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Toyota cruise control problems

Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 11,040 complaints involve cruise control. The Camry accounts for the largest share (29%). The single worst model year is the 2007 Camry with 512 cruise control complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
11,040 about cruise control, all Toyota models
Most affected
Camry 29% of these complaints
Typical mileage
35,000 miles 8,301 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3517 and 59

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Toyota models

ModelComplaintsShare
Camry3,15829%
Corolla1,15511%
Prius1,05010%
RAV49058%
Tacoma7857%
Avalon6046%
Sequoia5285%
Sienna4674%
Tundra4654%
Highlander4494%

Worst model years for cruise control

  1. 2007 Toyota Camry512 complaints
  2. 2010 Toyota Prius287 complaints
  3. 2002 Toyota Camry282 complaints
  4. 2005 Toyota Camry274 complaints
  5. 2009 Toyota Camry268 complaints

Cruise control complaints by model year

Toyota cruise control complaints by model year 0 750 1,500 1990: 25 '90 1991: 20 1992: 34 1993: 42 '93 1994: 54 1995: 45 1996: 108 '96 1997: 78 1998: 169 1999: 145 '99 2000: 233 2001: 309 2002: 604 '02 2003: 686 2004: 721 2005: 908 '05 2006: 837 2007: 1,418 2008: 858 '08 2009: 876 2010: 895 2011: 288 '11 2012: 239 2013: 193 2014: 167 '14 2015: 117 2016: 106 2017: 123 '17 2018: 174 2019: 114 2020: 61 '20 2021: 67 2022: 82 2023: 76 '23 2024: 95 2025: 56 2026: 17 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199025
199120
199234
199342
199454
199545
1996108
199778
1998169
1999145
2000233
2001309
2002604
2003686
2004721
2005908
2006837
20071,418
2008858
2009876
2010895
2011288
2012239
2013193
2014167
2015117
2016106
2017123
2018174
2019114
202061
202167
202282
202376
202495
202556
202617

Among the 8,301 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 35,000 miles.

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