The Lemon Index$4,600 middle bill · most between $3,800 and $6,200
Lower than the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 111,000 miles (27 reports).
Toyota Camry owners reported paying a median of $4,600 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,800 and $6,200. That's from 29 owner reports (29 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5007%
- $2,500–$5,00045%
- $5,000 and up48%
Share of the 29 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Toyota Camry1too few for a middle
- 2001 Toyota Camry2too few for a middle
- 2002 Toyota Camry7$4,000 middle bill
- 2003 Toyota Camry8$4,800 middle bill
- 2004 Toyota Camry1too few for a middle
- 2007 Toyota Camry7$6,500 middle bill
- 2008 Toyota Camry2too few for a middle
- 2010 Toyota Camry1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2003 Toyota Camry19 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
2AR-FE 2.5 · 2AZ-FE 2.4 · 2GR-FE
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Toyota Camry reliability by year
- Engine replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Toyota Camry owners reported
ABS module replacement (76) · Brake repair (40) · Strut and shock replacement (23) · Throttle body replacement (20) · Torque converter replacement (14) · Transmission replacement (13) · Steering column repair (12) · Brake booster replacement (7) · ECM (engine computer) replacement (7) · Intake manifold replacement (6) · Car battery replacement (5) · Catalytic converter replacement (5) · Brake master cylinder replacement (5) · Steering rack replacement (5) · Water pump replacement (5) · Wiring harness repair (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11611504, 11111434, 11101721, 11018998, 10706467, 10628204, 10621029, 10614712, 10594213, 10573026, 10548197, 10461561 and more.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Toyota Camry?
Toyota Camry owners reported a median of $4,600, and the middle half paid $3,800 to $6,200, from 29 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Toyota Camry engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Toyota Camry middle bill of $4,600 is lower than the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Toyota Camry repair costs come from?
From 29 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Toyota Camry years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2003 (19) Toyota Camry named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.