Recall Register

1998 Gulf Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1998 Gulf Toyota Camry. The newest campaign is 98V277000. NHTSA received the report on 4 Nov 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Wheels / Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 98V277000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace all the wheel lug nuts and also perform a complimentary wheel rotation when the repair is done.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 9,313 units in total.

  1. 98V277000Received . 7,794 units.

    Wheels / Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: 1998-1999 toyota sport utility vehicles and light duty trucks equipped with wheel lug nuts, part no. 1207, supplied by prime wheel corporation, and distributed by gulf states toyota, INC. In the states of texas, oklahoma, arkansas, louisiana, and mississippi only. The lug nuts contain a defect which could cause loss of the lug nuts, and possible loss of the wheel.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition could cause loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace all the wheel lug nuts and also perform a complimentary wheel rotation when the repair is done.

    Report filed by GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 98V279000Received . 1,519 units.

    Electrical System / Ignition / Anti-Theft / Control Module

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles, and passenger vehicles equipped with an audiovox securikey+ security system and securikey+ security systems with remote starter system and distributed by gulf states toyota, INC., in the states of texas, oklahoma, louisiana, arkansas, and mississippi. Certain securikey+ and securikey+ with remote start wiring harnesses can malfunction causing an electrical failure.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition can cause intermittent performance of the vehicle's electrical components such as the dash warning lights and/or HVAC fan speed controls. Also, the vehicle may not run smoothly and could stall.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect the securikey+ wiring harness and, if necessary, will replace the harness.

    Report filed by GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1998 Gulf Toyota Camry: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling2
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
25 Aug 2003

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1998 Gulf Toyota Camry, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2002, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19982
  2. 19992
  3. 20001
  4. 20020

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1998 Gulf Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/gulf-toyota/camry/1998/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GULF STATES TOYOTA, INC.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Gulf Toyota Camry?
9,313 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Gulf Toyota Camry have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Gulf Toyota Camry, model years 1998 to 2002. 2 of them name the 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Gulf Toyota Camry name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 2 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Gulf Toyota Camry open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.