Recall Register

2012 Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2012 Toyota Camry. The newest campaign is 13V442000. NHTSA received the report on 17 Oct 2013. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Appliance / Air Conditioner. NHTSA has no complaint 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, 13V442000, in the NHTSA record

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.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 806,004 units in total.

  1. 13V442000Received . 802,769 units.

    Equipment / Appliance / Air Conditioner

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    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.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    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.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    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.

    Report filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 13V014000Received . 3,235 units.

    Seats

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain models interspersed through model years 2009 through 2013 as follows: model year 2009-2012 Tacoma, 4Runner, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Prius, and RAV4; model year 2009-2010 Avalon, FJ Cruiser, and Highlander Hybrid; model year 2010-2013 model year Corolla, Sienna and Tundra; model year 2009-2013 Highlander and Venza; model year 2012 Prius V; and model year 2010-2012 Sequoia. During modification by SET to include accessories such as leather seat covers, seat heaters or headrest DVD systems, these vehicles may not have had the passenger seat occupant sensing system calibration tested. Without passing the calibration test, the occupant sensing system may not operate as designed.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the front passenger seat occupant sensing system is out of calibration, the front passenger airbags may not deploy or they may deploy inappropriately for the passenger's size and position. This could increase the risk of personal injury during the event of a vehicle crash necessitating airbag deployment.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Southeast Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will test the sensitivity of the occupant detection sensors, and recalibrate them as necessary. The recall began on March 21, 2013. Owners may contact Southeast Toyota at 1-800-301-6859.

    Report filed by Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC. 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

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

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. 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.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 2012 Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/camry/2012/. 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
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2012 Toyota Camry?
806,004 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 2012 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2012 Toyota Camry open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.