Complaint volume
716 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2018 Toyota Camry Complaints
716 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2018 Toyota Camry, grouped by component category.
716 Total complaints
46 Crash reports
4 Fire reports
25 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are power train, service brakes, unknown or other. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 46 crash reports, 4 fire reports, 25 injury reports, and 0 fatality reports. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 327 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 35,432 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to power train, service brakes, unknown or other?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2018 Toyota Camry?
Used-car checklist
Use these complaints before the test drive.
Build a buyer checklist to turn these issues into questions and inspection points.
2018 Toyota Camry
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How severe are the 2018 Toyota Camry complaints?
46 Crash
4 Fire
25 Injury
0 Fatality
54 Towed
16 Medical attention
What are the most common 2018 Toyota Camry complaint categories?
POWER TRAIN 96
SERVICE BRAKES 69
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 43
STEERING 40
ENGINE 33
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 30
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 28
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 25
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 17
VISIBILITY/WIPER 17
716 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,LANE DEPARTURE | Braking Malfunction OVERHEATING shut the whole car down. Drained my battery starter, window module, blind spotting warning, | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | System malfunction | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2022 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while his wife driving 75 mph, the vehicle's speed began to decelerate to 10 mph. The contact stated the "See Dealer Immediately" warning light was illuminated. The driver was able to drive at 10 mph to their residence. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed with "bad fuel". The contact stated they continued to experience a failure. The contact took the vehicle back to the local dealer, but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact experienced the failure for the third time and took the vehicle back to the local dealer. The dealer diagnosed the failure with needing an ignition coil to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the wife experienced the failure for the fourth time. The driver took the vehicle back to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing all the ignition coils to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 48,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 48,000 |
| Aug 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | When opening the trunk the trunk lid opens very fast and makes contact with the rear window. This has a very high potential to break the rear glass making it unable to see out off. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2022 | STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The hood doesn't stay open. The hood uses two gas struts to be opened and they failed causing the hood to slam into my head and neck. The hood doesn't have a prop up bar which can keep the hood propped open. My car is a 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid with 70,000 miles on it. The hood was opened all the way for 5 minutes before it slammed shut on me. | Crash: No Fire: No Injuries: 1 | Unknown |
| Jul 2022 | POWER TRAIN | While entering the highway/merging onto on ramp. Have to yield to merge, upon slowing or reaccelerating. Vehicle hesitates and feels as if gear not catching/slipping. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER | Fuel\propulsion system, There was no power given to the engine when I turned a corner with an exorbitant amount of time. There was a car at least 100 yards away. When I put my foot on the gas pedal there was no power. It felt like the car did not switch gears for the fuel pump or Pistons just were not working correctly. The car almost rear-ended me and caused a major accident. This has happened multiple times. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Brake light switch failure causing loss of break lights and other safety features such as emergency stopping, lane change notification, loss of anti-lock brakes,and other safety features. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The car is currently bricked and I am receiving messages on dash telling me power brakes are not functioning and parking brakes unavailable low power braking also electronic issues with my front camera is not functioning but I don’t have a front camera. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES | The entire brake system became inoperative on my 2018 Toyota Camry on two separate occasions causing a near fatal accident and damaged to my property and to the property of the other driver on the road. The first incident occurred on the freeway while I was driving behind another vehicle. As my car approached the other vehicle, I press down on the brake pedal all the way but my car would not slow down or stop but continue to accelerate thus causing me to rear end the other car. My car gave no prior warning that the brake system was malfunctioning. I was deemed by the insurance company as the responsible party for the accident thus my insurance premium was increased. The second incident occurred when I was in a residential area approaching my driveway. The car again failed to stop when I pressed down on the brake pedal. The emergency hand brake did not work either. I had no choice but to shift the car into parking which cause me to hit the curve and only inches away from my garage door. The brake fluid under the hood of my car bursts thus leaking the fluid all over the street and my driveway. Both of these incidents caused my elderly mother and myself great emotional stress and post traumatic symptoms. Prior to this Toyota issued a recall on all 2018 to 2019 Toyota Camry for the potential brake failure. I had to towed my car to the Toyota dealership for repair. It has been over 3 months and Toyota has done nothing to remedy this problem. They claim the parts for the brakes are back order and that there is a shortage of parts everywhere. This is the only answer I get when I call them for an update. I have spoken to the service manager, the customer relation manager and the corporate office but none are willing to assists me to resolve this matter. | Crash: Yes Fire: No Injuries: 2 | Unknown |
| Jun 2022 | LANE DEPARTURE | The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the “Rear Crossing and Blind Spot Monitor Inoperable" message was displayed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where they confirmed the monitor failure and provided an estimate for the repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 13,600. The VIN was not available. | Crash: No Fire: No | 13,600 |
| Jun 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | When vehicle is stopped from slow speeds, the car lurches to a stop because the brakes grab much harder than the pressure being applied to the brake pedal would indicate. These touchy brakes can alarm passengers in the vehicle and pedestrians near the vehicle causing them to be frightened that the vehicle hit something. Toyota developed a fix for this problem which is described by T-SB-0033-20 but the fix was not published until 4/8/20 (less than 6 months before my 36 month warranty expired) and was only applicable to vehicles in warranty so when I discovered the fix, my car was out of warranty and Toyota refuses to perform the fix at no charge. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2022 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | For the past few months I have experienced a sudden loss of power while driving on the freeway and/or while attempting to accelerate. The car will stall, lose power, the engine will rev but not propel the car. I took my vehicle to the dealership twice before they acknowledged that there was an active recall and kept my vehicle for 2 months before calling me and telling me my car was fixed and returning it to me. I drove the car for about a month before it started doing the exact same thing and suddenly losing power as I was driving on the freeway. I took it back to the dealership and was told that the recall part they fixed (that took 2 months) was for safety recall #21TA09 "Sudden loss of power braking assist" and that the Toyota 2018-19 fuel pump defect recall #20TA02 announced in January of 2020 and ultimately effecting approximately 3.34 million vehicles did not apply to my specific VIN # even though it applies to the year, make, model and issue that I am having. This is a serious safety issue and I am gravely concerned about my own safety and that of any potential passengers I may have in my vehicle. I would like to know what criteria would be necessary to have equitable application of the recall extended to my vehicle (VIN #). | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | The contact owned a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V890000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) and requested to be removed from the recall distribution list as she had traded the vehicle. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, there was a low brake power failure warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V890000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulics). The approximate failure mileage was 53,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 53,000 |
| Jun 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V890000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving at 55 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed but the brakes failed to slow the vehicle down. The contact mentioned that both feet were used to depress the brake pedal however the vehicle failed to stop. An unknown brake-related warning light illuminated. As a result, the contact crashed into a vehicle and that vehicle crashed into another causing a 3 vehicle collision. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact's mother sustained seat belt injuries, neck, thoracic, chest bruising, knee, and neck bruising. The contact had x-rays on her two feet due to bruising that occurred when depressing the brake pedal aggressively during the failure. Both the contact and her mother sought medical treatment at a hospital. The contact's sister had neck injuries and the contact's niece sustained arm injuries but both did not seek medical attention. The vehicle's hood was damaged and was strapped down in order to drive the vehicle to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired for the brake failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and it was informed that there was a recall related to the brakes. The failure mileage was 53,000. | Crash: Yes Fire: No Injuries: 4 Towed Medical attention | 53,000 |
| Jun 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle was shaking. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 61,000 |
| May 2022 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Blank spots in gas pedal | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Backup camera suddenly stopped showing video feed to the vehicle screen. No warning lamps were ever produced. The screen works intermittently and will fail for entire ignition cycles once it stops working. I had to dig through diagnostic menus that are hidden to the customer. The screen works as intended when the vehicle is not in reverse. Safety concern is that no check engine lamp was lit when the backup camera circuit failed. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | When I got home from work in the early evening, I discovered my rear windshield was completely shattered but it is still together. On my way home, I noticed that I could not see thru my rear windshield and didn't think of it much because we had some rain today and I live in a high humidity city. I turned my rear windshield defroster ON hoping it will clear it but it did not. I turned it OFF and thought to myself maybe the poor visibility was due to dirt accumulation on the windshield after the rain. When I finally got home, I was shocked to discover the rear glass windshield had completely shattered with few pieces had fallen off from all four corners and some from the edges. I immediately started looking for any sign of any object that might have struck the glass and caused the breakage like a rock or hail from the rain earlier, I could not find any. There was no indentations or depression in the glass that would indicate that anything had struck it while it was parked in an open parking lot all day long at a secure site or while driving back home. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that as his wife was pulling into the residence driveway at approximately 3 MPH the vehicle had a brake failure. The contact stated that the wife's vehicle hit the rear of another vehicle in the driveway. The contact stated that there was damage to the front bumper and the passenger-side rear bumper of the second vehicle. The contact stated that his wife did not notice any warning lights were illuminated. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer and the vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The contact relates the brake failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V890000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. | Crash: Yes Fire: No | 50,000 |
| May 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | Recall (21TB09) incomplete for more than 5 months. Safety risk of a sudden loss of power braking assist. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | Have not heard from Toyota on a remedy to fix the brake problem! This is a dangerous situation and someone can be hurt or killed. Someone at Toyota is stalling or they do not want to spend time and money to repair the vehicles! Need help to send Toyota a message to fix the damn problem. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2022 | STEERING | Steering became stiff to the point driving was an issue. Dealer said it was a know problem in model. Replaced steering shaft column due to binding at drivers expense. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |