Ford Fusion Hybrid vs Toyota Camry: which is more reliable?
The Ford Fusion Hybrid is clearly ahead of the Toyota Camry on the federal record: 88/100 against 73/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Ford Fusion Hybrid
- 5 model years scored
- 7,287 owner complaints on record
- about 48 complaints per year on the road
- 4 recall campaigns, 3 safety-critical
- best year 2014 (90/100) · worst 2011 (80/100)
Toyota Camry
- 14 model years scored
- 3,930 owner complaints on record
- about 31 complaints per year on the road
- 40 recall campaigns, 22 safety-critical
- best year 2014 (93/100) · worst 2018 (27/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Fusion Hybrid against Camry
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Ford Fusion Hybrid
- Steering — 3,298 complaints
- Air Bags — 798 complaints
- Power Train — 743 complaints
Toyota Camry
- Power Train — 622 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 609 complaints
- Air Bags — 390 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Fusion Hybrid's complaints concentrate in Steering, the Camry's in Power Train. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Ford Fusion Hybrid: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.
Toyota Camry — avoid: 2018, 2019.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Ford Fusion Hybrid prices at about $11,700 and a Toyota Camry at about $25,800 — the Ford Fusion Hybrid is roughly $14,100 less, and they return 41.0 against 26.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Ford Fusion Hybrid or the Toyota Camry more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Ford Fusion Hybrid scores 88/100 against the Toyota Camry's 73/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Ford Fusion Hybrid carries about 48 complaints per year on the road against 31 for the Toyota Camry.
Which Ford Fusion Hybrid and Toyota Camry years should I avoid?
Ford Fusion Hybrid: no year scores below 45. Toyota Camry: 2018, 2019. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Ford Fusion Hybrid and the Toyota Camry?
The largest complaint group on the Ford Fusion Hybrid is Steering (3,298 complaints); on the Toyota Camry it is Power Train (622).
Is the Ford Fusion Hybrid or the Toyota Camry cheaper to own?
A recent used Ford Fusion Hybrid prices at about $11,700 and a Toyota Camry at about $25,800, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.