2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid problems
The 2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid has 225 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (30%) concerns brakes. Next are cruise control (18%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 225 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 191 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 17 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 35 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 39 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 33 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 11 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 15 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 12 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 191 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 75,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 96,000 miles (61 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Toyota Camry Hybrid with enough data (99 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry hybrid. The contact stated as he was making a right turn about 30 MPH the vehicle suddenly accelerated out of control cross the median strip and flipped over. The driver and the passenger sustained extensive injuries to their bodies. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was available if needed. The manufacturer was contacted and a complaint was filed. The manufacturer denied the claim and stated the crash was the contact's fault.
Drove in to a park parking lot, pulled in to a parking space when accelerator pedal stuck, brakes went out, ran in to a tree about five or six feet away. If there would not have been the tree there I could have run in to the soccer group a few hundred feet away and injured or killed them and me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota camry hybrid. The contact was sitting at a stop with the brakes depressed. The contact shifted into reverse and the vehicle abnormally accelerated and crashed into a building. The front passenger side of the vehicle was damaged. The contact stated that her neck was bruised from the seat belt when the vehicle jerked forward. The front air bags did not deploy. A police report was available. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 10,500.
I own a 2008 toyota camry hybrid. For the second time the drivers side visor has broken and flops down into my field of view. Both visors previously broke and were replaced under warranty but now the car is out of warranty. These visors are defective from the factory and it will cost $130 for the visor with extra costs for labor to install it. Driving my car is dangerous now with the visor hanging down in the way. Toyota needs to recall the defective visors and replace them before someone gets hurt.
My car was just repaired 6 months ago for this same issue at a cost of over $3,000!!!! Today my husband and son were in the car when the brakes failed and the check vsc warning light came on again!! Luckily they were not in an accident as a result of the failed brakes.