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Toyota C-HR reliability & recalls
NHTSA data · verified Oct 8, 2026 · How to read this →
Recall history
Most recent first. Every campaign below has a remedy on file with NHTSA. Expand a row for what NHTSA says and how it's fixed.
Sep 2, 2026 Electrical System / Propulsion System Drivetrain & motor Remedy available
8,521 vehicles · Initiated by Toyota
The issue (NHTSA): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2026 C-HR battery electric vehicles. A software programming error may cause the electric drive system battery to become overcharged under certain driving conditions, which can shut down the electric drive system and result in a loss of drive power.
Remedy (NHTSA): Dealers will update the battery electric vehicle electronic control unit (BEV ECU) software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 18, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is 26TA17.
NHTSA campaign 26V570000 ↗What owners report
The top complaint categories owners submitted to NHTSA, by count. Bars show each category's size relative to this model's largest category.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports, not confirmed defects. One complaint can span multiple categories, so percentages are of the 8 total and may add up to more than 100%.
Complaints by model year
Raw counts — older model years have had more time on the road to accumulate reports. These are unverified consumer reports.
Where this number comes from: the 2026 figure comes from NHTSA’s per-vehicle complaint file rather than its complaints API. The API returns no records for that model year even though the complaints exist, so relying on it alone would leave a gap here. Every other year on this page comes from the API.
What this means
Every mainstream EV on the road carries recalls on its NHTSA file — a recall is the system working: a known issue gets documented and, almost always, fixed for free.
What actually matters is whether the remedies have shipped and whether NHTSA still has open questions. For the Toyota C-HR, the single recall on file has a remedy available, and no NHTSA investigations are currently open.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the Toyota C-HR reliable?
"Reliability" is measured differently by different sources, and NHTSA doesn't publish a reliability score. What its public file — the basis for this page — shows for the Toyota C-HR is 1 recall, all with a remedy available, no open investigations, and 8 owner-submitted complaints — which are unverified reports, not confirmed defects. For predicted-reliability and owner-satisfaction verdicts, Consumer Reports and J.D. Power run large owner-survey panels; check their model pages for those ratings.
Does the Toyota C-HR have any recalls?
Yes — NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the Toyota C-HR. It has a remedy available. The most recent was filed Sep 2, 2026 and involved Electrical System / Propulsion System. A recall is how a known issue gets fixed — usually free of charge — so the presence of recalls isn't the same as an unresolved problem.
Does the Toyota C-HR have battery problems?
NHTSA's file lists 0 recalls classified to the battery / high-voltage group and 5 owner complaints (unverified consumer reports) that touch the battery. Owner complaints are unverified and one complaint can span more than one category, so treat the count as a signal of what owners raise, not a defect rate.