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Toyota fuel system problems

Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 4,689 complaints involve fuel system. The Camry accounts for the largest share (16%). The single worst model year is the 2019 RAV4 with 269 fuel system complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
4,689 about fuel system, all Toyota models
Most affected
Camry 16% of these complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 2,576 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
214 and 97

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Toyota models

ModelComplaintsShare
Camry74516%
RAV462313%
Tundra58112%
Tacoma4429%
Corolla4209%
Highlander3658%
Prius3417%
Sienna2185%
4RUNNER1894%
Avalon1122%

Worst model years for fuel system

  1. 2019 Toyota RAV4269 complaints
  2. 2019 Toyota Highlander110 complaints
  3. 2018 Toyota Camry105 complaints
  4. 2022 Toyota Tundra104 complaints
  5. 2020 Toyota RAV490 complaints

Fuel system complaints by model year

Toyota fuel system complaints by model year 0 350 700 1990: 18 '90 1991: 25 1992: 15 1993: 13 '93 1994: 24 1995: 47 1996: 45 '96 1997: 35 1998: 45 1999: 86 '99 2000: 91 2001: 98 2002: 118 '02 2003: 150 2004: 184 2005: 164 '05 2006: 156 2007: 287 2008: 179 '08 2009: 106 2010: 171 2011: 92 '11 2012: 160 2013: 118 2014: 117 '14 2015: 87 2016: 62 2017: 154 '17 2018: 319 2019: 685 2020: 218 '20 2021: 120 2022: 152 2023: 135 '23 2024: 123 2025: 61 2026: 29 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199018
199125
199215
199313
199424
199547
199645
199735
199845
199986
200091
200198
2002118
2003150
2004184
2005164
2006156
2007287
2008179
2009106
2010171
201192
2012160
2013118
2014117
201587
201662
2017154
2018319
2019685
2020218
2021120
2022152
2023135
2024123
202561
202629

Among the 2,576 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles.

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