The 1996 Toyota Camry has 476 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 7 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are engine and engine cooling and service brakes. Owners most often flag high-mileage wear items (e.g., evap system codes, abs sensors, tpms sensors): expected issues on very high-mileage vehicles (150,000+ miles). frequency: recurrent.
Source: NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for 1996 Toyota Camry vehicles (US, public record).
Across the 17 Camry model years we track, complaint volume runs from 45 (2024) to 2,815 (2009). With 476 complaints, the 1996 Camry sits about the same asthe model's median of 538.
These are raw NHTSA complaint totals, not adjusted for how many cars sold or how long each model year has been on the road. Older and higher-selling years accumulate more complaints.
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