NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Toyota Camry Recalls
The 2003 Toyota Camry has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Toyota Camry. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 782
- Crashes reported
- 229
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Toyota Camry, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2003 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 2002, 2004 Camry
2003 Toyota Camry complaints by year
NHTSA has received 782 owner complaints about the 2003 Toyota Camry, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 229 describe a crash (29%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 106 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2003 Toyota Camry, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (33%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (14%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (12%).
The 2003 Toyota Camry's only recall does not concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2003 Toyota Camry owners gave the mileage (575 complaints), the median was 48,785 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control259
- Engine And Engine Cooling112
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic91
- Air Bags73
- Steering53
- Engine52
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 74 | |
| 2004 | 142 | |
| 2005 | 47 | |
| 2006 | 34 | |
| 2007 | 38 | |
| 2008 | 37 | |
| 2009 | 41 | |
| 2010 | 154 | |
| 2011 | 36 | |
| 2012 | 33 | |
| 2013 | 22 | |
| 2014 | 34 | |
| 2015 | 29 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2003 Toyota Camry peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 154. 38% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Toyota Camry drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Toyota Camry year in the same window: 7th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 782 complaints about the 2003 Toyota Camry are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Camry by model year
Other 2003 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted