Toyota Recalls
Check open Toyota recalls by VIN. CheckMyVIN queries NHTSA's live recall API on every lookup — no stale snapshots, no signup.
How Toyota recall lookups work
When you enter a Toyota VIN, CheckMyVIN first decodes the vehicle (make, model, model year) against NHTSA VPIC. Those three fields are then sent to the NHTSA recallsByVehicle API, which returns every open campaign on file. Each result shows the official NHTSA campaign number (format: two-digit year, "V" for vehicle, six-digit sequence — e.g. 19V472000), the affected component, a paraphrased plain-English summary, and the dealer remedy. Toyota dealers perform recall work at no charge regardless of who currently owns the vehicle.
Why check Toyota recalls before buying used?
A used-car dealer is not required to complete open recalls before sale in most US states. Run the VIN before the test drive — if a recall is open, you can either ask the dealer to complete it before delivery, negotiate the price, or schedule the free fix at a Toyota authorized dealer after purchase.
Notable past Toyota recall campaigns
A few well-documented campaigns to show the kind of data CheckMyVIN surfaces per VIN. Click any campaign number for the full record on nhtsa.gov. Summaries below paraphrase the official NHTSA records — verify against the source for the authoritative wording.
NHTSA campaign 18V200000
Engine and engine cooling: oversized pistons
2018 Toyota Camry equipped with the 2.5L A25A four-cylinder engine
The pistons in a batch of these engines were machined larger than the design spec, which can cause the engine to stall during operation. Toyota dealers inspect the engine and replace it at no charge when the oversize condition is confirmed.
NHTSA campaign 20V682000
Fuel system: low-pressure fuel pump (Denso supplier defect)
2017-2020 Camry / Sienna / Tacoma, 2018-2019 4Runner / Land Cruiser, 2019-2020 Avalon / RAV4 / Sequoia / Tundra, 2019 Corolla Hatchback, and many Lexus / Toyota models built with the affected Denso pump
The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank, supplied by Denso, can fail and cause the engine to stall without warning while driving. Toyota dealers replace the fuel pump assembly at no charge. This is one of the most cross-platform Japanese recalls of the decade — the same defective Denso pump triggered separate NHTSA campaigns at Honda, Subaru, Mitsubishi, and other automakers.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, via api.nhtsa.gov/recalls. Campaign numbers and components are verbatim from NHTSA; summaries are paraphrased.
What CheckMyVIN does not do
Some recalls are VIN-specific within a model year — only certain build dates or option packages are affected. NHTSA's public API returns the campaign for the year/make/model; for the final "is my exact VIN affected" answer, Toyota also publishes a VIN-specific lookup on their owners site, and you can search any campaign number on the NHTSA recall portal. CheckMyVIN cites every campaign by its official number so you can verify independently.
Want the full spec decode for this Toyota — engine code, assembly plant, model year, body class — alongside its recall history? Run it through the Toyota VIN Decoder; the report covers both the NHTSA specifications and every open recall in a single sticker.
Researching before you have a VIN in hand? Browse the full Toyota recall archive by model year — every NHTSA campaign since 1990, organized by year and model.