NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Toyota Camry Recalls
The 2002 Toyota Camry has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 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
- 953
- Crashes reported
- 252
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 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 2002 Toyota Camry
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 04V346000
- Reported
- July 13, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 128,316
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Camry
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 01V372000
- Reported
- December 11, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,587
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Tires
- Campaign
- 01V302000
- Reported
- October 1, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Toyota Camry
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 01V306000
- Reported
- September 25, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Toyota Camry
2002 Toyota Camry complaints by year
NHTSA has received 953 owner complaints about the 2002 Toyota Camry, the newest on November 14, 2025. Of these, 252 describe a crash (26%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 135 injuries and 12 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Toyota Camry, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (29%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
None of the 2002 Toyota Camry's 4 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2002 Toyota Camry owners gave the mileage (610 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control281
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic146
- Engine And Engine Cooling107
- Air Bags89
- Power Train68
- Engine58
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 109 | |
| 2003 | 120 | |
| 2004 | 155 | |
| 2005 | 65 | |
| 2006 | 45 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 27 | |
| 2009 | 38 | |
| 2010 | 164 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 27 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 28 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Toyota Camry peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 164. 48% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Toyota Camry drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Camry year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 2/5
The 953 complaints about the 2002 Toyota Camry are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Camry by model year
Other 2002 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: November 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted