Toyota MR2

Owners filed 38 complaints across 9 model years of the Toyota MR2. The 1991 drew the most (12).

Model years9
Complaints38
Recalls2
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Toyota MR2 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Toyota MR2 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Toyota MR2 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20051
0——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20042
0——Power TrainRoutine
20036
0—1Power TrainRoutine
20026
0—1Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
20012
0——Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
20004
0——Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineRoutine
19934
0——Tires › Tread/BeltRoutine
19921
1——Structure › BodyRoutine
199112
111Air BagsRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.