Selling a junk Toyota C-HR
Any C-HR sells for scrap or parts, running or not. Below: what owners report most often for each model year, the recalls on file, and which of those change the offer. Enter your ZIP for a buyer near you.
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What owners report about the Toyota C-HR
NHTSA has 688 owner complaints on file for the Toyota C-HR, model years 2018 to 2022, the 346th-most of the 423 models in our data. The most-reported components are transmission and drivetrain (345, 50%), other (90, 13%), engine (54, 8%). 23 complaints involved a crash, 0 a fire, and 23 say the vehicle had to be towed. The median mileage when the problem was reported is 39,000 miles. The 2018 model year has the most complaints (407). Data as of 2026-10-12.
When the top complaint is transmission and drivetrain, the question for a seller is whether a buyer will resell the car, pull the parts or scrap it. Read our guide to selling a car with a bad transmission: it explains which offers assume the part works and how to describe the car so the price holds at pickup.
Toyota C-HR by model year
| Year | Complaints | Most reported | Crash | Fire | Recalls | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 407 | Transmission and drivetrain | 10 | 0 | 1 | 42,000 |
| 2019 | 144 | Transmission and drivetrain | 3 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 2020 | 85 | Transmission and drivetrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2021 | 49 | Transmission and drivetrain | 7 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | Transmission and drivetrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not confirmed defects. Median miles is the odometer reading owners gave when they reported a problem, shown only where 20 or more reports include it.
Toyota C-HR recalls
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns across these model years, most often for parking brake (1), seat belts (1), transmission and drivetrain (1). Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer. Before you sell, check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a buyer who plans to resell the car will.
- 2021 model year, driver assistance (campaign 22V107000, Feb 2022): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2021 C-HR vehicles. The radar sensor may not have been activated during production, making the pre-collision system (PCS) inoperative.
- 2019 model year, seat belts (campaign 19V877000, Dec 2019): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2019-2020 C-HR and 2020 Corolla and Corolla Hybrid vehicles equipped with rear seat belt assemblies with a dual-mode locking mechanism. The seat belt…
- 2019 model year, equipment (campaign 19V244000, Mar 2019): Gulf States Toyota (GST) is recalling certain 2019 C-HR, 4Runner, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Highlander, Land Cruiser, Prius, RAV4, Sequoia, Tacoma, Sienna, Tundra and Yaris vehicles. The text on the loa…
- 2019 model year, transmission and drivetrain (campaign 18V710000, Oct 2018): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2019 Toyota C-HR vehicles. The rear axle hub bearing bolts may have been insufficiently tightened, causing the bolts to loosen and damage the rear br…
- 2018 model year, parking brake (campaign 17V717000, Nov 2017): Toyota 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 …
What a Toyota C-HR is worth as a junk car
Buyers price a junk C-HR on four things: its weight at today's scrap steel price (the floor), the parts still on it that can be resold, whether it starts and drives, and how far they have to tow it. None of those come from a complaint database, so use this page to describe the car accurately and our junk car value guide to work out a ceiling for the metal. Then get more than one offer.
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- Toyota Camry 21,206
- Toyota Prius 15,527
- Toyota Corolla 13,585
- Toyota RAV4 11,581
- Toyota Sienna 11,232
- Toyota Tacoma 10,386
- Toyota Tundra 8,098
- Toyota 4Runner 7,196
Questions people ask
- What is a junk Toyota C-HR worth?
- What a yard can recover: the car's weight at the current scrap steel price, plus parts it can resell (the catalytic converter, engine, transmission and wheels if they're good), minus towing and processing. The same C-HR gets different offers from different buyers, so compare at least two. Our value guide shows the public benchmark.
- Will a junkyard buy a Toyota C-HR that doesn't run?
- Yes. Junkyards and junk car buyers take cars that don't start, and most arrange the tow. Tell them honestly whether it starts, whether the engine and transmission are still in it, and whether the catalytic converter is on; those are what change the price.
- Should I fix an open recall before selling a Toyota C-HR?
- Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer for as long as the car exists. If the car is going for scrap, the repair won't change the scrap price. If a buyer might resell it or pull parts, a completed recall can help. Check your VIN at NHTSA's recall lookup first.
- Where do these Toyota C-HR numbers come from?
- From the complaint and recall data NHTSA publishes for every make and model, counted by model year on 2026-10-12. A complaint is an owner's report, not a confirmed defect, and the count rises with how many of the model were sold.