1993 Toyota Camry Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1993 Toyota Camry. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 334 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
34
25crashes25injuries
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
24
1crashes1fires
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
18
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
16
8crashes3injuries
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
14
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
13
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
12
1crashes1fires
AIR BAGS
11
5crashes11injuries
TIRES
10
1crashes
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
8
1fires
Total complaints334

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“(1) break is not functioning properly, break light is showing, after adding fluid light disappear and function after several pumping, pushing of the break down and releasing towards up. Seems limited friction to function the break. Went to mechanic shop, was unable to detect, rather filled with…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2018-10-06

“(1) break is not functioning properly, break light is showing, after adding fluid light disappear and function after several pumping, pushing of the break down and releasing towards up. Seems limited friction to function the break. Went to mechanic shop, was unable to detect, rather filled with…”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2018-10-06

“Driving north on the taconic parkway a car hits me on my passenger side from then I hit a guardrail then flipped then hit a rock and landed in the trees the only air bag that came out was the driver side my passenger air bag never came out.”

AIR BAGS · reported 2017-11-01

“I had a wreck the air bag deployed burning my right arm and releasing smoke and paticals that I coughed up for a week”

AIR BAGS · reported 2016-03-01

“I was in a car accident on sept. 19 2015(saturday). I was stopped at a red light. And as I proceeded driving down a main street I was only going 5-10mph as I left the green light and less than a min. I couldn't see nothing. Until and a dark huge suv with no lights on cuts me off and made a sharp…”

AIR BAGS · reported 2015-09-19

“I was in a car accident on sept. 19 2015(saturday). I was stopped at a red light. And as I proceeded driving down a main street I was only going 5-10mph as I left the green light and less than a min. I couldn't see nothing. Until and a dark huge suv with no lights on cuts me off and made a sharp…”

STRUCTURE:BODY · reported 2015-09-19

“Ran directly into a tree at appox. 30mph airbag did not deploy. Conciderable damage to drivers side front grille, bumper, headlights, hood and side panel.”

AIR BAGS · reported 2015-04-06

“Ran directly into a tree at appox. 30mph airbag did not deploy. Conciderable damage to drivers side front grille, bumper, headlights, hood and side panel.”

SEAT BELTS · reported 2015-04-06

Defect investigations

Investigation EA93032 Opened 1993-12-27 · closed 1994-11-30

ALLEGED BATTERY EXPLOSIONS

There is no summary currently available

Investigation PE93074 Opened 1993-08-27 · closed 1993-12-27

ALLEGED BATTERY FAILURES

There is no summary currently available

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1993 Toyota Camry as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.