We Bought a 2025 Toyota Camry… Any Regrets After 3 Months?? (Ownership Update)

We've owned our NEW 2025 Toyota Camry XSE for three months, but has our time with the car been a walk in the park??

Three months have passed since we first brought home our 2025 Toyota Camry. Today, we talk about all of the details of our ownership, including problems, annoyances, recalls, and cost to own! So, is this Toyota Camry proving itself as a great daily driver? Go ahead: CLICK to find out :) Also, be sure to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and tap the notification bell if you enjoyed this review -- it helps us more than you can imagine!
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Video Overview
1:02 Our #1 Issue
3:08 Our #2 Issue
4:45 General Annoyances
6:28 Recalls and Cost to Own

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[seniorsloan]

I own a 2025 Camry and as far as the media system problem, push and hold the volume knob on the screen for 10-15 second, it will reset it. I did this and never had any issues since.

[EmptyHavok]

I appreciate this sort of video. Everyday consumers will spend years in their next car, so even though its only 3 months in it's great info

[ronkert]

I’ve had my ‘25 Camry XLE since May 10. I’m writing this on October 17. Just turned 5, 000 miles (and will get my first free Toyota maintenance done tomorrow). I’ve had no problems with Apple CarPlay connecting EXCEPT when one particular VPN is active on the paired iPhone. I also have not had the Lane Centering announcements you brothers get every 15 seconds. Actually I haven’t had any annoyances or things not working. The only “negative” I have is that the actual MPG per tankful averages a full 2 MPG lower than the MPG shown on the Fuel Economy display, which I reset to zero at each fill up. My actual average MPG per fill up using ECO mode all the time is 42.5. That is significantly below Toyota’s stated MPG estimate of 46 MPG for the XLE FWD model. However, I’m quite happy with 42.5 MPG after owning my 2008 Ford Taurus which averaged about 17.5 MPG. All in all, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE my ‘25 Camry XLE.

[williammodlin]

I hope you’ll be taking it to the dealer to see if some of the problems can be resolved (phone connectivity especially). Then a follow up video would be really useful. Thanks for the in-depth way you review and report on cars.

[michaelgraham]

I have a 2025 Camry XLE, nothing in my vehicle creaks and it feels relatively high quality. My infotainment issues also are not as persistent as what is shown in this video. Bluetooth pairing will be finnicky between any Bluetooth device but I second the other comment where if you run into this issue you should hold down the power button to reset the infotainment. It also helps if not more than 2 devices are paired, if those devices are in the car it sometimes gets confused on which phone it wants to pair. It's also beneficial to have a usb cable lying around so you can get the pairing done, quick fix.

Its still early with only 3 months of ownership but Toyota did a wonderful job with this Camry

[krazykowboystudios]

2025 XSE Ocean Gem, three weeks in, 450 miles, avg 49.5 MPG. Still on first tank of gas and have a little over quarter tank left. Amazing to me having driven a Nissan Armada for past 10 years.
Loving it so far, quiet smooth ride. No issues with safety features or infotainment, but I usually connect with cable in order to keep the phone charged up.

[patconnolly]

My 2023 Highlander Hybrid has some of the same problems with the carplay system. I believe the problem is Toyota is not keeping up with the updates the phones are doing. My system worked great for the first 3 months of ownership and then the phone did a major update, then the little bugs keep coming out. Things may get better but not prefect if you try this with the system. Go in and delete out the phone then reinstall it. Things seemed to work better, but you have to do this every time apple does an update, which is about every 5 weeks. When apple did the new os 18 update, everything was back to working great, then the phone did the little update and the bugs are back now.
I also felt the car was unsafe to drive with the safety system on, especially in the rain. It wants to hug the right side of the road driving down the highway, but when it comes to an exit or on ramp it wants to move over more then it sees it made a mistake and centers the car back fast. It is a very uncomfortable feeling.

[rickytomatoes]

The front grill looks like a laundry basket

[StewartRock]

I just took delivery of my 2025 Camry XSE and I’m having the same connection issue. I’m currently at 400 miles

[lescobrandon]

I got my 2025 XLE AWD two months ago replacing a 2006 Avalon LTD. It took a bit of work to set it up as I like but love the handling, the leather interior and 51 miles per gallon. I got it in metallic white again for safety.

[AH-bmts]

Thecarcarenut Highly recommends you still do a break in oil change to get the naturally occurring new engine metal shavings out of the engine.

[KYWildcatUKK]

Wife and I seem to have trouble with Car Play too.. Have to go in to bluetooth settings to turn it on.. Sometimes we dont. Its hit or miss, and we dont get those error messages.

We also have an issue with the plastic bar in the middle of the sunroof coming off.. Gonna have to get the dealership to look at that.

Backseat middle headrest is also uneven.. Higher on one side. Ever want to see the "Heavy Metal" let me know, I'm just a few miles west of Lex. Go cats!!

[AllenReinecke]

4000 miles and 2 months on our XLE AWD. 2 oil changes to-date.
No issues whatsoever.
Wireless connection is solid to my Pixel 6a. I just have to get in the car.
10 tank fills and the calculated average mpg is 47.8.
Sunglasses compartment should have been lined with soft material as sunglasses rattle in it. We use an old sock!
Lane tracing is best on the highway. It's finicky on country lanes. Also, it will get too close to the lines itself and beep! Can't turn the beeps off, which is annoying.
Insurance went up by $70 from a Ford Escape Hybrid.
My only legit problem is the paint. The non-metallic Underground shows EVERY swirl, scratch, and mar. It's awful! It's very soft paint too. I wish we'd got a lighter, metallic color which would show defects less.
Love it though. Torquey, quiet, fuel efficient, good looking. ❤️

[nbb]

I turned off lane center assist in my 2024 Camry for the same reason. What’s the point if it yells at you if you’re not constantly fighting with it?

[thearikes]

I got my Camry XSE two months ago, none of the interior issues you seem to have. The only issues I’ve had so far is when I use my phones app or Apple Watch to start the vehicle it does disconnect from CarPlay, it doesn’t do this every but it’s been enough to were I did go to the dealership and asks about, but to be honest they were useless on any ideas. The other issue is the a
Adaptive Cruise Control, man when I want change lanes the dam this fights me! It tries to pull me back the lane I’m changing from. Definitely bring that up on its first service.

[mattdecker]

I don't like Toyotas complimentary maintenance as I can't afford the 4 hours wait for the oil to be changed at the dealer. Never used the "free maintenance" on my Rav4 because of excessive wait times.

[kalunvinka]

I know it is completely different, but I was thinking between a Camry and a Sportage. Thje 15 sec alert just helped me make my decision. thank you!

[jasonkeyes]

I own a 2025 Camry, and it surprised me by routing the phone call on my Android into the car's sound system. I never used this feature, but I knew immediately how to use it, and I was later pleased to reflect that I barely glanced away from the road to operate it. Overall, mine seems to be working fine, And gods, I love the 53MPG!

[alberto]

I have a 24 Camry got it couple months ago and literally the rattling of the sunroof and center screen and at low speed the outside squeaks but the dealership says everything is okay so

[JosephPayton-mg]

You guys have a cool plate. The black and white theme matches well with the exterior color, pretty smart.