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Toyota Camry warranty extensions

We list six Toyota warranty extensions on the Camry model years, and each card says whether it still applies. Eligibility depends on the VIN, so ask a Toyota dealer to check the car before you buy it.

• High-pressure fuel pump Open

  10 years, no mileage limit

  Years

  2018–2022 with the 2GR V6

  Source

  23TE01

  For this program Toyota counts 10 years from each vehicle’s own first use, so the oldest ones run out first.

• Coolant flow shut-off valve Open

  10 years or 100,000 miles

  Years

  2018–2021

  Source

  24TE04

  Toyota covered the valve until November 30, 2025 regardless of mileage, and the second phase runs 10 years or 100,000 miles from first use.

• Pistons and piston rings (2AZ-FE engine) Ended by age

  10 years or 150,000 miles

  Years

  2007–2009 with the 2AZ-FE engine

  Source

  ZE7

• Dashboard cracking or stickiness Ended by age

  10 years, no mileage limit

  Years

  2007–2011

  Source

  ZE6

• Dashboard surface Ended by age

  10 years, no mileage limit

  Years

  2010–2011

  Source

  ZJA

• Torque converter (U760E automatic) Ended by age

  8 years or 150,000 miles

  Years

  2012–2014 with the U760E automatic

  Source

  ZE5

Sources: Toyota warranty enhancement 23TE01, April 5, 2023. Toyota warranty enhancement 24TE04, December 5, 2024. Toyota warranty enhancement ZE7 (POL14-12), December 16, 2014. Toyota warranty enhancement ZE6 (POL14-11), December 3, 2015. Toyota warranty enhancement ZJA, May 23, 2018. Toyota warranty enhancement ZE5, October 29, 2014.

Toyota Camry crash tests and investigations

NHTSA gives the Toyota Camry an overall 5 of 5 for the 2012–2024 model years and an overall 3 or 4 of 5 depending on the version for the 2011 model year. The frontal score is 5 for the 2018–2024, 4 for the 2012–2017 and 3 for the 2011. NHTSA started its current 5-star test system with the 2011 model year, so older ratings are not comparable and we do not show them.

Separately, NHTSA’s defect office has had 4 probes on Camry model years, and none of them is still open. NHTSA also handled petitions about engine seizure (DP02004, closed Jun 20, 2002), vehicle speed control (DP05002, closed Jan 5, 2006), and engine surging (DP06003, closed Apr 3, 2007).

Crash test ratings

NHTSA defect investigations

Source: NHTSA safety ratings, read Oct 31, 2026, and the NHTSA defect investigations file of Oct 30, 2026

Toyota Camry model years compared

Each score from 1 to 5 compares one Toyota Camry model year with the other Toyota Camry model years only. It is not a reliability rating, and it says nothing about how the Toyota Camry compares with another car. A 5 means that year scores highest among the Toyota Camry model years, a 1 means it scores lowest. The 2022, 2023 and 2024 are too new to judge and carry no score.

Best counts model years from 2011 on, so an older year can score 4 here and still not be listed in the Best years.

How the score is built: each year is compared with the typical Toyota Camry year over its first five years on the road, using complaints (40%), serious complaints that report a crash, fire, injury or death (40%), recalls (15%) and open NHTSA probes (5%). A 4 is better than most other years and sits in a Next best tier under the Best years when fewer than five years from 2011 on score 5. A year with a recall that tells owners not to drive it scores 1 (a year too new to score shows that recall as a safety recall alert instead).

Years under five years old get no score. Source: NHTSA owner complaints, federal file of Aug 25, 2026, and NHTSA recall campaigns, read Oct 31, 2026. The open probes come from the NHTSA defect investigations file of Oct 30, 2026. The counts in the “Model years compared” table are for those first five years. The complaint and recall totals on each year card cover all years on file, so they are larger.

Toyota Camry recalls by year

The 2007 and 2009 Toyota Camry tie with 10 recall campaigns each, the 2007 most often for equipment and the 2009 most often for the seat, and the 2010 follows with 9, then the 2008 and 2018 with 8 each. Every other year has 1–6, most often for the airbag system (9 of the 20 other years with a recall).

By federal law a carmaker must repair a recalled car for free unless it was first bought more than 15 calendar years before the maker sent the recall notice or NHTSA ordered the recall, whichever came first. Many makers fix older cars anyway, so ask a Toyota dealer with your VIN. Your VIN shows which campaigns are still open on a car.

Look up your own car by VIN before anything else on this page.

Source: NHTSA recall campaigns by model year, read Oct 31, 2026

Toyota Camry complaints by year

The table lists every Camry model year in NHTSA’s file, 2000–2024, with its complaint count and the system owners named most. The 2007 leads with 2,886 complaints, most about the throttle and speed control, and the 2009 follows with 1,293, most about the throttle and speed control.

The verdict for each year uses the same scores as the cards at the top of the page. This table counts every complaint on file for each year, while the Model years compared table scores each year on its first five years only.

One complaint can name more than one problem, so the counts can add up to more than the year’s total. Entries NHTSA marks as unknown or other are left out.