2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid: problems, recalls and reliability

“Driving slowly, straight ahead, city street, right passenger mirror exploded with a big bang. Looking inside, plastic linkages that link the mirror to the adjustment motor assembly were broken. Lane assist leds continued to work but the mirror, hanging loose from its shroud, was useless. I hadn't adjusted the mirror in months.. Car was 1 month out of warranty - parts and labor to replace ~$400. Googling I discovered I'm not the first person to have this problem.”Owner report · Visibility/Wiper · May 2016

“I was driving to work in my 2013 toyota camry hybrid le. It was early morning rush hour traffic. Roads were wet. Traffic was stop and go. I was probably going about 20 mph when vehicle in front of me stopped. I applied my brakes but my vehicle did not stop. I hit rear of vehicle in front of me. I did not feel my brakes engage. I was more than a safe stopping distance from vehicle in front of me.”Owner report · Service Brakes · Nov 2015

“When I started the vehicle, the "check engine light" came on. This has happened once before a year or more ago. I brought it to a dealer and he asked whether I had gotten gas recently. Yes, about 200 miles and 2 weeks ago. He checked the gas cap and it was laying in the gas filling area, not screwed in at all. Obviously it had come loose somehow. He checked the computer and something like "gas line vacume" came up. He screwed in the gas cap. Easy fix, but since this has happened twice now with the same car and I have had dozens of cars and driven hundreds of thousands of miles and never had this problem, I wonder if it is an issue that needs to be looked at...”Owner report · Fuel/Propulsion System · Sep 2015

“I was entering freeway on ramp. Heavy traffic. Beautiful day, dry roads. Vehicle in front of me made braked suddenly. I quickly applied my brakes. My brakes did not engage. I was approximately 2-3 car lengths behind vehicle in front of me and traveling 25 mph. When I applied brakes, my car did not even try to stop, it basically slid 2 1/2 car lengths into rear of vehicle. My vehicle only stopped moving because it was stopped by vehicle in front.”Owner report · Service Brakes · Feb 2015

“An indicator light on the dash board flashed and alarm sounded and both the gas and electric motors shut down. I was in heavy single lane traffic with limited road shoulder but was able to pull of and get to a stop. The engine system started normally and no indicators were observed. I took it to liberty toyota in edgewater park nj and they could find nothing. *tr”Owner report · Engine · Oct 2014

“Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota camry hybrid. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the vehicle surged forward and suddenly accelerated to 45 mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to duplicate the failure. The technician stated that the contact experienced a normal characteristic of a hybrid vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 10,500.”Owner report · Vehicle Speed Control · Jul 2014

“I experienced noises echoing in the roof of my vehicle over several weeks that often sounded like something fell on the car. Then on the evening of february 11, 2014, I noticed that the headliner was completely separating from the roof of the vehicle on both the sides (driver and passenger) of the front of the vehicle. The dealership replaced the headliner and addressed weld points in the roof that they believe will address the sounds they also noted hearing. *tr”Owner report · Structure · Feb 2014