NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Toyota Camry Recalls
The 2001 Toyota Camry has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 5, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Toyota Camry. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 272
- Crashes reported
- 70
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Toyota Camry, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2001 Toyota Camry
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 01V072000
- Reported
- March 5, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 545
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 01V012000
- Reported
- January 16, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 53,061
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Camry
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Camry, 42 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Camry, 46 other models
2001 Toyota Camry complaints by year
NHTSA has received 272 owner complaints about the 2001 Toyota Camry, the newest on July 13, 2025. Of these, 70 describe a crash (26%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 58 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Toyota Camry, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (17%), followed by the vehicle speed control (17%) and the air bags (14%).
1 of the 2001 Toyota Camry's 4 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2001 Toyota Camry owners gave the mileage (146 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling47
- Vehicle Speed Control46
- Air Bags38
- Tires23
- Suspension22
- Electrical System20
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32 | |
| 2002 | 25 | |
| 2003 | 38 | |
| 2004 | 29 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 36 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Toyota Camry peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 38. 46% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Toyota Camry drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Toyota Camry year in the same window: 19th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 272 complaints about the 2001 Toyota Camry are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Camry by model year
Other 2001 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: July 13, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted