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Toyota body & structure problems

Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 14,370 complaints involve body & structure. The Sienna accounts for the largest share (20%). The single worst model year is the 2004 Sienna with 985 body & structure complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
14,370 about body & structure, all Toyota models
Most affected
Sienna 20% of these complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 9,523 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
654 and 99

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Toyota models

ModelComplaintsShare
Sienna2,80620%
Tacoma2,24716%
4RUNNER1,82713%
Camry1,78512%
Tundra1,78312%
RAV45264%
Sequoia5154%
Corolla4713%
Highlander4573%
Prius4323%

Worst model years for body & structure

  1. 2004 Toyota Sienna985 complaints
  2. 2000 Toyota Tundra557 complaints
  3. 2005 Toyota Sienna514 complaints
  4. 2007 Toyota Camry404 complaints
  5. 2004 Toyota 4RUNNER310 complaints

Body & structure complaints by model year

Toyota body & structure complaints by model year 0 1,000 2,000 1990: 34 '90 1991: 50 1992: 340 1993: 67 '93 1994: 75 1995: 76 1996: 174 '96 1997: 197 1998: 303 1999: 298 '99 2000: 1,009 2001: 705 2002: 682 '02 2003: 865 2004: 1,874 2005: 1,194 '05 2006: 1,029 2007: 1,344 2008: 664 '08 2009: 521 2010: 314 2011: 362 '11 2012: 274 2013: 221 2014: 244 '14 2015: 218 2016: 155 2017: 111 '17 2018: 87 2019: 150 2020: 131 '20 2021: 114 2022: 116 2023: 87 '23 2024: 114 2025: 135 2026: 36 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
199034
199150
1992340
199367
199475
199576
1996174
1997197
1998303
1999298
20001,009
2001705
2002682
2003865
20041,874
20051,194
20061,029
20071,344
2008664
2009521
2010314
2011362
2012274
2013221
2014244
2015218
2016155
2017111
201887
2019150
2020131
2021114
2022116
202387
2024114
2025135
202636

Among the 9,523 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles.

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