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Forward collision avoidancePart report

2018 Toyota Camry Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
46about this part
Share
6%of 754 total for the year
Median mileage
24,850miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 46 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2018 Toyota Camry, 6% of the 754 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 24,850 miles. 8 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“My automatic emergency braking system has been going off even when a car is nowhere near, today I was involved in an accident due to the automatic emergency braking system. When going to yield, the warning light came on, and it felt like the car stalled, I could not manually brake and it resulted in me rear ending the person in front of me.”

NHTSA complaint #11394377, filed 2021-02, 39,360 miles

“Many times the blind spot monitor doesn't work properly. When there is no vehicle nearby and driving alone on the road, still the blind spot monitor light up and notify of vehicle at my blind spot and sometime when there is a vehicle at my blind spot overtaking the it shows when the vehicle has already passed. While driving on cruise control suddenly it says cruise control not available. This doesn't happen always but sometime. Both of the above happened while driving on highway.”

NHTSA complaint #11415371, filed 2021-05, 12,000 miles

“Car put emergency brakes without any car in front me and my wife was scared why it braked.if car is drove more than 65 MPH car start to shake that it will flip over and even experience mileage drop in first when we use to fill the tank up it shows 400 miles now we fill the same gas and same amount of gas it says 320 miles or 350 sometimes most scary part is when the car try to shake when you're try to take over on highway above 65 MPH how Toyota find the solution for it my car just have 38k on meter when we took it to the Toyota dealership they said everything is okay with the car and the…”

NHTSA complaint #11400079, filed 2021-03, 37,700 miles

“(hybrid mod) while traveling on an interstate in may , the rt rear tire blew out(odo 7,000). Seemed to be no reason, it just blew out. Then in july, again on an interstate, the lt rear tire blew(odo 12,000). Once again, no reason, just blew out. We we're told by firestone that the tires on my vehicle have been discontinued & I can not do a warranty claim because I did not purchase the tires from them, Toyota did so Toyota has to do the claim. Toyota tells me they do not warranty tires, firestone does & I have to go through firsetone for warranty claim. …”

NHTSA complaint #11120552, filed 2018-08, 7,000 miles

“Electronic malfunction occurred while driving. Power windows, air bags, windshield wipers, heads up display, climate control, lane assist, auto lights, seat warmers, lane assist and collision sensors not working. Since auto-lights feature not working, I had to manually turn on lights and after 20 minutes of driving, they shut off.”

NHTSA complaint #11383779, filed 2020-12, 39,750 miles

Related service bulletins

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2024510%
202369%
2022711%
2021106%
2020155%
2019215%
2018466%
201721%
201510%
201231%
200910%
200810%
200720%
200410%

Other parts of the 2018 Toyota Camry

Transmission and drivetrain
200 complaints
Brakes
165 complaints
Engine
137 complaints
Fuel system
105 complaints
Other or unknown
98 complaints
Vehicle speed control
75 complaints
Electrical system
68 complaints
Steering
61 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
27 complaints
Air bags
22 complaints
Body and structure
15 complaints
Wheels
15 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2018 Toyota Camry

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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