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Honda Accord vs Toyota Camry: problems, recalls & years to avoid

NHTSA owner complaints and recalls for the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry, with the 15 model years both have (2010–2024) set side by side. Each model is measured against its own typical year, not against the other model.

Years to avoid and years with the fewest complaints

Honda Accord

Years to avoid
201320142018
Fewest complaints
202120222023

The typical Honda Accord year has 453 complaints on file, across 16 model years (2010–2025).

Toyota Camry

Years to avoid
2010201120122018
Fewest complaints
20202023

The typical Toyota Camry year has 273 complaints on file, across 15 model years (2010–2024).

A year is one to avoid when it drew at least 2 times the complaints of its model's typical year (the median across the model's years on this site) and at least 200 complaints, or when its complaints include 5 or more reports of a death. The years with the fewest complaints have no such flag and are from 2023 or earlier: newer years have not been on the road long enough to compare. Each model is measured only against its own years. Source: NHTSA owner complaints, as of October 26, 2026.

The 15 model years both have, side by side

Complaints by model year

Honda Accord

4.1× its typical year in 2018, its worst year

1,876 complaints against a typical year of 453.

Years to avoid: 2013, 2014, 2018. Fewest complaints: 2021, 2022, 2023.

Toyota Camry

2.7× its typical year in 2018, its worst year

739 complaints against a typical year of 273.

Years to avoid: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018. Fewest complaints: 2020, 2023.

typical yearavoid zonesolid bar = a year to avoid

Honda Accord3 years to avoid · typical year 453avoid zone: 906+05001,0001,5002,0002010Honda Accord 2010: 580 complaints, 1.3× its typical year2011Honda Accord 2011: 296 complaints, 0.7× its typical year2012Honda Accord 2012: 372 complaints, 0.8× its typical year2013Honda Accord 2013: 1,420 complaints, 3.1× its typical year, a year to avoid1,420avoid2014Honda Accord 2014: 980 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid980avoid2015Honda Accord 2015: 601 complaints, 1.3× its typical year2016Honda Accord 2016: 601 complaints, 1.3× its typical year2017Honda Accord 2017: 534 complaints, 1.2× its typical year2018Honda Accord 2018: 1,876 complaints, 4.1× its typical year, a year to avoid1,876avoid2019Honda Accord 2019: 688 complaints, 1.5× its typical year2020Honda Accord 2020: 357 complaints, 0.8× its typical year2021Honda Accord 2021: 230 complaints, 0.5× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints230fewest2022Honda Accord 2022: 244 complaints, 0.5× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints244fewest2023Honda Accord 2023: 85 complaints, 0.2× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints85fewest2024Honda Accord 2024: 141 complaints, 0.3× its typical year2025Honda Accord 2025: 84 complaints, 0.2× its typical yearHonda Accordavoid zone: 906+typical 4532025Honda Accord 2025: 84 complaints, 0.2× its typical year842024Honda Accord 2024: 141 complaints, 0.3× its typical year1412023Honda Accord 2023: 85 complaints, 0.2× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints85fewest2022Honda Accord 2022: 244 complaints, 0.5× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints244fewest2021Honda Accord 2021: 230 complaints, 0.5× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints230fewest2020Honda Accord 2020: 357 complaints, 0.8× its typical year3572019Honda Accord 2019: 688 complaints, 1.5× its typical year6882018Honda Accord 2018: 1,876 complaints, 4.1× its typical year, a year to avoid1,876avoid2017Honda Accord 2017: 534 complaints, 1.2× its typical year5342016Honda Accord 2016: 601 complaints, 1.3× its typical year6012015Honda Accord 2015: 601 complaints, 1.3× its typical year6012014Honda Accord 2014: 980 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid980avoid2013Honda Accord 2013: 1,420 complaints, 3.1× its typical year, a year to avoid1,420avoid2012Honda Accord 2012: 372 complaints, 0.8× its typical year3722011Honda Accord 2011: 296 complaints, 0.7× its typical year2962010Honda Accord 2010: 580 complaints, 1.3× its typical year580
Toyota Camry4 years to avoid · typical year 273avoid zone: 546+02004006008002010Toyota Camry 2010: 602 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid602avoid2011Toyota Camry 2011: 599 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid599avoid2012Toyota Camry 2012: 589 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid589avoid2013Toyota Camry 2013: 274 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2014Toyota Camry 2014: 455 complaints, 1.7× its typical year2015Toyota Camry 2015: 271 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2016Toyota Camry 2016: 183 complaints, 0.7× its typical year2017Toyota Camry 2017: 148 complaints, 0.5× its typical year2018Toyota Camry 2018: 739 complaints, 2.7× its typical year, a year to avoid739avoid2019Toyota Camry 2019: 395 complaints, 1.4× its typical year2020Toyota Camry 2020: 273 complaints, 1.0× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints273fewest2021Toyota Camry 2021: 156 complaints, 0.6× its typical year2022Toyota Camry 2022: 60 complaints, 0.2× its typical year2023Toyota Camry 2023: 64 complaints, 0.2× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints64fewest2024Toyota Camry 2024: 50 complaints, 0.2× its typical year2025noneToyota Camryavoid zone: 546+typical 2732024Toyota Camry 2024: 50 complaints, 0.2× its typical year502023Toyota Camry 2023: 64 complaints, 0.2× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints64fewest2022Toyota Camry 2022: 60 complaints, 0.2× its typical year602021Toyota Camry 2021: 156 complaints, 0.6× its typical year1562020Toyota Camry 2020: 273 complaints, 1.0× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints273fewest2019Toyota Camry 2019: 395 complaints, 1.4× its typical year3952018Toyota Camry 2018: 739 complaints, 2.7× its typical year, a year to avoid739avoid2017Toyota Camry 2017: 148 complaints, 0.5× its typical year1482016Toyota Camry 2016: 183 complaints, 0.7× its typical year1832015Toyota Camry 2015: 271 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2712014Toyota Camry 2014: 455 complaints, 1.7× its typical year4552013Toyota Camry 2013: 274 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2742012Toyota Camry 2012: 589 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid589avoid2011Toyota Camry 2011: 599 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid599avoid2010Toyota Camry 2010: 602 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid602avoid
Bars are NHTSA owner complaints per model year. The dashed line is the model's typical year (the median of its years on this site). A year that reaches the hatched avoid zone, twice the typical year and at least 200 complaints, is a year to avoid. The two panels have different scales. Each model is measured only against its own years: the counts are not adjusted for sales, so the chart does not say one model has more problems than the other. Hover a bar for its numbers; every value is also in the table below.
Model yearHonda AccordToyota Camry
ComplaintsTimes its typical yearRecallsOur readComplaintsTimes its typical yearRecallsOur read
20241410.3×3Few red flags500.2×1Few red flags
2023850.2×5Few red flags640.2×2Few red flags
20222440.5×4Few red flags600.2×1Some concerns to check
20212300.5×4Few red flags1560.6×1Some concerns to check
20203570.8×5Some concerns to check2731.0×3Few red flags
20196881.5×6Some concerns to check3951.4×6Some concerns to check
20181,8764.1×6Approach with caution7392.7×8Approach with caution
20175341.2×3Some concerns to check1480.5×3Some concerns to check
20166011.3×4Some concerns to check1830.7×2Some concerns to check
20156011.3×4Some concerns to check2711.0×1Some concerns to check
20149802.2×4Approach with caution4551.7×3Some concerns to check
20131,4203.1×5Approach with caution2741.0×2Some concerns to check
20123720.8×8Some concerns to check5892.2×2Approach with caution
20112960.7×9Some concerns to check5992.2×5Approach with caution
20105801.3×13Some concerns to check6022.2×9Approach with caution

Complaints link to each model year's report. "Times its typical year" sets a year against the same model's typical year. The two models' counts can't be compared directly: they are not adjusted for how many of each were sold.

Most reported problem, by model year

Model yearHonda AccordToyota Camry
2024SteeringBody and structure
2023Electrical systemElectrical system
2022Electrical systemAirbags
2021Electrical systemAirbags
2020Forward collision avoidance systemElectrical system
2019EngineTransmission and drivetrain
2018Blown head gasketTransmission and drivetrain
2017Electrical systemAirbags
2016Electrical systemAirbags
2015Electrical systemSteering
2014Electrical systemTransmission and drivetrain
2013SteeringTransmission and drivetrain
2012SeatsTransmission and drivetrain
2011AirbagsWipers and visibility
2010AirbagsSpeed control

Top problems of each model

The areas of the car NHTSA owner complaints name most, all model years together. A complaint can name more than one area.

Honda Accord

Biggest named problems, in the model years whose complaints we have read and grouped: Blown head gasket (2018, roughly 275 complaints); Phantom automatic emergency braking (2018, roughly 263 complaints); Fuel pump failure (2018, roughly 156 complaints).

Toyota Camry

Recalls

NHTSA recall campaigns. A campaign that covers several model years is counted once.

What the data can't show