2006 Toyota Camry Solara problems
Owners have filed 159 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Toyota Camry Solara. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. Next are cruise control (12%) and air bags (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 159 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 34 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 61 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 48,000 miles 109 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 | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 19 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 23 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 16 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 109 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 48,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 50,000 miles (33 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 34 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 61 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Toyota Camry Solara with enough data (72 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.
2006 solara was driven by my son who was found dead in a canal on 1/28/08 by a passerby. The car had the tendency to have the floor mat on the drivers side ride up, which I was used to as it was my car. Therefore, I suspect the floor mat rode up onto accelerator pedal causing car to be unable to stop without turning off the engine. The car was found upside down with the car in park with the keys removed in 4' of water with my only child laying face down in the water dead.
Tl*- the contact owns a 2006 toyota solara convertible with a current and failure mileage of 12,953 . The contact stated that the vehicle was in a crash on march 27, 2007 the driver was backing out of the parking spot and hit another vehicle. She could not see out of the rearview mirror because the head rest was too big. There was no police report. The vehicle was not towed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota solara. At 18,000 miles, the contact felt a vibration while driving between 35-70 MPH. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but no repairs were made because the cause of the failure could not be identified. The contact stated that the tire springs prove that the tires are rubbing against the springs often, but not continuously. The current mileage was 19,126 and failure mileage was 18,000. Updated 07/29/08 updated 08/07/08