1999 Toyota Camry Solara

Typical pattern

4.1% of complaints about the 1999 Toyota Camry Solara came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 1999 vehicle — around the middle of the 201 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.4 yr in service. The most-reported system is air bags (20 complaints), typically at 7.7 yr or about 117,000 miles.

Complaints: 98
Median age at failure: 6.4 yr
Median mileage: 96,630 n=55
Crash / fire / tow: 27.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

06E060000 2006-06-29

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CERTAIN AAI MOTORSPORTS COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LIST PASSENGER VEHICLES. COMBINATION LAMPS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."

LACK OF AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS IN THE LAMPS WILL DECREASE LIGHTING VISIBILITY TO OTHER DRIVERS AND MAY POSSIBLY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH

06E026000 2006-03-23

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CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

In owners’ own words

Air bags mileage not reported 2.5 yr in service

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS COME ON APPROXIMATELY 8 TIMES. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *JB

Air bags mileage not reported 1.2 yr in service

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, PART WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER AFTER A FEW WEEKS, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBAGS MAY NOT WORK DURING AN ACCIDENT.*MJ

Air bags mileage not reported 3.8 yr in service

DEALERSHIP SAYS THE WATER FROM THE STOPPED UP A/C DRAIN CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL SHORT AND IT WILL COST ALMOST $800.00 TO REPAIR. I DO NOT HAVE $800.00. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE AIRBAG COULD POSSIBLY DEPLOY WITHOUT NOTICE AND THAT PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK WHEN DRIVING OR RIDING IN THE CAR. IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ON/OFF SWITCH AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DEACTIVATE THE AIR BAG. I TRANSPORT CHILDREN IN MY VEHICLE AND I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEM AND ANYONE ELSE INCLUDING MYSELF RIDING IN THE CAR. PLEASE ADVISE.*AK

Other Camry Solara model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

1999 Toyota Camry Solara

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Camry Solara model years

How to read this