Toyota Recalls 314,000 More Cars for Takata Airbags, Plus 62,000 Tundras
Corolla, 4Runner, Sequoia, Tundra, and three Lexus lines are covered. Separately, about 62,000 newer Tundras need a camshaft inspection.
Toyota is recalling about 314,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the U.S. to replace Takata front passenger airbag inflators, adding another chapter to a crisis that started almost two decades ago. A day later, the company opened a separate campaign for roughly 62,000 Tundra pickups whose camshafts could break while driving.
Both fixes are free. If you own one of the older cars below, this is the more urgent of the two: Takata inflators have killed people, and the risk grows with age, heat, and humidity. Our guide to the most urgent recall warnings explains how NHTSA ranks that kind of risk.
Which Toyota and Lexus models get new airbags
In its November 12 announcement, Toyota says propellant inside the passenger-side inflator can break down over time in certain temperature and humidity conditions. If it does, the inflator can rupture when the airbag fires and send metal fragments into the cabin. Depending on the model, dealers will replace the inflator or the whole airbag assembly.
Toyota's release doesn't list models. A Toyota spokesman gave Kelley Blue Book this breakdown:
- 2003–2008 Toyota Corolla: about 232,000
- 2016–2017 Toyota 4Runner: about 36,000
- 2005–2006 Toyota Tundra: about 25,000
- 2005–2007 Toyota Sequoia: about 11,000
- Lexus GX, IS, and SC: years and counts not yet published, roughly 10,000 combined by subtraction
Most of these model years have been in Takata recalls before, but not all. NHTSA's Takata page lists the 4Runner only through 2016, so the 2017 4Runner is new to the list. Toyota hasn't said whether this campaign covers cars that already got a replacement Takata inflator under an earlier recall. That happened in 2019, when it called back 928,000 vehicles for exactly that reason.
The company hasn't given a date for owner letters, and the recall wasn't in NHTSA's public database as of November 14. You can check a VIN or license plate now at toyota.com/recall or nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Why Takata recalls are still coming
NHTSA has confirmed 28 U.S. deaths from ruptured Takata inflators and at least 400 injuries, out of about 67 million airbags recalled. Carfax estimates roughly 4.6 million vehicles still have the repair outstanding. Old, cheap, often resold cars like a 2005 Corolla are exactly where recall letters stop reaching owners, the problem behind NHTSA's new push on unrepaired recalls.
The Tundra camshaft recall
The second campaign was first reported by The Drive, based on a leaked dealer notice. On November 13, Toyota made it official. It covers about 62,000 non-hybrid 2022–2023 and 2025–2026 Tundras. The 2024 model year and the i-Force Max hybrid aren't included.
Toyota says a camshaft that was manufactured incorrectly could snap while driving and cause a loss of power at higher speeds. The parts came from one production lot from one supplier, and Toyota estimates only about 300 of them could be in these trucks. That's why every truck will be inspected but only the suspect ones get a new camshaft. Owner letters are due by mid-January 2027.
According to Autoblog, a filing in Japan describes the same fault: a right-bank exhaust camshaft that may lack strength and may have cracked during machining. That filing covers four U.S.-built Tundras sold there.
This defect is separate from the machining-debris problem that hurt the truck's twin-turbo 3.4-liter V6. That problem led to recalls of about 102,000 Tundra and Lexus LX models in May 2024, 127,000 Tundra, LX, and GX models in November 2025, and about 44,000 2024 Tundras in May 2026. It's not the news Toyota wanted just as the refreshed 2027 Tundra reaches dealers.
NHTSA hasn't published either campaign yet. We'll update this story when campaign numbers and owner-letter dates are posted.
