Just saw a brief news articles that a bunch of 2020 to 2023 Toyota and Lexus vehicles were going to be recalled for backup camera issue. No other details. Anybody heard anything?

 

check your app. Shows the recall for my 25 but nothing for the 22.

 

This Toyota press release has a link you can follow to determine if your vehicle is part of the recall. https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-...us-vehicles-6/

Consumer Reports listed the following vehicles as being included in the recall:
​​​​​​Toyota and Lexus are recalling over a million 2022 through 2026 Toyota bZ4X, Camry, Crown, Crown Signia, Grand Highlander, Highlander, Land Cruiser, Mirai, Prius, RAV4, Sienna, and Venza models and Lexus ES, GX, LC, LS, LX, NX, RX, RZ, and TX models. The related Subaru Solterra is also being recalled.

From Motor Trend:
The affected vehicles have both a panoramic view monitor system and park assist, and might be getting a recall notice by mid-December.
​​​​​​The issue at the heart of this massive recall relates to how the vehicle’s rearview monitor can turn black or freeze while the driver starts to back up. It reportedly happens as soon the shifter is put into reverse. Turning the vehicle on and off doesn’t seem to alleviate the issue and it might even exacerbate it as the problem randomly happens within the first 12.5 seconds after turning the ignition on. If within that time the parking assist computer is writing data, the panoramic view monitor is writing camera optical alignment data, or both are writing data at the same time and the park assist computer is powering off, the failure will occur.

​​​​​​According to the 573-report Toyota filed with the NHTSA, impacted vehicles are equipped with both a parking assist computer supplied by Denso Corporation and the automaker’s panoramic view monitor system. Toyota first discovered the issue in bench testing last year and confirmed it could happen to its vehicles by October of 2025. And while, sure, it’s easy for most people to just look over their shoulder, it’s still a violation of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) related to rule 111 on rearward visibility and specifically in the back up camera requirements in paragraph five and six. That violation is why Toyota elected to issue this voluntary recall.

​​​​​​Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru dealers should have the recall notice at the time of this writing, but owners won’t receive notice until next month. There is a software fix ready, so the delay in getting your vehicle fixed should only be the workload your dealer is dealing with and the time it takes to reprogram the parking assist computer.

 

Thanks for the link, it said there were no recalls in effect for my vehicle. News articles sometimes get confused…

 

You have to have both the panoramic view monitor system and parking assist to be recalled.

 

I do have both panoramic view and parking assist, but mine’s a 2021. The model years mentioned in the brief news article I read (when I first posted) were evidently not accurate, only later models are involved.