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Toyota cooling system problems

Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 254 complaints involve cooling system. The Camry accounts for the largest share (28%). The single worst model year is the 2004 Sienna with 13 cooling system complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
254 about cooling system, all Toyota models
Most affected
Camry 28% of these complaints
Typical mileage
69,000 miles 152 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 8

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Toyota models

ModelComplaintsShare
Camry7128%
Corolla3313%
4RUNNER2711%
Sienna2510%
Prius229%
Highlander125%
RAV4104%
Pickup94%
Tacoma73%
Avalon52%

Worst model years for cooling system

  1. 2004 Toyota Sienna13 complaints
  2. 1999 Toyota Camry11 complaints
  3. 2005 Toyota Corolla10 complaints
  4. 1995 Toyota 4RUNNER9 complaints
  5. 1992 Toyota Camry9 complaints

Cooling system complaints by model year

Toyota cooling system complaints by model year 0 15 30 1990: 6 '90 1991: 7 1992: 18 '92 1993: 9 1994: 5 '94 1995: 13 1996: 9 '96 1997: 4 1998: 6 '98 1999: 13 2000: 6 '00 2001: 7 2002: 9 '02 2003: 19 2004: 25 '04 2005: 29 2006: 15 '06 2007: 16 2008: 10 '08 2009: 11 2010: 5 '10 2011: 2 2016: 2 '16 2017: 1 2019: 2 '19 2020: 1 2023: 1 '23 2024: 2 2025: 1 '25
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19906
19917
199218
19939
19945
199513
19969
19974
19986
199913
20006
20017
20029
200319
200425
200529
200615
200716
200810
200911
20105
20112
20162
20171
20192
20201
20231
20242
20251

Among the 152 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.