Toyota C-HR Problems by Model Year
NHTSA recorded 552 consumer complaints across the 5 model years of the Toyota C-HR (2018–2026) that have at least 5 complaints. 2018 has the most, with 328. Across all years, the part named most often is transmission and drivetrain (350 mentions). Pick a model year below to see its parts, mileage, recalls and service bulletins.
All C-HR model years
Years with fewer than 5 complaints are not listed. The score compares years of the same model, allowing for the era and for how long each year has collected complaints: 50 is a typical year, lower means fewer complaints. It is not adjusted for sales volume.
| Year | Complaints | Median mi | Recalls | TSBs | Score (50 = typical) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | — | 1 | 19 | — | Too new |
| 2021 | 36 | 28,764 | 1 | 106 | 40 · Typical | Rising |
| 2020 | 66 | 20,000 | 1 | 111 | 42 · Typical | Rising |
| 2019 | 114 | 49,000 | 3 | 129 | 57 · Typical | Rising |
| 2018 | 328 | 46,000 | 1 | 160 | 80 · More | Rising |
Parts named most often, all years
Counts add up complaint mentions across the listed years. A complaint can name several parts.
- Transmission and drivetrain350 55%
- Other or unknown93 15%
- Engine55 8.7%
- Electrical system51 8.1%
- Brakes33 5.2%
- Forward collision avoidance29 4.6%
- Vehicle speed control11 1.7%
- Fuel system11 1.7%
Example complaints
One per model year, chosen for length and detail. Personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
2018: “4 weeks after purchasing a 2018 Toyota C-HR I receive an alert while in motion on a city street to take the vehicle to my dealership for a ebp malfuction. Took it to the dealership and a week after that the alert came out again. Took it back to the dealership who states that they couldnt find the issue and to take a video when it happens again.”
NHTSA complaint #11363124, filed 2020-10, 18 miles2021: “The incident happened on the 9th of april 2021 at 06:45am on our company's car park, third level. As I was parking the Toyota chr, I'm fully aware that I'm just lightly stepping on the gas like what I'm doing when I'm parking the car everytime I go to work when the car suddenly revved up. It happen so fast and within a short distance I crashed on the wall. I tried to back up and it revved up backward again and hit the rear of another car. …”
NHTSA complaint #11408459, filed 2021-04, 1,500 miles2020: “My tire blew out on back pass a get side I only have 9500 miles the tires were rotated and balanced at 5000 bought sept 18. The dealership said my tires were not under warranty the manufactprer carries warranty I called them they said yes is warrantied but every car I gray to take it to replace they want to be paid and says its road hazard the sidewall has a I inch horizontal slit in it I didn't run over anything and the tires have three year warranty. …”
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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate. Methodology