Toyota was hit with a major recall on Friday, impacting around 591,000 vehicles in the US. The company is recalling certain RAV4, Camry, Corolla, Grand Highlander, and several Lexus models. The situation gets worse with another recall leading to a stop-sale of Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru electric vehicles.
Toyota recalls 591,000 vehicles, halts EV sales in the US
On Friday, Toyota issued a voluntary recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) involving roughly 591,000 cars in the US.
The recall affects select Toyota Venza, Crown, Crown Signia, RAV4, GR Corolla, 4Runner, Camry, Grand Highlander, Tacoma, and Highlander models, as well as specific Lexus LS, RX, and TX vehicles.
Toyota said the recall is due to a glitch with the infotainment system. The 12.3″ display screen could fail to turn on after starting the vehicle, or even worse, go blank while driving. Toyota will begin notifying those with impacted vehicles by mid-November 2025.
In a separate notice last week, Toyota issued another major recall, impacting nearly 95,000 electric vehicles. The recall involved certain 2023 to 2025 Toyota bZ4X, Lexus RZ, and Subaru Solterras.
The bZ4X accounts for the majority of those being recalled, with nearly 41,500, followed by the Solterra at 32,320 and the Lexus RZ with 20,501.
Top comment by Rob Andrews
Think how much money over the air updates would have saved Toyota. To date, thirty-one of Tesla's eighty-three issued recalls have been corrected by an over-the-air. The cost of a software update via technician is $300-$2000 vs. over the air updates for $15.
Toyota instructed dealers to halt sales of bZ4X, Lexus RZ, and Subaru Solterra models produced up to mid-June. All of which are based on the same platform. According to the memo, the recall is due to a faulty defroster, which is pretty self-explanatory as to why it poses a safety risk.
If your vehicle is included in the recall, you can take it to a dealer, where they will update the HVAC control ECU software, free of charge.
Toyota plans to mail notification letters to owners on October 20, 2025. You can contact Toyota’s customer service hotline at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota’s recall numbers are 25TB07 and 25TA07. Lexus’ numbers for this recall are 25LB04 and 25LA04. Subaru’s recall number is WRD-25.
You can also contact the NHTSA hotline at 1-888-327-4236 or visit the website NHTSA.gov for more information.
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