2018 Toyota C-HR: owner complaints and recalls

65% of everything owners report about the 2018 Toyota C-HR points at a single system: power train. That is 193 of 296 complaints on file.

296
Complaints
1
Recalls
9
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
7
Injuries
31.1
Severity index

Severity index 31.1 - Low. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 31.1p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2018 Toyota C-HR sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 121 2018 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2018 Toyota C-HR ranks 92 of 121 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 24% of its model-year peers. See the full 2018 ranking.

What actually fails

Power TrainPower Train: 193 complaints (65.2%)193 65%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 40 complaints (13.5%)40 14%EngineEngine: 37 complaints (12.5%)37 12%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 26 complaints (8.8%)26 9%Service BrakesService Brakes: 20 complaints (6.8%)20 7%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 17 complaints (5.7%)17 6%Air BagsAir Bags: 5 complaints (1.7%)5 2%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 4 complaints (1.4%)4 1%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
POWER TRAIN19365.2%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER4013.5%
ENGINE3712.5%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM268.8%
SERVICE BRAKES206.8%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE175.7%
AIR BAGS51.7%
LANE DEPARTURE41.4%

Complaints filed per year

041822017: 22018: 122019: 62020: 132021: 182022: 302023: 282024: 262025: 822026: 79 (partial year)1718192021222324258226
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20172
201812
20196
202013
202118
202230
202328
202426
202582
2026 (year to date)79
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 2.2x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
17V71700015/11/2017PARKING BRAKEToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Toyota CH-R vehicles. The electronic parking brake (EPB) may not operate properly, possibly causing the parking brake not to disengage after it is applied or prevent it from being applied. As such, thes
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.