16V396000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
If damaged, the copper strand heating element may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
2005 TOYOTA CAMRY
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 905 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints905
Complaints citing a crash292
Complaints citing a fire17
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 4 of 4
11V539000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
IN SOME CASES, THE BELT FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY BECOME DETACHED FROM THE PULLEY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STEERING EFFORT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
10V035000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
THIS DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
10V036000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
A DRIVER MAY OVERLOAD A VEHICLE WHICH MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 248VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 66STEERING
- 55POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 49AIR BAGS
- 43SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 42SEAT BELTS
- 25UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 25ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 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.