Toyota Camry Years to Avoid and the Best Years

Years to avoid: 2010 and 2018 At least twice the 112.5 complaints of a typical Camry year. Most described: unintended acceleration (2010), jerking or harsh shifting (2018).
Best years: 2021 and 2022 Under three quarters of the 75 complaints of a typical Camry year since 2016, with no open NHTSA investigation or do-not-drive or park-outside recall. The 2023 drew few complaints too, but it has a recall telling owners not to drive or to park outside until it is repaired.

Based on owner complaints filed with NHTSA in each model year's first three years, not adjusted for sales. The 2024 to 2026 models are too new to judge. See every year ranked

Data: US EPA and NHTSAUpdated Nov 12, 2026

Every model year since 2010 in one place: EPA fuel economy, NHTSA recalls, owner complaints and crash test ratings. The best fuel economy rating, 52 mpg combined, arrived in 2018.

Camry problems by year, ranked by owner complaints

How the years are ranked

Model years ranked by owner complaints filed with NHTSA in their first three years (model year Y: filed by the end of Y+2), so every year is measured over the same time on the road. Years without three full years of data, and launch or final years with very few sold, are left out. Counts are not adjusted for how many were sold.

A typical Camry year drew 112.5 complaints in its first three years: the median of all its ranked years, higher than the median of its years since 2016 (75). Years to avoid drew at least twice that, and at least 50. Best years are up to three years since 2016 with the fewest complaints, each under three quarters of a typical year since 2016 (75), with no open NHTSA investigation and no do-not-drive or park-outside recall that covers all versions; the 2020 is never picked, as its first three years fell in the pandemic. How the verdict works.

Model year	First 3 years	All complaints	Recalls
2018 Camry Avoid Most described: jerking, lurching or harsh shifting	331	785	8
2010 Camry Avoid Most described: unintended acceleration or surging	275	614	9
2012 Camry Most described: shaking, shuddering or vibration	216	646	2
2019 Camry Most described: hesitation or slow acceleration and transmission failure or replacement	186	416	7
2014 Camry Most described: shaking, shuddering or vibration	161	480	3
2011 Camry Most described: airbags not deploying in a crash	154	625	5
2013 Camry Most described: shaking, shuddering or vibration	124	301	2
2020 Camry Most described: a dead battery or battery drain	101	285	3
2015 Camry Most described: steering rack problems such as sticking, play or pulling	84	286	1
2016 Camry Most described: airbags not deploying in a crash	81	189	3
2017 Camry Most described: airbags not deploying in a crash	69	153	3
2023 Camry Most described: driver-assist errors or blocked-sensor messages, shaking, shuddering or vibration, and unintended acceleration or surging	44	68	2
2021 Camry Best Most described: the airbag warning light or an airbag fault	43	166	1
2022 Camry Best Most reported: air bags	34	68	1

Compare other models' worst years in the worst model years guide.

Check your Camry for open recalls

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Year by year

Model year	Best rating	Recalls	Complaints	Crash test
2026 MPG · Recalls and problems	51 mpg Hybrid	3	145
2025 MPG · Recalls and problems	51 mpg Hybrid	6	179
2024 MPG · Recalls and problems	52 mpg Hybrid	1	53
2023 MPG · Recalls and problems	52 mpg Hybrid	2	68
2022 MPG · Recalls and problems	52 mpg Hybrid	1	68
2021 MPG · Recalls and problems	52 mpg Hybrid	1	166
2020 MPG · Recalls and problems	52 mpg Hybrid	3	285
2019 MPG · Recalls and problems	52 mpg Hybrid	7	416
2018 MPG · Recalls and problems	52 mpg Hybrid	8	785
2017 MPG · Recalls and problems	40 mpg Hybrid	3	153
2016 MPG · Recalls and problems	40 mpg Hybrid	3	189
2015 MPG · Recalls and problems	40 mpg Hybrid	1	286
2014 MPG · Recalls and problems	40 mpg Hybrid	3	480
2013 MPG · Recalls and problems	40 mpg Hybrid	2	301
2012 MPG · Recalls and problems	40 mpg Hybrid	2	646
2011 MPG · Recalls and problems	33 mpg Hybrid	5	625	3 to 4 stars
2010 MPG · Recalls and problems	34 mpg Hybrid	9	614	Not rated

Owner complaints by model year

All complaints filed so far. Counts rise with sales volume and with time on the road, so recent years look better than they may turn out. The highlighted bar is the model year with the most complaints in its first three years.

2018: 785 complaints

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Owner complaints by model year, Toyota Camry
Model year	Complaints
2010	614
2011	625
2012	646
2013	301
2014	480
2015	286
2016	189
2017	153
2018	785
2019	416
2020	285
2021	166
2022	68
2023	68
2024	53
2025	179
2026	145

Best combined rating by model year

The best-rated version in each model year. Gas: 26 to 34 mpg (2010 to 2024); highest in 2018. Hybrid: 33 to 52 mpg (every year from 2010 to 2026); highest in 2018.

Best gas version
Best hybrid version

2026: gas not offered · hybrid 51 mpg

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Toyota Camry best combined mpg by model year
Model year	Best gas version	Best hybrid version
2010	26	34
2011	26	33
2012	28	40
2013	28	40
2014	28	40
2015	28	40
2016	28	40
2017	27	40
2018	34	52
2019	34	52
2020	34	52
2021	32	52
2022	32	52
2023	32	52
2024	32	52
2025	–	51
2026	–	51

Every Camry year's ratings in one table

Comparisons

Questions

Which Toyota Camry years should you avoid?

The 2010 and 2018 Camry are the years to avoid: each drew at least twice the 112.5 owner complaints of a typical Camry year in its first three years. Owners of the 2018 most often describe jerking or harsh shifting. Complaints can't tell you whether a particular car is sound, so whatever the year, check its open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before you buy. Safety recall repairs are free at Toyota dealers for vehicles up to 15 years old from first sale.

What are the best Toyota Camry years?

The 2021 and 2022 Camry are the best years: they drew 43 and 34 owner complaints in their first three years, each under three quarters of the 75 complaints of a typical Camry year since 2016, and none has an open NHTSA investigation or recall telling owners not to drive or to park outside. The 2023 drew few complaints too, but it has a recall telling owners not to drive or to park outside until it is repaired. Only years since 2016 are considered, since owners filed fewer complaints in the early 2010s. The 2024, 2025, and 2026 are not ranked yet: they have had fewer than three full years on the road.

Which Toyota Camry years have the most problems?

Counting owner complaints filed with NHTSA in each model year's first three years, the 2018 (331) drew the most, then the 2010 (275). Owners of the 2018 most often describe jerking, lurching or harsh shifting.

Which Toyota Camry years have the most recalls?

The 2010 has the most safety recalls in NHTSA's file (9), then the 2018 (8). A recall can cover a problem that affects only a few cars, so open a year's page to see what each one covers. One recall tells owners not to drive the car or to park it outside until it is repaired: NHTSA 23V-432 (2023 models).

What are the most common Toyota Camry problems?

In the 5,459 owner complaints NHTSA lists for 2010 to 2026 models, owners most often describe shaking, shuddering or vibration (393 complaints); hesitation or slow acceleration (339 complaints); and jerking, lurching or harsh shifting (242 complaints, most of them for the 2011, 2018, and 2019). One complaint can describe several problems. Each year's recalls and problems page lists what owners describe for that year.

Which Toyota Camry year has the best MPG?

The best EPA fuel economy is 52 mpg combined, first reached by the 2018 hybrid version.

Sources and method

US EPA fuel economy data (fueleconomy.gov), file dated Nov 4, 2026.
NHTSA recall file dated Nov 12, 2026 and owner complaint file dated Nov 11, 2026; NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings.

Complaint counts are unverified owner reports and are not adjusted for sales volume. How we build these pages. Spotted an error? Tell us.