2010 TOYOTA CAMRY — Complaint #1775914
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD filed October 28, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1775914 (ODI reference 11438550) concerns a 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY and was filed on October 28, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 1, 2021. The vehicle had 150,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:interior panels:dashboard, 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 structure:interior panels:dashboard 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 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the plastic dashboard material had melted due to exposure to sunlight causing the material to become shiny and sticky to the touch. While driving during daylight hours, a glare was present reflecting from the dashboard that caused a visibility hazard for the driver. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 150,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1775914 |
| ODI Number | 11438550 |
| Date Filed | October 28, 2021 |
| Failure Date | May 1, 2021 |
| VIN | 4T1BF3EK3AU |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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