Honda Accord vs Toyota Camry

Reliability comparison based on 53,453 federal complaints.

Source: NHTSA Complaint Data

The Verdict

Based on federal complaint data, the Toyota Camry has a stronger reliability record than the Honda Accord. This reflects complaint patterns across all model years — individual years may vary.

Head-to-Head

MetricHonda AccordToyota Camry
Years of Data3636
Total Complaints30,53822,915
Avg Complaints/Year848.3636.5
Recent 5-Year Rate228.8152.3
Crashes Reported2,6853,845
Deaths Reported7198
Total Recalls389135

Lower complaints and crashes = better. Green highlights the better number in each row.

What Breaks Most

Honda Accord

AIR BAGS 2,974
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2,851
ENGINE 1,856
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 1,799
POWER TRAIN 1,576
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1,545
STEERING 1,255
SERVICE BRAKES 951

Toyota Camry

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2,648
ENGINE 1,417
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1,363
AIR BAGS 991
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 827
POWER TRAIN 749
SERVICE BRAKES 707
STEERING 600

Best & Worst Years

Honda Accord Best
2025
79 complaints
Honda Accord Worst
2018
2,638 complaints
Toyota Camry Best
2024
62 complaints
Toyota Camry Worst
2007
3,666 complaints

Year-by-Year Comparison

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Honda Accord

1990 (229) 1991 (242) 1992 (249) 1993 (222) 1994 (476) 1995 (673) 1996 (579) 1997 (546) 1998 (1428) 1999 (1345) 2000 (1505) 2001 (1157) 2002 (1267) 2003 (2378) 2004 (1303) 2005 (880) 2006 (541) 2007 (700) 2008 (1850) 2009 (855) 2010 (700) 2011 (357) 2012 (504) 2013 (1868) 2014 (1415) 2015 (805) 2016 (783) 2017 (734) 2018 (2638) 2019 (936) 2020 (500) 2021 (274) 2022 (248) 2023 (117) 2024 (155) 2025 (79)

Toyota Camry

1990 (160) 1991 (186) 1992 (646) 1993 (334) 1994 (364) 1995 (373) 1996 (567) 1997 (685) 1998 (751) 1999 (660) 2000 (577) 2001 (356) 2002 (1183) 2003 (945) 2004 (797) 2005 (901) 2006 (392) 2007 (3666) 2008 (1134) 2009 (1609) 2010 (762) 2011 (777) 2012 (806) 2013 (375) 2014 (632) 2015 (358) 2016 (242) 2017 (203) 2018 (1039) 2019 (521) 2020 (362) 2021 (184) 2022 (73) 2023 (76) 2024 (62) 2025 (157)

Complaint counts reflect consumer-reported issues to NHTSA and do not represent failure rates. Higher sales volume typically means more complaints. This comparison is based on aggregate data across all model years — reliability can vary significantly between individual years. See our disclaimers and methodology.

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