NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Toyota Camry Recalls
The 2004 Toyota Camry has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 9, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Toyota Camry. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 638
- Crashes reported
- 199
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Toyota Camry, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2004 Toyota Camry
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V539000
- Reported
- November 9, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 420,326
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Camry, 7 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 04V595000
- Reported
- December 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 150,061
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Camry, 1 other model
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 2002–2003 Camry
2004 Toyota Camry complaints by year
NHTSA has received 638 owner complaints about the 2004 Toyota Camry, the newest on July 8, 2026. Of these, 199 describe a crash (31%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 133 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Toyota Camry, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (37%), followed by the steering (13%) and the air bags (12%).
1 of the 2004 Toyota Camry's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2004 Toyota Camry owners gave the mileage (516 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control238
- Steering80
- Air Bags79
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic54
- Power Train48
- Electrical System37
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 103 | |
| 2005 | 55 | |
| 2006 | 41 | |
| 2007 | 30 | |
| 2008 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 45 | |
| 2010 | 143 | |
| 2011 | 33 | |
| 2012 | 29 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Toyota Camry peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 143. 38% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Camry drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Toyota Camry year in the same window: 11th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 638 complaints about the 2004 Toyota Camry are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Camry by model year
Other 2004 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: July 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted