Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon, and 2013-2018 Avalon Hybrid vehicles. During certain crashes, the air bag electronic control unit (ECU) may malfunction, possibly disabling the deployment of the air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners.
Safety risk
In the event of a crash, air bags and/or seat belt pretensioners that do not deploy as intended may increase the risk of injury.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ECU and install a noise filter between the air bag control module and its wire harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owners were notified of the safety risk beginning March 2, 2020. A second letter notifying owners of the remedy repair will be mailed between March 16, 2020 and June 27, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 20TB03, 20TA03 and 20TA05.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 19, 2012 to October 27, 2015 and 2013-2015 Lexus ES350 and ES300h vehicles manufactured June 18, 2012 to July 6, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a Pre-Collision System (PCS) as optional equipment. In these vehicles, the PCS may unexpectedly activate and apply the brakes when the radar detects a steel joint or plate in the roadway as an object.
Safety risk
A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace certain PCS components, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this campaign are F1V and F2E.
Toyota Motor Engineering & manufacturing North America, Inc. (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Camry and Camry HV, model year 2013 Avalon and Avalon HV and model year 2014 Corolla vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the windshield wiper switch assembly may short circuit. As such, these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, No. 104, "Windshield Wiping and Washing Systems."
Safety risk
A short circuit could cause inoperative windshield wipers, reducing driver visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the wiper switch assembly, free of charge. The recall began on November 8, 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Avalon, Avalon HV, Venza, Camry, and Camry HV vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the drain hose for the air conditioning condenser may become clogged causing water to accumulate at the bottom of the air conditioning condenser unit housing. The accumulated water may then leak through a seam in the housing onto the air bag control module potentially resulting in a short circuit of the module.
Safety risk
A short circuit may cause the air bags to become disabled or inadvertently deploy. An inadvertent airbag deployment can increase the risk of injury or the possibility of a crash. An inoperative airbag can increase the risk of injury in a severe crash. The power steering assist could also become inoperable resulting in increased steering effort and can increase the risk of a crash at low speeds.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will seal the air conditioning condenser unit housing and install a protective cover on the airbag control module, free of charge. The recall began on February 5, 2014. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
Component
Complaints
Median mileage
Unknown or other
23
26,400 mi
Vehicle speed control
22
45,000 mi
Visibility/wiper
22
13,400 mi
Air bags
16
23,379 mi
Electrical system
14
15,000 mi
Structure
13
600 mi
Service brakes
12
45,000 mi
Structure: body
12
966 mi
Forward collision avoidance
6
—
Visibility
6
700 mi
Seats
5
—
Engine
4
85,000 mi
Seat belts
4
75,000 mi
Fuel/propulsion system
3
14,200 mi
Power train
3
22,300 mi
Electronic stability control (ESC)
2
15,000 mi
Engine and engine cooling
2
11,200 mi
Exterior lighting
2
33,000 mi
Steering
2
1,800 mi
Tires
2
15,143 mi
Tires: sidewall
2
—
Visibility: glass, side/rear
2
7,000 mi
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
2
410 mi
Chest clip, buckle, harness
1
—
Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system
1
—
Equipment
1
7,000 mi
Equipment adaptive/mobility
1
1,415 mi
Fuel system, gasoline
1
1,200 mi
Lane departure: blind spot detection
1
—
Parking brake
1
82,500 mi
Seat belts: rear/other: buckle assembly
1
75,000 mi
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
1
18,500 mi
Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system
1
14,200 mi
The 2012 model has 5 times as many complaints as this one. The 2014 model has about 1.5 times as many complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.