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TOYOTA CAMRY

2009 TOYOTA CAMRY

9 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 1,612 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns9
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints1,612
Complaints citing a crash204
Complaints citing a fire27

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 6 of 9

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.

15V6890002015-10-22

VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

If the sliding electrical contacts are not protected by lubricant, debris and moisture that get into the switch may cause a short circuit and the switch assembly may overheat and melt, increasing the risk of a fire.

14V7430002014-11-19

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

Damage to the seat heater wiring could cause the wires to short, increasing the risk of the seat burning and causing personal injury to the occupant.

13V0140002013-01-16

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE

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.

12V4910002012-10-10

VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

If the switch overheats, it may melt, possibly resulting in a fire.

12V0910002012-03-07

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH

INOPERATIVE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WARN OTHER DRIVERS THAT THE VEHICLE IS SLOWING OR STOPPING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 207ENGINE
  • 202VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 174UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 122STRUCTURE
  • 92VISIBILITY/WIPER
  • 84STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 73ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 65VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2009 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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