2005 Toyota Camry Solara

No clear pattern

17.1% of complaints about the 2005 Toyota Camry Solara arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2005 vehicle, but with only 117 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is structure (25 complaints), typically at 7.3 yr or about 47,000 miles.

Complaints: 117
Median age at failure: 7.1 yr
Median mileage: 47,000 n=86
Crash / fire / tow: 25.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

11V539000 2011-11-09

Engine cooling

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 AVALON VEHICLES; 2004 AND 2005 CAMRY, CAMRY SOLARA, HIGHLANDER, AND SIENNA VEHICLES, 2006 HIGHLANDER HYBRID; 2004 AND 2005 LEXUS ES330 AND RX330; AND 2006 LEXUS RX400H VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 1, 2004 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2005, EQUIPPED WITH THE 1MZ-FE OR 3MZ-FE ENGINE. THE AMOUNT OF ADHESIVE AGENT APPLIED BETWEEN THE OUTER RING AND THE TORSIONAL RUBBER DAMPER (INNER RING) IN THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY MAY BE INADEQUATE. IF THE ADHESIVE IS INSUFFICIENT, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE OUTER RING MAY BECOME MISALIGNED AND IT MAY NOT PROPERLY ROTATE W

IN SOME CASES, THE BELT FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY BECOME DETACHED FROM THE PULLEY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STEERING EFFORT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

In owners’ own words

Speed control 5,000 mi 2 mo in service

WHEN MAKING TURNS (AND SOMETIMES JUST WHEN ACCELERATING), THIS CAR AND ALL LIKE IT HESITATE WHEN THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED AND THEN LUNGES FORWARD SUDDENLY NEARLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.*JB

Speed control mileage not reported 0 mo in service

DT: THE SHIFTING MECHANISM IN THE VEHICLE DELAYS WHEN GOING AROUND THE CORNER. WHEN PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR TRANSMISSION HESITATED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT 3 OR 4 TIMES. DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSE TO WORK. COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED ONCE. IT MADE IT A LITTLE BETTER, BUT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THERE WAS NO OTHER SOLUTION FOR THIS. THIS STARTED RIGHT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. IT HAPPENED MAINLY WHEN THE VEHICLE COASTED AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS PUSHED AFTERWARDS. *AK

Speed control 5,000 mi 1.3 yr in service crash / fire / tow

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IN A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CRASHING INTO A CURB. THE PASSENGER SIDE RIM, SUSPENSION, WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND TIRE WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP WHERE NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.

Structure 1,000 mi 5 mo in service

CONSUMER HAS A CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE, AND THE TOP HAS AN ODOR COMING FROM IT THAT MAKES HIM ILL. DEALER REPLACED THE FILTER IN THE VEHICLE AND DONE NUMEROUS THINGS TO RID THE ODOR, BUT THE UNDESIRABLE SMELL WAS STILL THERE. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP.*AK *BF *NM

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.

2005 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