The defect
Toyota Motor Engineering & manufacturing North America, Inc. (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Camry and Camry HV, model year 2013 Avalon and Avalon HV and model year 2014 Corolla vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the windshield wiper switch assembly may short circuit. As such, these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, No. 104, "Windshield Wiping and Washing Systems."
The risk
A short circuit could cause inoperative windshield wipers, reducing driver visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the wiper switch assembly, free of charge. The recall began on November 8, 2013. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Toyota Avalon | 2013 |
| Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 2013 |
| Toyota Camry | 2013, 2014 |
| Toyota Camry Hybrid | 2013, 2014 |
| Toyota Corolla | 2014 |
Components: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Avalon | 2013 | 137 | 4 |
| Toyota Avalon Hybrid | 2013 | 23 | 3 |
| Toyota Camry | 2013 | 274 | 2 |
| Toyota Camry | 2014 | 455 | 3 |
| Toyota Camry Hybrid | 2013 | 27 | 1 |
| Toyota Camry Hybrid | 2014 | 25 | 1 |
| Toyota Corolla | 2014 | 269 | 2 |
Other visibility recalls in 2013
16 of the 627 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2013 concerned the visibility; Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 13V650000 26 Dec 2013 | Prevost Cars, Inc. |
| 13V574000 19 Nov 2013 | Spartan Motors, Inc. |
| 13V567000 13 Nov 2013 | General Motors LLC |
| 13V541000 30 Oct 2013 | McLaren Automotive Incorporated |
| 13V448000 23 Sept 2013 | Volkswagen of America, Inc. |
| 13V375000 20 Aug 2013 | Lion Bus Inc. |
| 13V331000 31 Jul 2013 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 13V330000 31 Jul 2013 | Entegra Coach |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2013