2011 Toyota Camry
Complaints about this year name vin far more often than the other years of this generation — 12% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 4.1%.
Last year of its generation. This Toyota Camry ran from 2007 to 2011, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,242 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 389 |
| Involving a crash | 220 |
| Involving a fire | 14 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 3/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What owners wrote
CAR [VIN] OUT OF CONTROL,CAUSING DAMAGE TO AN APARTMENT AN TOTALING THE CAR OUT.
DRIVERS SIDE SUNVISOR HAS FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. IT BLOCKED MY VIEW AND ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V743000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V732000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 13V123000 EQUIPMENT
- 13V014000 AIR BAGS
- 10V036000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Camry was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
Own a 2011 Toyota Camry? What happened to yours?
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