Recall Register

2016 Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2016 Toyota Camry. The newest campaign is 16V420000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Jun 2016. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Other / Labels. NHTSA has 184 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, 16V420000, in the NHTSA record

SET will notify owners, and provide a corrected label for placement over the inaccurate label, free of charge. The recall began on July 14, 2016. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 62,768 units in total.

  1. 16V420000Received . 4,253 units.

    Equipment / Other / Labels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Camry and Highlander, 2015-2016 Toyota Tundra, Scion FR-S, and tC vehicles. The Load Carrying Capacity Modification Label may not reflect the correct added weight of the installed accessories. As a result, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims for Passenger Cars."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An incorrect label may lead an owner to overload the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    SET will notify owners, and provide a corrected label for placement over the inaccurate label, free of charge. The recall began on July 14, 2016. Owners may contact SET customer service at 1-866-405-4226.

    Report filed by Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number SET-16C. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 16V215000Received . 58,515 units.

    Air Bags / Sensor / Occupant Classification

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Avalon and Camry vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015 to March 4, 2016. The occupant classification system (OCS) that activates or deactivates the front passenger seat air bag system may have been improperly calibrated. As a result, the front passenger air bag and the front passenger knee air bag may not deploy as intended in certain crash scenarios. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increase the risk of injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the OCS, free of charge. The recall began by May 13, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is G0J.

    Report filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing. Manufacturer campaign number G0J. 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

184 complaints, 257 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.

  • 2016 Toyota Camry
  • All 2016 vehicles
2016 Toyota Camry: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2016 CamryAll 2016 vehiclesCamry, all yearsMentions
Unknown or Other132.3110.263.734
Air Bags128.442.572.533
Steering97.366.345.825
Vehicle Speed Control85.634.213622
Electrical System81.7116.258.121
Structure77.847.277.120
Power Train73.9127.575.619
Service Brakes7054.237.218
Engine66.117163.717
Seat Belts359.222.69

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 21.

Complaints that report a crash
41
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
35
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
28 Sep 2026

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 2016 Toyota Camry, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2016, with 28 complaints.

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. 2016 Toyota Camry: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/camry/2016/. 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
Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC

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 2016 Toyota Camry?
62,768 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 2016 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2016 Toyota Camry name most often?
Unknown or Other: 34 of 257 component mentions, or 132.3 per 1,000. For all 2016 vehicles the figure is 110.2 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2016 Toyota Camry open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.