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Toyota C-HR years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2018. Best years: 2021.
The 2018 Toyota C-HR draws the most owner complaints for its age: 321, or 36 for each year on the road, against a median of 11 a year across the 4 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2018 is transmission failure (85 reports).
- 431complaints
- 4recall campaigns
- 2model years with a page
Newest report Sep 24, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2018
Most reported: transmission failure (85 reports, median 80,000 miles) and brake wear (20 reports, median 26,000 miles).
Best years
2021
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2018 has the most complaints of any Toyota C-HR year here: 321 of 431 (74%).
- Problem across the years
- Transmission failure is the top problem in every model year with a page, 111 reports in all. Pooled across the years, half of the 70 owners who gave a mileage for transmission failure were under about 85,000 miles.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 3% of Toyota C-HR complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site. The highest share is on the 2019, 4 of its 110 complaints.
- Recalls on the top problem
- 1 of the 2 model years where owners report transmission failure have a recall on the same system: 2019. A recall on the same system doesn't always cover the failure owners describe, so compare its summary with the complaints.
- When owners filed
- Filings jumped in 2025, with 115 complaints, 3.1 times the next busiest year. So far in 2026, 146 more have come in.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2020 (64), 2021 (34).
Year by year
2019 Toyota C-HR
110 owner complaints, 14 for each year on the road (1.2 times the model median). Most reported: transmission failure (26 reports, median 107,000 miles). 3 reports involved a crash and 3 people were hurt. 3 recalls, including 18V-710 on the transmission and drivetrain and 19V-877 on the seat belts.
2018 Toyota C-HR avoid
321 owner complaints, 36 for each year on the road (3.1 times the model median). Most reported: transmission failure (85 reports, median 80,000 miles), brake wear (20 reports, median 26,000 miles) and stalling (18 reports, median 89,000 miles). 9 reports involved a crash and 7 people were hurt. 1 recall: 17V-717 on the parking brake.
Questions
What Toyota C-HR years should you avoid?
The 2018 Toyota C-HR draws the most owner complaints for its age: 321, or 36 for each year on the road, against a median of 11 a year across the 4 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2018 is transmission failure (85 reports).
What are the best years for the Toyota C-HR?
The 2021 draws the fewest complaints for its age: 34, or 6 for each year on the road.
What is the most common problem on the Toyota C-HR?
Transmission failure, with 111 reports across the 2 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2018 and 2019.
How many recalls does the Toyota C-HR have?
4 recall campaigns cover the Toyota C-HR model years 2018 to 2019 on this site.
How many Toyota C-HR complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
3% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site. The 2019 has the highest share.
Is there a recall for transmission failure on the Toyota C-HR?
On 1 of the 2 model years where owners report it: 2019.