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2018 Toyota Camry engine problems

143 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2018 Toyota Camry, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
143 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
19,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2018 Toyota Camry Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 19,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 35 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 15 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 19,000 miles
Based on 70 complaints that include mileage. 87% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles35
20k to 40k miles15
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 70 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 19,000 miles, and 87% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota camry. After attempting to pull into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated into the street and up a hill where it came to a stop. The vehicle was restarted and driven home. A week later, the contact parked in front of a house where it accelerated again on its own and crashed into the house at 60 MPH. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer and they referred the contact to call the manufacturer. The contact wanted the manufacturer to buy back the vehicle.

Reported at 13,000 miles, June 2019 Crash

Lag and hesitation when going to full throttle on the gas pedal. It hesitates for a second and then finally grabs on to accelerate. It has done this since I purchased it but was hoping it would work itself out eventually, but this hasn't happened. Toyota did a TSB software update for the 4 cylinder but not the v6.

Reported at 300 miles, September 2017

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