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Toyota wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 4,804 complaints involve wipers, windshield & visibility. The Camry accounts for the largest share (32%). The single worst model year is the 2007 Camry with 542 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
4,804 about wipers, windshield & visibility, all Toyota models
Most affected
Camry 32% of these complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 2,876 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
60 and 72

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Toyota models

ModelComplaintsShare
Camry1,54132%
Highlander53311%
RAV447310%
Corolla3317%
Prius2475%
Sienna2014%
Avalon1914%
4RUNNER1714%
Tacoma1333%
Camry Hybrid1162%

Worst model years for wipers, windshield & visibility

  1. 2007 Toyota Camry542 complaints
  2. 2008 Toyota Camry290 complaints
  3. 2002 Toyota Highlander140 complaints
  4. 2009 Toyota Camry126 complaints
  5. 2011 Toyota Camry122 complaints

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year

Toyota wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year 0 425 850 1990: 12 '90 1991: 36 1992: 36 1993: 43 '93 1994: 39 1995: 33 1996: 69 '96 1997: 29 1998: 60 1999: 60 '99 2000: 86 2001: 81 2002: 199 '02 2003: 144 2004: 175 2005: 180 '05 2006: 170 2007: 835 2008: 442 '08 2009: 218 2010: 228 2011: 274 '11 2012: 167 2013: 103 2014: 93 '14 2015: 66 2016: 110 2017: 89 '17 2018: 77 2019: 63 2020: 70 '20 2021: 173 2022: 81 2023: 88 '23 2024: 62 2025: 80 2026: 33 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199012
199136
199236
199343
199439
199533
199669
199729
199860
199960
200086
200181
2002199
2003144
2004175
2005180
2006170
2007835
2008442
2009218
2010228
2011274
2012167
2013103
201493
201566
2016110
201789
201877
201963
202070
2021173
202281
202388
202462
202580
202633

Among the 2,876 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles.

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