2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid problems
The 2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid has 35 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns brakes. Next are steering (17%) and cruise control (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 7,000 miles 31 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 | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 31 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 7,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Toyota Camry Hybrid with enough data (32 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Trunk lid will not stay up, if vehicle is on the slightest upgrade when you open the trunk it comes back down and hits you in the head. I have been hit 3 times now and my wife was hit so hard we took her to the doctors to have her checked for a concussion. I have had the dealer adjust the trunk lid but it still comes down on you when it should not. When your bent over trying to put something in the trunk or get something out of it you do see it coming, and it hurts.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota camry hybrid. The contact stated that entering a parking space and shifting into park, the vehicle erroneously accelerated over a concrete median and crashed into a pole. The contact stated that the air bags did not deploy and the brake did not function. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 16,700.
I was entering freeway on ramp. Heavy traffic. Beautiful day, dry roads. Vehicle in front of me made braked suddenly. I quickly applied my brakes. My brakes did not engage. I was approximately 2-3 car lengths behind vehicle in front of me and traveling 25 MPH. When I applied brakes, my car did not even try to stop, it basically slid 2 1/2 car lengths into rear of vehicle. My vehicle only stopped moving because it was stopped by vehicle in front.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota camry hybrid. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle surged forward and suddenly accelerated to 45 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to duplicate the failure. The technician stated that the contact experienced a normal characteristic of a hybrid vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 10,500.