2018 TOYOTA CAMRY — Complaint #1572996
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD filed June 7, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1572996 (ODI reference 11218555) concerns a 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY and was filed on June 7, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 20, 2018. The vehicle had 6,700 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:wiring:front underhood, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA CAMRY cohort independently describe similar electrical system:wiring:front underhood failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RODENTS ENTERED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ATE THE ELECTRICAL WIRING. THE WIRING ATTRACTED RODENTS AND OTHER ANIMALS. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED FOR THE SAME FAILURE, BUT RODENTS ATE THE WIRING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOYOTA OF RIDGECREST (321 N CHINA LAKE BLVD, RIDGECREST, CA 93555, (760) 375-4401) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS RODENT DAMAGE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,700. *BF*JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1572996 |
| ODI Number | 11218555 |
| Date Filed | June 7, 2019 |
| Failure Date | September 20, 2018 |
| VIN | 4T1B11HK1JU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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