Toyota Recalls 62,000 Tundras Over Camshafts That Could Snap While Driving

• Toyota announced a safety recall of about 62,000 non-hybrid Tundra pickups from model years 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026 over a camshaft that could snap while driving and cut power at higher speeds.
• Toyota traces the problem to one production lot from one supplier, estimates about 300 affected camshafts, and tells owners that a dealer will inspect the part and replace it free of charge, with letters due by mid-January 2027.
• The recall is separate from three earlier Tundra main bearing recalls whose populations add up to 272,349 between them, so a single pickup can carry more than one open recall; a VIN check is the way to see which campaigns apply.

Why Toyota Is Checking 62,000 Trucks for About 300 Parts

Toyota announced the recall on November 13, 2026, in a notice datelined Plano, Texas. It covers about 62,000 Tundra pickups, and the notice names the non-hybrid Tundras of model years 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026. The company says a Tundra in that group could carry an engine camshaft that was built incorrectly. Toyota states the defect in one sentence: “The subject vehicles could be equipped with an engine camshaft that was manufactured incorrectly, which could snap during driving.” The notice adds that a break at higher speeds can leave the truck without motive power and raises the risk of a crash.

The numbers point in two directions. Toyota’s own estimate is narrow: “Affected camshafts are from one specific production lot from a specific supplier. We estimate that there are approximately 300 affected camshafts that could have been installed in the subject vehicles.” Against a recall population of about 62,000, 300 camshafts is 0.48 percent. If each of those camshafts sat in a different truck, roughly one inspected Tundra in 207 would turn up a bad part.

Toyota has not said why it widened the net to 62,000 trucks for about 300 parts. The notice also does not say how a technician tells a good camshaft from a bad one inside a finished engine, whether the inspection takes an hour or a day, or whether a dealer will provide a loaner. It reports no failures, crashes or injuries, and it carries no instruction to stop driving or to park the truck outside.

Who Is Covered and What Toyota Will Do

The notice lists four model years and one powertrain. Non-hybrid Tundras from 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026 are in. Hybrid Tundras are not named, and neither is model year 2024, which sits between the two groups on the list. Toyota does not explain the gap, and 2024 trucks carry engine recalls of their own, as the history below shows. Toyota also recalled 30,978 RAV4 plug-in hybrids in October over a software fault that can cut power at higher speeds.

For the owners it does cover, Toyota lays out a short process in its own words: “All known owners of the subject vehicles will be notified to return their vehicle to a Toyota dealer. The dealer will inspect the camshaft to see if it may be from the affected lot and, if so, the camshaft will be replaced at no cost to the customer.” The notice sets the timing as “Owners of involved vehicles will be notified by mid-January 2027.” That date is the mailing target. It is not a deadline for owners, and the notice sets none.

The 2025 and 2026 trucks stand apart. NHTSA’s recall records for those model years, saved on November 15, list backup light, camera software and label campaigns, but no engine recall. A 2025 or 2026 Tundra among the 62,000 would be facing its first engine recall.

What Owners Should Do Now

Start with the VIN. Toyota tells owners to go to Toyota.com/recall or nhtsa.gov/recalls and enter the Vehicle Identification Number or the license plate information. The notice adds that the list of involved vehicles is current as of the filing date and subject to change. NHTSA’s own recall database had not posted a camshaft campaign for any Tundra model year when it was checked on November 15, so a search at nhtsa.gov/recalls this week came back without it. Check again when the letter arrives, and do not read an empty result from this week as a clearance.

Two phone lines answer questions. The Toyota Brand Engagement Center takes calls at 1-800-331-4331. The NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline is 1-888-327-4236, with a TTY line at 1-800-424-9153.

Owners who expect to see a dealer can ask three things that Toyota has not yet published. How long will the truck be down? Will the dealer provide a loaner? What does the inspection involve? The service desk is the place to ask when you book. Keep the letter and the repair order. A free repair comes with paper, and the paper settles any later question about whether the work was done.

Three Earlier Tundra Engine Recalls

The camshaft is a different part from the one behind the Tundra’s earlier recalls, and the two stories can blur together. All three earlier campaigns sit in NHTSA’s records under the same wording: machining debris left from manufacturing can foul a V35A engine, wear out the main bearings and stall the engine, which ends in lost drive power. NHTSA’s text for each says, “A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.”

The first, 24V381, reached NHTSA on May 30, 2024. It covers 102,092 vehicles: 2022 and 2023 Tundras and Lexus LX 600s. Toyota’s dealer bulletin puts the Tundra share at about 98,600 trucks, built between early November 2021 and mid-February 2023, plus about 4,000 Lexus LX 600s. The remedy is a new engine assembly at no charge, and Toyota mailed owner letters starting December 17, 2024, with the last going out February 19, 2025.

The second, 25V767, reached NHTSA on November 6, 2025, about 17 months later. It covers 126,691 vehicles with the same engine in a wider range: 2022 to 2024 Tundras, Lexus LX models and 2024 Lexus GX models. Toyota’s Part 573 report splits the total into 113,079 Tundras built from November 22, 2021 to February 14, 2024, 9,895 Lexus LX and 3,717 Lexus GX, which adds back to 126,691. The remedy changed. Dealers inspect the number 1 main bearing with vehicle inspection software and drive data and replace the engine only if necessary. Owner letters were mailed on August 28, 2026.

The third, 26V320, reached NHTSA on May 20, 2026, six months and 14 days after the second. It covers 43,566 Tundras from model year 2024. The same inspection remedy applies, but the final remedy is not yet available. Toyota mailed interim letters on July 23, 2026 and will send more letters once the remedy is ready. In that filing Toyota wrote that “there are 30 Toyota Field Technical Reports and 360 warranty claims on the engines in the subject vehicles that have been received from U.S. sources that relate or may relate to this condition”.

Add the three populations and the total is 272,349 recall population entries. The filings are separate, and NHTSA’s pages do not rule out overlap, so the figure describes the size of the campaigns, not 272,349 different pickups. Each later filing says it expands the earlier ones. The 25V767 report states that some engines built after its production window had improved manufacturing processes and remained under investigation, and Toyota entered 1 percent as its defect estimate with a note that the number means unknown. The camshaft recall arrived five months and 24 days after that third filing.

What Owners of Older Tundras Should Check

The model-year ranges overlap, which is the practical risk. A 2022 or 2023 non-hybrid Tundra can sit inside the camshaft recall and also inside 24V381 and 25V767. A 2024 Tundra can sit inside 25V767 and 26V320 but not inside the camshaft notice. A 2025 or 2026 truck carries the camshaft recall as its only engine recall, as far as NHTSA’s records show. Whether any given truck falls inside a given campaign depends on its VIN, so the lookup is the only reliable answer. A Tundra can also carry an unrelated open item. NHTSA’s record for 25V657 covers 393,838 Tundra, Tundra Hybrid and Sequoia Hybrid vehicles whose rearview image can fail to display, with a free multimedia software update and owner letters mailed on November 19, 2025.

Owners with more than one open campaign should ask the dealer to book them together and to list each one on the repair order. For the first bearing recall, the FAQ in Toyota’s dealer bulletin promised a loaner while the engine was swapped, and the bulletin set a claim of $60 a day for owners who were uncomfortable driving while parts were on order. The same bulletin says reimbursement instructions for earlier paid repairs were in the owner letter. The camshaft notice carries none of those terms, so ask whether they extend to this recall. The 24V381 bulletin sets a repair time of 13.6 hours for the engine replacement.

NHTSA’s records for all three bearing recalls show no park-it or park-outside advisory. That is the agency’s current data, and it applies to those recalls only. For the camshaft, Toyota’s notice gives no driving instruction either way. Owners who want an answer before the January letter can call Toyota at 1-800-331-4331 and ask what the company advises for their truck. Anyone who owns a Tundra from the covered model years and has not checked the VIN can do it at nhtsa.gov/recalls or Toyota.com/recall today, and again when the letter arrives.

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Sources

• Toyota USA Newsroom: Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2022-2023 and 2025-2026 Toyota Tundra Vehicles
• NHTSA: Part 573 Safety Recall Report 25V767
• NHTSA: Recall 26V320 record
• The Autopian: Toyota Just Recalled Another 43,566 Tundra Trucks Over Engine Problems

Reviewed by Preetam Gadekar