1993 Toyota Camry problems
Owners have filed 334 complaints with NHTSA about the 1993 Toyota Camry. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 14% of complaints. Next are engine (12%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 334 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 58 and 14
- Injuries and deaths
- 61 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 133,000 miles 40 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 | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 40 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 133,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 58 complaints mention a crash; 14 complaints mention a fire; 61 injuries reported; 2 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 1993 ranks 30th most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Toyota Camry with enough data (145 complaints in that window).
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.
1993 toyota camry. Consumer states discontent regarding her daughter's fatal head on collision. The consumer stated the driver crossed into the other lane her daughter was drivng in. According to the police, it was both parties fault.
While driving at 45MPH and with no warning radio amplifier located under right passenger's seat caught on fire, causing consumer to pull over, the consumr was able to extinguish the fire and as a result sustained burns to the hand. *nlm
Driving north on the taconic parkway a car hits me on my passenger side from then I hit a guardrail then flipped then hit a rock and landed in the trees the only air bag that came out was the driver side my passenger air bag never came out.
I was in a car accident on sept. 19 2015(saturday). I was stopped at a red light. And as I proceeded driving down a main street I was only going 5-10MPH as I left the green light and less than a min. I couldn't see nothing. Until and a dark huge SUV with no lights on cuts me off and made a sharp left turn and hit me head on.
Tl* the contact owns a 1993 toyota camry. The contact stated that while driving, the driver side seat moved forward and backward abnormally. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. The manufacturer was notified but there was no response. The failure mileage was 190,000.