Toyota Recalls Hundreds Of Thousands Of Cars For Broken Indicators

Toyota is recalling astir 655,000 of its Camry vehicles globally, nan automaker confirmed Tuesday, owed to a show correction that whitethorn deactivate information indicators for illustration move signals and hazard lights during startup.

Most of nan now-recalled cars were sold successful nan U.S. — wherever much than 508,000 exemplary twelvemonth 2025-2026 Camry Hybrids are affected.

According to documents published by nan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, these vehicles are equipped pinch a 7-inch (17.8 centimeters) show operation metre that tin go blank astatine startup. And beyond move signals and hazard lights, definite warnings for illustration spot loop reminders and “key near successful ignition” buzzers whitethorn besides not usability arsenic a result.

These show failures summation clang risks — some for drivers who whitethorn not beryllium capable to spot telltale indicators and “the expertise of different roadworthy users to admit nan driver’s intent to alteration guidance aliases bespeak a conveyance hazard,” nan NHTSA warns.

Texas-based Toyota Motor North America — a subsidiary of nan larger Japanese automaker — says it will notify each known owners of nan affected Camrys to bring their vehicles into a certified dealer. To remedy nan issue, those dealers will later supply a package update free of charge.

Owner letters are group to beryllium mailed starting Sept. 21 successful nan U.S., and Toyota expects to complete those notifications by early October. In nan meantime, customers tin cheque the NHTSA’s and Toyota’s online callback lookups to spot if their car is affected.

Toyota confirmed to The Associated Press via email Tuesday that its callback affects markets successful North America, nan Middle East, Asia and immoderate countries successful different regions. The institution said nan 655,000 vehicles impacted globally were produced betwixt December 2023 and July 2026 — crossed 3 plants located successful nan U.S., Japan and Thailand.

For much information, customers can sojourn Toyota’s website aliases interaction customer support astatine 1-800-331-4331.