2011 TOYOTA CAMRY — Complaint #1842430
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD filed September 21, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1842430 (ODI reference 11485648) concerns a 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY and was filed on September 21, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 1, 2015. The vehicle had 80,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida 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 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2011 Toyota Camry. The contact stated the dashboard was melting. The contact stated that the dashboard was releasing a chemical odor. Additionally, while driving in sunny weather, the glare obstructed his vision of the roadway. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the dashboard to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1842430 |
| ODI Number | 11485648 |
| Date Filed | September 21, 2022 |
| Failure Date | January 1, 2015 |
| VIN | 4T1BF3EK2BU |
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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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