2018 Toyota CAMRY HYBRID - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

The 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid has an outstanding overall safety rating of 5 out of 5. This vehicle excels in various crash tests, including front crash, side crash, and rollover ratings, all scoring the maximum of 5. In terms of advanced safety features, the Camry Hybrid comes equipped with electronic stability control, forward collision warning, and lane departure warning as standard. These features are designed to enhance driver and passenger safety by helping to prevent accidents.

Despite its high safety ratings and advanced safety features, it's worth noting that there have been 27 complaints filed regarding this vehicle. However, there have been no recalls issued, indicating that any reported issues have not reached a level of severity that requires a manufacturer recall. Overall, the 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid offers top-notch safety performance and features to provide peace of mind for its occupants.

Top stats at a glance

Complaint Count

27

Recall Count

0

Investigation Count

1

Safety Rating

5/5

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Safety Features

2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid 4 DR FWD Safety Features

Here are the safety features that come as standard on the 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid 4 DR FWD

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

ESC is an advanced safety feature in vehicles designed to help drivers maintain control during challenging driving conditions. By continuously monitoring various factors such as steering angle, vehicle speed, and individual wheel speeds, ESC can detect and reduce the risk of skidding or loss of control. It achieves this by automatically applying brakes to specific wheels to stabilize the vehicle.

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Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is a safety feature in vehicles that helps prevent frontal collisions by alerting the driver of an imminent collision with a vehicle or obstacle ahead. Using sensors such as radar or cameras, FCW monitors the distance and speed of vehicles in front, and if it detects a potential collision, it provides visual and/or auditory warnings to prompt the driver to take evasive action.

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Lane Departure Warning (LDW)

Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is a safety feature in vehicles that alerts drivers when their vehicle unintentionally drifts out of its lane without signaling. Utilizing cameras or sensors to monitor lane markings on the road, LDW detects when the vehicle crosses these lines and triggers visual, auditory, or haptic alerts to notify the driver of potential lane departure.

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2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid 4 DR FWD Safety Ratings

Here we have the crash and rollover ratings for the 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid 4 DR FWD Where possible we've included the ratings for the oldest and latest models of this car so you can compare how the safety ratings have changed over time.

Frontal Crash Ratings

Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.

Test 2007 Score 2018 Score 2024 Score
Overall Front Crash Rating Not Rated 5 5
Front Crash Driver Side Rating 5 5 5
Front Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 5 5

Side Crash Ratings

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Test 2007 Score 2018 Score 2024 Score
Overall Side Crash Rating Not Rated 5 Not Rated
Side Crash Drivers Side Rating 5 5 Not Rated
Side Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 5 Not Rated
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Front Not Rated 5 Not Rated
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Rear Not Rated 5 Not Rated
Overall Side Barrier Rating Not Rated 5 Not Rated

Rollover Ratings

The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.

Test 2007 Score 2018 Score 2024 Score
Rollover Rating Not Rated 5 5
Rollover Possibility % 0% 0% 0%
Dynamic Tip Result No Tip No Tip
Side Pole Crash Rating Not Rated 5 Not Rated

Complaints for the 2018 Toyota CAMRY HYBRID

This chart show the number of complaints for each car component. A Higher number of complaints could indicate that this car might have a common fault. Something to look out for when purchasing one.

Component Complaints

Choose a component to see what complaints people have made about them.

Complaint:
"for first minute or two after starting vehicle, the brakes prevent smooth operation causing "lurching" especially during slow speed backing. toyota declares "normal" behavior of the brakes."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2020-05-09

Complaint:
"brakes periodically grab severely when first driving the car. usual occurrence is when first backing from garage or parking space and trying to ease the brake pedal. brakes grab and prevent slowing the car smoothly. after driving for a dozen or so yards, problem doesn't reoccur--until is again parked for some time. this problem doesn't seem to be related to outside temperature/humidity but has existed over the past year since car was new. now has 5000 miles. returned to dealer twice but all tests reported ok and "could not duplicate" problem."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2019-08-02

Complaint:
"since we bought the vehicle new,there is severe break grab at low speed's especially in bumper-to-bumper traffic have brought into the dealership more than one it's still not figured out."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2019-01-11

Complaint:
"the brakes are very grabby at low speed (such as maneuvering in a parking space on a slight incline). the brakes suddenly become more effective (with the same pedal pressure) at city-street speeds as well as highway speeds. this has occasionally caused the abs to engage, with the car losing traction briefly in a straight line on a dry road when the brakes suddenly become more effective. this is a continuing problem since he vehicle was purchased in october 2017, which the dealer has refused to acknowledge twice, saying this is a new regenerative braking system (specifically different from the prius, which i cited as not having this problem)."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2018-11-09

Complaint:
"vehicle brakes are best described as grabby at low speeds, e.g., coming to stop sign or pulling into garage. the problem leads to jerky stop/go/stop/go/stop situations. vehicle also has a tendency to bolt forward or backward when releasing brakes which has led to running into garage while backing up."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2019-08-03

Complaint:
"since the car was delivered from the dealer, the brakes have continued to severely grab at low speeds as if a child is jamming down on the brake peddle. it is nearly impossible to ease the car into a parking space without the brakes bucking several times. backing up causes the same bucking problem. the bucking is somewhat intermittent and the slower one is moving the worse it seems to be. the car has 8500 miles and the problem continues."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2017-01-12

Complaint:
"brakes are very 'grabby'. at slow speeds in traffic (<5mph) when you apply your foot to the break you come to an immediate stop (similar to slamming on the brake). at high speeds on the highway (>60mph) when you apply the break the car will also slow down as if you are pushing down hard on the break pedal. driving in the snow / ice this winter was dangerous as the breaks locked up on several occasions resulting in skidding/sliding. there is no middle ground, lightly applying the breaks, or 'slow breaking'. you lightly apply the break and the car is slowing down immediately as if your trying to avoid a collision."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2018-01-01

Complaint:
"vehicle was traveling in traffic on i-526 in charleston county, sc. the truck in front of me put on breaks due to a truck merging in front of his vehicle. the braking system in my car, braked, then the car lunged forward as brakes were applied. in addition a very loud noise occurred inside the vehicle which was very startling. my vehicle ended up under the truck in front of me. the fact that the vehicle lunged forward after the automatic braking system came on and the loud alarm in the interior was not what had happened with the system before. one time before the braking system applied itself and the dashboard light came on and i seem to recall there was a beep or some sound that was very brief."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2018-11-05

Complaint:
"brakes on toyota camry hybrid 2018 models grab abruptly when gentle pressure is applied on brake pedal. the brakes cannot be smoothly controlled like on non-hybrid models of the same year."
Components Involved: SERVICE BRAKES
Date of incident: 2018-05-05

TOYOTA Overall Complaint Ranking

This table shows the ranking of car manufacturers when it comes to most complaints and recalls. The manufacturer with the most complaints is at the top. However this doesn't necassarily mean they should be avoided. Some manufacturers might just have more popular or affordable cars which a lot of people have bought. Which means there's more scope for a complaint to be made. Use the ranking table below as a part your wider research into buying a car.

TOYOTA ranks 3 out of 44 in the complaints ranking table.

Manufacturer Complaint Count Recall Count Ranking
FORD 208,358 3,259 1
CHEVROLET 111,306 2,082 2
TOYOTA 81,019 1,852 3
HONDA 61,937 1,268 4
NISSAN 56,226 930 5
DODGE 45,756 827 6
HYUNDAI 44,150 649 7
GMC 34,441 1,410 8
KIA 29,832 501 9
CHRYSLER 27,698 254 10
TESLA 26,230 730 11
BMW 24,890 1,877 12
VOLKSWAGEN 23,125 829 13
MERCEDES-BENZ 19,066 2,925 14
SUBARU 18,513 703 15
MAZDA 10,599 364 16
PONTIAC 10,430 138 17
CADILLAC 9,434 444 18
AUDI 7,865 1,093 19
BUICK 7,851 279 20
SATURN 7,672 84 21
MERCURY 7,374 135 22
LEXUS 6,373 408 23
LINCOLN 5,897 423 24
ACURA 5,722 382 25
MINI 5,585 366 26
INFINITI 4,000 187 27
MITSUBISHI 3,912 397 28
VOLVO 3,875 727 29
PORSCHE 2,646 1,231 30
SUZUKI 2,272 123 31
FIAT 2,205 80 32
SAAB 1,536 76 33
JAGUAR 1,195 198 34
SMART 528 17 35
GENESIS 436 42 36
ISUZU 249 37 37
ALFA ROMEO 161 37 38
MASERATI 76 46 39
BENTLEY 46 159 40
POLESTAR 42 2 41
LUCID 14 6 42
CODA 4 2 43
MAYBACH 0 0 44

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