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Toyota seat belts problems

Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 2,424 complaints involve seat belts. The Camry accounts for the largest share (19%). The single worst model year is the 2004 Sienna with 99 seat belts complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
2,424 about seat belts, all Toyota models
Most affected
Camry 19% of these complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 1,153 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
427 and 12

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Toyota models

ModelComplaintsShare
Camry45719%
Corolla41117%
Sienna35014%
RAV42149%
Tacoma1556%
Prius914%
Highlander854%
Avalon703%
Tundra673%
4RUNNER633%

Worst model years for seat belts

  1. 2004 Toyota Sienna99 complaints
  2. 2005 Toyota Sienna83 complaints
  3. 2005 Toyota Camry46 complaints
  4. 1997 Toyota Corolla39 complaints
  5. 2003 Toyota Corolla38 complaints

Seat belts complaints by model year

Toyota seat belts complaints by model year 0 100 200 1990: 45 '90 1991: 62 1992: 41 1993: 57 '93 1994: 63 1995: 71 1996: 75 '96 1997: 106 1998: 114 1999: 54 '99 2000: 83 2001: 60 2002: 60 '02 2003: 107 2004: 173 2005: 169 '05 2006: 90 2007: 136 2008: 102 '08 2009: 48 2010: 82 2011: 68 '11 2012: 84 2013: 58 2014: 50 '14 2015: 39 2016: 52 2017: 39 '17 2018: 35 2019: 48 2020: 34 '20 2021: 40 2022: 23 2023: 14 '23 2024: 22 2025: 13 2026: 7 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199045
199162
199241
199357
199463
199571
199675
1997106
1998114
199954
200083
200160
200260
2003107
2004173
2005169
200690
2007136
2008102
200948
201082
201168
201284
201358
201450
201539
201652
201739
201835
201948
202034
202140
202223
202314
202422
202513
20267

Among the 1,153 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles.

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