newest first
Per-year recall counts add up to 87, more than the 41 campaigns above, because a single NHTSA campaign often covers several model years and is counted once in each.
Common trouble spots across the Camry aggregated across 21 model years
Common questions
What's the best year to buy a Toyota Camry?
Based on NHTSA complaint volume and severity weighting, the 2025 Toyota Camry scores 10.0/10 — the strongest in the 2005–2025 range. 144 complaints on file, 0 active recalls. Reliability scores reflect the federal complaint record, not subjective owner reviews.
Which Toyota Camry year should I avoid?
The 2007 Toyota Camry scores 3.8/10 — the weakest in the lineup. 3,614 owner complaints with NHTSA, 10 active recalls. That doesn't mean every 2007 is a problem — it means failure rates run higher than peer model years on the same platform.
Which years of the Toyota Camry should I avoid?
On the NHTSA complaint and recall record, the model years to be most careful with are 2019 (avoid — the engine — engine: 33 complaints, classified severe, failures cluster 20,000–53,537 mi); 2015 (avoid — the steering — 1 fatality report and 4 crash-related complaints on the steering); 2009 (avoid — the cruise-control — 2 fatality reports and 2 fire-related complaints on the cruise-control); 2008 (avoid — the cruise-control — 8 fire-related complaints and 3 crash-related complaints on the electrical system); 2007 (avoid — the cruise-control — 2 fatality reports and 5 fire-related complaints on the cruise-control); 2006 (avoid — the cruise-control — 2 fatality reports and 1 fire-related complaint on the cruise-control). The cleaner years on the data are 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is our read of the federal data, not a substitute for a pre-purchase inspection of the specific vehicle.
How many years of the Toyota Camry are tracked?
21 model years (2005 through 2025) with NHTSA records on file. Total across the lineup: 41 distinct recall campaigns and 12,022 owner complaints. Those campaigns land on 87 model-year entries in total, because one campaign often covers several years at once — which is why per-year recall counts add up to more than the campaign count.
What's the most-reported problem on the Toyota Camry?
cruise control is the most-reported category — 1,591 complaints across 17 model years. Average shop repair runs about $600.