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Toyota Camry transmission problems by year.

Worst years for transmission complaints per car sold: 2007 (242 complaints), 2018 (171 complaints), 2019 (100 complaints). Fewest since 2010: 2025, 2017, 2024.

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Photo shows a 2019 Toyota Camry. Mr.choppers, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · background removed

Transmission complaints owners filed with the U.S. government (NHTSA) for each model year, per 100,000 cars sold. A complaint counts when it's filed under the transmission, or under the power train and the owner describes the transmission (shifting, slipping, gears, CVT). It's an owner's report, not a confirmed defect, and older years have had longer to collect complaints.

2000348 per 100K sold2001112.8 per 100K sold20026615.2 per 100K sold2003317.5 per 100K sold20044911.5 per 100K sold20058619.9 per 100K sold2006194.2 per 100K sold200724251.2 per 100K sold2008368.2 per 100K sold20093810.6 per 100K sold20103811.6 per 100K sold20114213.7 per 100K sold201210826.7 per 100K sold20134210.3 per 100K sold20148720.3 per 100K sold2015286.5 per 100K sold201692.3 per 100K sold201741 per 100K sold201817149.8 per 100K sold201910029.7 per 100K sold2020237.8 per 100K sold2021113.5 per 100K sold202272.4 per 100K sold202362.1 per 100K sold202431 per 100K sold202520.6 per 100K sold

What owners describe

Delay or hesitation30%
Hard or jerky shifting16%
Shudder14%
Lost power while driving10%
Slipping7%
Transmission replaced6%

Share of this model's transmission complaints that mention each symptom. One complaint can mention several.

In owners' words

Car hunts for gear around 2,000 rpms and hesitates a lot. Others have told me that the 2007 4 cyl. Automatic "all do it.

2007 Toyota Camry owner · NHTSA complaint

Vehicle hesitates while acceleration at about 20-40 mph. Then the car jerks forward. This is dangerous if you need to move right away.

2007 Toyota Camry owner · NHTSA complaint

Quick answers

Which Toyota Camry years have transmission problems?

By transmission complaints filed with NHTSA per car sold, the worst Toyota Camry years are 2007, 2018, 2019.

What are common Toyota Camry transmission problems?

Owners most often describe delay or hesitation, hard or jerky shifting, shudder.

Which Toyota Camry years have the fewest transmission complaints?

Since 2010, the Toyota Camry years with the fewest transmission complaints per car sold are 2025, 2017, 2024.

See every problem, not just the transmission: Toyota Camry reliability by year. How we count

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