1991 Toyota Camry problems
Owners have filed 186 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Toyota Camry. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 15% of complaints. Next are electrical system (13%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 186 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 12
- Injuries and deaths
- 32 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 114,000 miles 21 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 21 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 114,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 12 complaints mention a fire; 32 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% 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 1991 ranks 34th most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Toyota Camry with enough data (55 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.
Tl-the driver owned a 1991 toyota camry. While driving 90 MPH the vehicle accelerated and the vehicle crashed into a tree. A police report was filed. The driver was killed. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was unknown. Vwb updated 06/24/10 according to the police report, the consumer was traveling at a high rate of speed. The consumer slid off the road to the left and then slid back off the road to the right and began to roll to its left. The vehicle then struck a tree and separated.
Upon opening the fuel tank the consumer felt extreme heat and looked down to see that her hand and arm were covered in flames to the elbow, the consumer says she didnt notice a spark prior to opening the tank. *nlm
Shoulder belt locked and tightened at neck, causing strangulation feeling and problem breathing, turned off the ignition didn't help, after driver door opened, belt released.
My car: 1991 toyota camry. Three times went into excessive high speed with me and third time blew the head gasket. My (master) mechanic upon repairing the car, test drove the car and experienced the same uncontrolled high speed. Testing the next day he was involved in an accident. I sold the car to a junk yard since I did not trust it.
Tl*the contact owns a 1991 toyota camry. While the contact was driving 40MPH the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact was able to stop the unintended acceleration by depressing the brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the failure could not be reproduced. The current and failure mileages were 56000.