Federal complaint record · Toyota Camry · model year 2001

2001 Toyota Camry

Owners submitted 272 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 40th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1999 to 2003 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 17% · group n = 61Speed control · 13% · group n = 46Airbags · 11% · group n = 39Brakes · 8% · group n = 27Tires · 7% · group n = 25
272
Complaint records on file
70,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 146 complaints reported mileage
17%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 61
40th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 39 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Engine17%

Engine reports

Toyota Camry · model year 2001

Reports in this group61
Share of classified reports17%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2000
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
454 matched incidents
This car
2001
0.0complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
272 matched incidents
2002
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
953 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 44 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32001 Toyota Camry
Airbag concerns · 27 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 2 of 32001 Toyota Camry
Fire or smoke · 23 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 32001 Toyota Camry

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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