Problems · NHTSA complaints

2019 Toyota Camry Hybrid problems

Owners filed 11 complaints about the 2019 Toyota Camry Hybrid with NHTSA between Feb 2019 and Jan 2024. The most-cited component is air bags (3).

Complaints
11
Filed with NHTSA
Crashes
3
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
4
People reported injured
Deaths
0
Reported to NHTSA
01 —By component

Complaints by component

One complaint can cite several components
  1. Air bags3
  2. Visibility/wiper3
  3. Seat belts2
  4. Fuel/propulsion system2
  5. Structure2
  6. Vehicle speed control2
  7. Service brakes, hydraulic1
  8. Engine1
  9. Electrical system1
  10. Exterior lighting1
  11. Other / unknown2

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API · synced Oct 27, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Trend

When complaints were filed

Does it get worse with age? Complaints per calendar year filed
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Model yearComplaints filed per calendar year
20199
20201
20210
20220
20230
20241

Mileage at failure isn’t a structured field in NHTSA complaint data, so we don’t chart it. Some owners mention it in their reports below.

03 —Owner reports

Top problems in owners’ words

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first

Air bags

3 reports2 crashes
“THE WINDOW STAYS DISTORTED AND HARD TO SEE OUT OF ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT OR IF ITS RAINING ALSO THE BACK SEAT AIRBAG LIGHT AND NOISE WILL RANDOMLY COME ON WHEN DRIVING AND I WILL HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO GET IT TO STOP THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND ITS ANNOYING BC I KNOW MY KIDS ARE PROPERLY IN THERE CARSEATS”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jan 13, 2020Air bags, Seat belts, Visibility/wiperODI 11298943

Visibility/wiper

3 reports
“THE WINDSHIELD IS SEVERELY DISTORTED. DURING THE DAYTIME, WHILE MOVING, OR SEEING MOVING OBJECTS, IT IS UNUSUALLY HARD TO JUDGE SPEED AND DISTANCE DUE TO THE DISTORTIONS. AT NIGHTTIME, THE DISTORTIONS BEND, TWIST LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS MAKING DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS. MULTIPLE VISITS TO THE DEALER AND A VISIT FROM A TOYOTA FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE WINDSHIELD HAVE BEEN MET WITH REFUSAL TO MAKE REPAIRS. THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE DOES ACKNOWLEDGE WINDSHIELD DEFECTS BUT SAYS "THEY ARE COMPARABLE TO LIKE VEHICLES." HE REFUSED TO EXAMINE OTHER NEW "LIKE" MODELS WITH ME BECAUSE HIS ASSERTION IS ERRONEOUS.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 19, 2019Visibility/wiperODI 11290160

Seat belts

2 reports1 crash
“I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20-25 MPH AND HIT A PARKED CAR ON THE PASSENGER FRONT. THE FRONT BUMPER AND FENDER ON PASSENGER SIDE WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE. WHAT IS CONCERNING IS THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID THE SETBELT LOCK. I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO MY LEFT KNEE HITTING THE CONSOLE, MY LEFT SIDE OF FACE INCLUDING JAW HIT THE TOP OF STEERING WHEEL AND MY FOREHEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND BROKE IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CAR HAS A SAFETY ISSUES.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Nov 14, 2019Air bags, Seat beltsCrash reportedODI 11280012

Fuel/propulsion system

2 reports1 crash
“THE REPORTED GAS TANK SIZE OF MY 2019 RAV4 LIMITED PURCHASED IN AUGUST 2019, IS RATED FOR 14.5 GALLONS. ON EACH OCCASION OF LOW FUEL, WARNING OR LESS THAN 50 MILES BEFORE EMPTY NOTICE, EACH FILL UP HAS RESULTED IN TEN GALLONS OR LESS. 13 SEP - 528.6 MILES FILL UP WAS 9.485 RANGE 534. 25 SEP - 418.7 MILES FILL UP WAS 10.185 GALS RANGE 579. 7 OCT - 460.8 MILES FILL UP WAS 10.343 GALS RANGE 585. 18 OCT - 430 MILES FILL UP WAS 10.058 GALS RANGE 577. 28 OCT - 423.5 MILES FILL UP WAS 9.619 GALS RANGE 560. 7 NOV - 420.5 MILES FILL UP WAS 10.071 GALS RANGE 545. 16 NOV - 309.3 MILES FILL UP WAS 7.808 GALLONS RANGE 539. WHERE OR WHAT HAS HAPPEN TO THE 4.5 GALLONS OF TANK FUEL THAT WE SEEM TO NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS?”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Nov 16, 2019Fuel/propulsion systemODI 11280559

Structure

2 reports1 crash
“I WAS PARKING MY CAR IN MY GARAGE AND MOVED FROM THE BRAKE TO THE GAS TO MOVE UP A SMALL AMOUNT. I BARELY TOUCHED THE GAS AND THE CAR SURGED FORWARD HITTING A SHELVING UNIT IN MY GARAGE. IT WAS A VERY SCARY EVENT. THE CAR AND SHELVING UNIT WERE DAMAGED. THANKFULLY, NO INDIVIDUALS WERE INJURED.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 21, 2019Structure, Vehicle speed control, Fuel/propulsion systemCrash reportedODI 11270004

Vehicle speed control

2 reports1 crash
“I HAVE A 2019 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID , I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF IT MAINTENANCE WISE ETC. ,MY WIFE & I WERE DRIVING A FEW DAYS AGO AND HEARD A TICKING NOISE THAT SOUNDED ODD SO WE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AT A PEP BOYS AS IT SOUNDED ODDLY- I HE GENTLEMEN THERE CHECKED THE OIL MIND YOU WE ALWAYS ONLY EVER TAKE THE CAR TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS BUT HAD NEVER HEARD THIS TICKING NOISE AND WANTED TO CHECK RIGHT AWAY. THE GENTLEMAN TOLD US THAT WE NEEDED OIL AND PROCEEDED TO ADD 2QTS IF OIL , HE CHECKED AGAIN AND ADDED 2MORE QUARTS , WE ALSO HAVE NEVER HAD TO ADD OIL NOR HAVE WE BURNED OIL IN HIS CAR EVER IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES - THIS WAS VERY ODD AS WE HAVE NEVER ENEMIES HAD A DROP OF OIL IN OUR DRIVEWAY EVER. SO AFTER THE OIL WAS ADDED WE STARTED THE CAR AND THE TICKING NOISE HAD SUBSIDED, WE HEADED TOWARDS OUR HOME AND A SEVERE LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAY WORSE THAN BEFORE STARTED AND A LIGHT CAME ON TELLING US TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER AND TO PLACE THE CAR IN PARK- WE TOWED TO TOYOTA IMMEDIATELY AND WERE TOLD THAT WE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE- LATER I READ ABOUT A DEFECT THAT WE WERE NEVER TOLD ABOUT, NOT IN A RECALL NOR OTHERWISE, OUR PERSON AT TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SAID…”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jun 13, 2019Vehicle speed control, Unknown or other, EngineODI 11219804
Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Oct 27, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.