2021 Toyota CAMRY - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

The 2021 Toyota CAMRY has an outstanding overall safety rating of 5 out of 5. It excels in various crash tests including front, side, and rollover scenarios, earning the highest scores possible. Additionally, this vehicle is equipped with important safety features such as stability control, collision warning, and lane departure warning, all of which play a crucial role in preventing accidents and keeping occupants safe.

Despite its stellar safety ratings, it's worth noting that there have been 43 complaints reported for this model, primarily related to minor issues. Furthermore, there has been 1 recall issued for the 2021 Toyota CAMRY. While recalls are not uncommon in the automotive industry and are often precautionary, it's essential for owners to stay informed and address any safety concerns promptly to ensure the vehicle's continued safe operation.

Top stats at a glance

Complaint Count

43

Recall Count

1

Investigation Count

0

Safety Rating

5/5

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Safety Features

2021 Toyota CAMRY 4 DR FWD Safety Features

Here are the safety features that come as standard on the 2021 Toyota CAMRY 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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2021 Toyota CAMRY 4 DR FWD Safety Ratings

Here we have the crash and rollover ratings for the 2021 Toyota CAMRY 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 2005 Score 2021 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 2005 Score 2021 Score 2024 Score
Overall Side Crash Rating Not Rated 5 Not Rated
Side Crash Drivers Side Rating 4 5 Not Rated
Side Crash Passenger Side Rating 3 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 2005 Score 2021 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 2021 Toyota CAMRY

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

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Complaint:
"panoramic sunroof. when opening it jams and starts making a loud popping noise. others have reported it exploding sending shards of glass everywhere and toyota refuses to issue a recall/ or fix the problem. they only told me they had no idea others were having this issue. i was 100 miles out of my warranty and they refuse to fix it for less than 10,000.00. this is a safety issue."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2024-03-03

Complaint:
"the engine under caver"
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2023-02-09

Complaint:
"engenier cover"
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2023-02-09

Complaint:
"my 2021 camry xle hybrid spontaneously developed a crack in the windshield. it reaches from the top edge on the passenger side and extends around the area of the mirror attachment towards the driver side. it is approximately 20 inches in length. there was no impact, nothing hit the windshield and there are no signs of any damage. it happened while the car was in my garage while i was away traveling."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2023-09-06

Complaint:
"check engine light on. when i put my 2021 toyota camry in drive car jerks and check engine light goes on. happened today."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2024-03-08

Complaint:
"glass of sunroof exploded while driving at 60 mph, without external impact. likely related to heat (about 95f at time of incident). if i did not have the inner plastic roof closed glass pieces would have fallen into the passenger area. the loud bang of the glass breaking was very startling and could have easily caused an unsafe reaction"
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2023-05-07

Complaint:
"my son hit a tree at an estimated speed of 45 (as estimated by the accident report) and the car went in flame burning completely my son and the entire inside of the car. i am amazed at a new car that does not have enough front crash support and most important the fuel pump should have shut off due to hitting the front to prevent the car from being burned. yes, my son died in the accident but we did not have the chance to see him because of the fire, we have only bones to bury."
Components Involved: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of incident: 2022-03-10

Recalls for the 2021 Toyota CAMRY

Component Recalls

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Recall:
"toyota motor engineering & manufacturing (toyota) is recalling certain 2020-2021 avalon, avalon hybrid, corolla, highlander, highlander hybrid, rav4, rav4 hybrid, lexus es350, lexus rx350, lexus rx450h, 2021 sienna hybrid, lexus es250, 2020-2022 camry, camry hybrid, and es300h vehicles. a short circuit may develop in the occupant classification system (ocs) sensor, preventing the front passenger air bag from deploying."
Consequence:
An air bag that does not deploy during a crash increases the risk of injury.
Remedy:

Dealers will inspect and replace the sensor as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed February 4, 2024. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 23TB15/23TA15 Lexus 23LB03/23LA03.

Component(s) Involved: AIR BAGS > SENSOR > OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
Date of incident: 2023-12-20

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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