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Toyota Camry vs Toyota Corolla: problems, recalls & years to avoid

NHTSA owner complaints and recalls for the Toyota Camry and the Toyota Corolla, 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

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).

Toyota Corolla

Years to avoid
201020112012
Fewest complaints
20212023

The typical Toyota Corolla year has 202 complaints on file, across 16 model years (2010–2025).

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

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.

Toyota Corolla

6.2× its typical year in 2010, its worst year

1,244 complaints against a typical year of 202.

Years to avoid: 2010, 2011, 2012. Fewest complaints: 2021, 2023.

typical yearavoid zonesolid bar = a year to avoid

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
Toyota Corolla3 years to avoid · typical year 202avoid zone: 403+02505007501,0001,2502010Toyota Corolla 2010: 1,244 complaints, 6.2× its typical year, a year to avoid1,244avoid2011Toyota Corolla 2011: 584 complaints, 2.9× its typical year, a year to avoid584avoid2012Toyota Corolla 2012: 446 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid446avoid2013Toyota Corolla 2013: 201 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2014Toyota Corolla 2014: 269 complaints, 1.3× its typical year2015Toyota Corolla 2015: 219 complaints, 1.1× its typical year2016Toyota Corolla 2016: 214 complaints, 1.1× its typical year2017Toyota Corolla 2017: 178 complaints, 0.9× its typical year2018Toyota Corolla 2018: 133 complaints, 0.7× its typical year2019Toyota Corolla 2019: 202 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2020Toyota Corolla 2020: 305 complaints, 1.5× its typical year2021Toyota Corolla 2021: 185 complaints, 0.9× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints185fewest2022Toyota Corolla 2022: 100 complaints, 0.5× its typical year2023Toyota Corolla 2023: 73 complaints, 0.4× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints73fewest2024Toyota Corolla 2024: 63 complaints, 0.3× its typical year2025Toyota Corolla 2025: 31 complaints, 0.2× its typical yearToyota Corollaavoid zone: 403+typical 2022025Toyota Corolla 2025: 31 complaints, 0.2× its typical year312024Toyota Corolla 2024: 63 complaints, 0.3× its typical year632023Toyota Corolla 2023: 73 complaints, 0.4× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints73fewest2022Toyota Corolla 2022: 100 complaints, 0.5× its typical year1002021Toyota Corolla 2021: 185 complaints, 0.9× its typical year, one of the years with the fewest complaints185fewest2020Toyota Corolla 2020: 305 complaints, 1.5× its typical year3052019Toyota Corolla 2019: 202 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2022018Toyota Corolla 2018: 133 complaints, 0.7× its typical year1332017Toyota Corolla 2017: 178 complaints, 0.9× its typical year1782016Toyota Corolla 2016: 214 complaints, 1.1× its typical year2142015Toyota Corolla 2015: 219 complaints, 1.1× its typical year2192014Toyota Corolla 2014: 269 complaints, 1.3× its typical year2692013Toyota Corolla 2013: 201 complaints, 1.0× its typical year2012012Toyota Corolla 2012: 446 complaints, 2.2× its typical year, a year to avoid446avoid2011Toyota Corolla 2011: 584 complaints, 2.9× its typical year, a year to avoid584avoid2010Toyota Corolla 2010: 1,244 complaints, 6.2× its typical year, a year to avoid1,244avoid
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 yearToyota CamryToyota Corolla
ComplaintsTimes its typical yearRecallsOur readComplaintsTimes its typical yearRecallsOur read
2024500.2×1Few red flags630.3×2Some concerns to check
2023640.2×2Few red flags730.4×3Few red flags
2022600.2×1Some concerns to check1000.5×0Some concerns to check
20211560.6×1Some concerns to check1850.9×1Few red flags
20202731.0×3Few red flags3051.5×3Some concerns to check
20193951.4×6Some concerns to check2021.0×5Some concerns to check
20187392.7×8Approach with caution1330.7×3Some concerns to check
20171480.5×3Some concerns to check1780.9×3Some concerns to check
20161830.7×2Some concerns to check2141.1×1Some concerns to check
20152711.0×1Some concerns to check2191.1×1Some concerns to check
20144551.7×3Some concerns to check2691.3×2Some concerns to check
20132741.0×2Some concerns to check2011.0×5Some concerns to check
20125892.2×2Approach with caution4462.2×5Approach with caution
20115992.2×5Approach with caution5842.9×9Approach with caution
20106022.2×9Approach with caution1,2446.2×17Approach 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 yearToyota CamryToyota Corolla
2024Body and structureForward collision avoidance system
2023Electrical systemSteering
2022AirbagsElectrical system
2021AirbagsAirbags
2020Electrical systemEngine
2019Transmission and drivetrainTransmission and drivetrain
2018Transmission and drivetrainFuel system
2017AirbagsAirbags
2016AirbagsAirbags
2015SteeringAirbags
2014Transmission and drivetrainAirbags
2013Transmission and drivetrainAirbags
2012Transmission and drivetrainAirbags
2011Wipers and visibilityAirbags
2010Speed controlAirbags

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.

Toyota Camry

Toyota Corolla

Recalls

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

What the data can't show