1988 TOYOTA CAMRY

1 safety recall campaign, 8 defect investigations, 88 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations8
Owner complaints88
Complaints citing a crash8
Complaints citing a fire5

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

16V3960002016-06-02

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

If damaged, the copper strand heating element may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.

What owners report most

  • 7ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
  • 5VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 5STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
  • 5ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
  • 5SEAT BELTS
  • 4POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • 3POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
  • 3SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 1988 TOYOTA CAMRYs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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