CarComplaints.com Notes: The Camry Hybrid's first year is a mixed bag of brake actuators failing and power issues. The hybrid version even shares the same excessive oil consumption as its non-hybrid counterpart. And it hardly gets enough fuel efficiency gains to warrant the extra costs up-front or during repairs.
Toyota seemed to get their act together with later model years, so if you're looking for a used Camry Hybrid I suggest looking there.
As an owner of two hybrids, I've believed the hype that the hybrid batteries were reliable & good for the environment. I've followed the service plan at the dealerships. It is very disturbing that a car (Camry) with so little usage has a part fail which is now going to cost half the value of the vehicle to fix. Given this experience I will never buy a used hybrid & will be telling as many people as possible the same thing.
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As an owner of two hybrids, I've believed the hype that the hybrid batteries were reliable & good for the environment. I've followed the service plan at the dealerships. It is very disturbing that a car (Camry) with so little usage has a part fail which is now going to cost half the value of the vehicle to fix. Given this experience I will never buy a used hybrid & will be telling as many people as possible the same thing.
- robertsonbc, Vancouver, BC, Canada