Toyota recalled 508,354 Camry Hybrids over an instrument cluster software fault
A display that can fail at startup takes the hazard lights, turn signals and seat-belt warning with it, and the filed remedy is a dealer-applied software update rather than one sent to the car.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalled 508,354 Camry Hybrid vehicles from the 2025 and 2026 model years over a fault in the instrument cluster display, according to the campaign record held by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agency logged the report on August 6 under campaign number 26V511000.
The record states that the instrument cluster display may fail during vehicle startup, deactivating the hazard lights, turn signals, seat-belt warning system and smart key reminder. On that basis the vehicles do not comply with four Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: No. 101 on controls and displays, No. 108 on lamps and reflective devices, No. 114 on theft protection and rollaway prevention, and No. 208 on occupant crash protection. NHTSA recorded the consequence as an increased risk of a crash or injury.
The filed remedy is that dealers will update the display software free of charge. The campaign record’s over-the-air field reads false, and the remedy text names no route to the vehicle other than a dealer. Owner notification letters were expected to be mailed on September 21. Toyota’s internal numbers for the campaign are 26TB16 and 26TA16.
The defect and its fix are both software, but the fix is not an over-the-air update, so it reaches the fleet at the pace of workshop appointments rather than a release.
Source: NHTSA recalls database