Toyota Yaris
Owners filed 810 complaints across 15 model years of the Toyota Yaris. The 2007 drew the most (258).
Which Toyota Yaris years should you avoid?
Going by 810 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Toyota Yaris years to avoid are 2007 and 2008.
- 2007258 complaints, 2.9× a typical Yaris year, most often about the airbags.
- 2008218 complaints, 2.4× a typical Yaris year, most often about the airbags.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2011 and 2019 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
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 Yaris model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2017 | 15 | 3 | — | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2015 | 15 | 4 | — | 9 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | — | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2012 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 12 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2011 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 12 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 92 | 10 | 2 | 21 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008Avoid | 218 | 10 | 1 | 51 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007Avoid | 258 | 10 | 6 | 36 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Air Bags | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.