What is a good car other than Toyota? Has anyone else had bad luck with Toyota?

I bought a car that had a 120,000 miles on it. A Toyota Camry Hybrid 2008.

For two and a half years the car ran great, then shortly after my extended warranty expired the Hybrid battery died.

Then I needed a new wheel bearing.

Now the check engine light is on for some evaporative system leak small leak p0442.

I bought the Camry because it was serviced at the dealership every 5000 miles and had some of the parts already replaced like the water pump.

People told me Toyota was bulletproof in this car was a smart move.

Now I'm looking to trade it in and sell it even with the new battery.

I'm beginning to look at Ford Fusions now instead but maybe I should just get another Camry that had one owner that is not a hybrid?

Should I get a Ford Fusion or another camry?

My current Camry has 175,000 miles on it I was hoping it would go 250 but now I don't know

Honda! Honda! Honda!

Honda and Toyota are the best. Fusions are ok, the automatic transmissions are problematic, look it up.

Almost any car can be a "good" car if properly maintained and treated gently, but your expectations of buying a used car with 100,000+ miles and it making it to 250,000 miles without needing repairs is unreasonable. The fact is, only 2% of all cars are still on the road after 200,000 miles because owners do not maintain them properly and / or they treat them harshly.

A bad wheel bearing is a minor thing. They also require lubrication once in awhile. If you never had the bearings greased and neither did the previous owner, that's your fault, not the fault of the car. And, anyone who has ever used a battery powered device knows that batteries don't last forever. Even the highest tech batteries wear out. Toyota states theirs can be expected to last 8 years. For any hybrid battery the maximum lifespan is about 10 years. As for your evaporative system leak, it is unreasonable to expect a car to go 10 years without some degradation of such systems in which a lot of rubber, neoprene and plastic is used. There's no car made that is immune to such things.

There are no "bulletproof" cars. They all require maintenance sooner or later. Some are better than others, but none are perfect or infallible. I've been running my Toyota pickup for 25 years and it has needed very little in the way of unexpected maintenance, but it is the exception, not the rule. The difference is in how I have driven and maintained it. So do your research, make the best choice you can, be more proactive with maintenance, and lower your expectations a bit.

You didn't have "bad luck with Toyota" in my opinion. You bought a car with 120K miles already on the clock and your expectations of bulletproof reliability were unrealistic because the car had 120K miles on it as your starting point of ownership.

Car parts wear out with age and use regardless of the badge on the grille of the car. Wheel bearings aren't indestructible, for example. If you'd have bought a different car at 120K miles, it might well have needed a wheel bearing sooner than later too. If you'd have bought a hybrid of similar age/mileage from another manufacturer, you might have needed a new battery pack around 150K miles too etc.

The problems you've experienced aren't exclusive to "Toyotas". They're common to "cars that have lots of miles on them" though.

Wheel bearings go over time. Just replace them.

A loose/bad gas cap could be causing your evap code.

If you want any car to go over 250,000 miles, you have to maintain it, simple as that.

Have you continued to get the car serviced every 5000-7500 with a full point inspection and repair the issues that needed repairing?

You need to do the basic maintenance to keep your car running.

So get the leak repaired and move on…

A Ford Fusion? You must be kidding. Fusions are pretty unreliable and rife with transmission problems. At 120,000 miles even a Camry will wear out a thing or two, and batteries will always have a finite lifespan. It's like buying a drink- you consume it and then it's gone. The car got 10 years on its battery and it's too bad the previous owner enjoyed most of that before you. Replace the battery, or get a new Camry, non hybrid, if you just can't abide with hybrid issues.

I also have a Toyota that constantly has things going wrong with it, but it is 25 years old. That's just the way it is with cars. The older they get, the more things are going to go wrong, no matter how well it was built. They talk about how long Japanese cars last, but they usually don't talk about how much it costs to keep it running. So I really don't think you had "bad luck". It's usually worth it to pay for minor repairs vs. Buying another car.

Dodge has good cars

Your best luck is going to be with a non electric model like a Corolla. Especially the 98 to 02s. They are close to bullet proof. With regular tuneups and oil changes, those things will run forever.