Recall Register

2001 Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2001 Toyota Camry. The newest campaign is 01V072000. NHTSA received the report on 5 Mar 2001. The NHTSA record gives the component Structure / Frame and Members. NHTSA has 213 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names 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, 01V072000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect and replace the front sub frame, if necessary. Owner notification began april 9, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
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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. 53,606 units in total.

  1. 01V072000Received . 545 units.

    Structure / Frame and Members

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The front sub frame assembly has not been adequately welded.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition could cause failure of the assembly following long-term usage, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect and replace the front sub frame, if necessary. Owner notification began april 9, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331.

    Report filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 01V012000Received . 53,061 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with cruise control and v6 engines, and built at one of two lines at the kentucky plant. The accelerator cable housing could be deformed at the cruise control actuator-to-throttle body connection. The accelerator inner-cable could wear away and eventually break.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could allow the throttle to return to idle or remain in its most recent position regardless of accelerator pedal operation, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the accelerator cable. Owner notification began february 23, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331.

    Report filed by TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 10A. 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

213 complaints, 271 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2001 Toyota Camry
  • All 2001 vehicles
2001 Toyota Camry: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2001 CamryAll 2001 vehiclesCamry, all yearsMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling169.7139.2102.946
Vehicle Speed Control132.844.5205.936
Air Bags10764.369.229
Tires84.939.44023
Suspension73.877.742.820
Electrical System62.795.245.817
Service Brakes, Hydraulic62.7102110.617
Power Train40.697.874.811
Seats33.214.710.49
Fuel System, Gasoline33.236.722.49

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 24.

Complaints that report a crash
52
Complaints that report a fire
8
Injuries in the complaints
41
Deaths in the complaints
3
Date of the newest complaint
26 Jul 2010

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 2001 Toyota Camry, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, with 38 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2001 Toyota Camry
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE02079Preliminary evaluationENGINE COMPARTMENT FIREEngine and Engine Cooling22 Oct 200218 Mar 2003

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. 19832
  2. 19842
  3. 19850
  4. 19860
  5. 19873
  6. 19884
  7. 19893
  8. 19902
  9. 19911
  10. 19920
  11. 19930
  12. 19941
  13. 19951
  14. 19962
  15. 19973
  16. 19982
  17. 19991
  18. 20002
  19. 20012
  20. 20024
  21. 20031
  22. 20043
  23. 20055
  24. 20065
  25. 20079
  26. 20087
  27. 200910
  28. 20109
  29. 20115
  30. 20122
  31. 20132
  32. 20143
  33. 20151
  34. 20162
  35. 20173
  36. 20188
  37. 20196
  38. 20203
  39. 20211
  40. 20221
  41. 20232
  42. 20241

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. 2001 Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/camry/2001/. 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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, 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 2001 Toyota Camry?
53,606 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Toyota Camry have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 59 recall campaigns for the Toyota Camry, model years 1983 to 2024. 2 of them name the 2001 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2001 Toyota Camry name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 46 of 271 component mentions, or 169.7 per 1,000. For all 2001 vehicles the figure is 139.2 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2001 Toyota Camry open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.