# NHTSA recall 13V442000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 13V442000
- Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Engineering \& Manufacturing
- Reported: 2013\-10\-17
- Owners notified: 2014\-02\-05
- Component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 802769

## What is wrong

Toyota is recalling certain model year 2012\-2013 Avalon, Avalon HV, Venza, Camry, and Camry HV vehicles.  In the affected vehicles, the drain hose for the air conditioning condenser may become clogged causing water to accumulate at the bottom of the air conditioning condenser unit housing.  The accumulated water may then leak through a seam in the housing onto the air bag control module potentially resulting in a short circuit of the module.


## What can happen

A short circuit may cause the air bags to become disabled or inadvertently deploy.  An inadvertent airbag deployment can increase the risk of injury or the possibility of a crash.  An inoperative airbag can increase the risk of injury in a severe crash.  The power steering assist could also become inoperable resulting in increased steering effort and can increase the risk of a crash at low speeds.


## The remedy

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will seal the air conditioning condenser unit housing and install a protective cover on the airbag control module, free of charge.  The recall began on February 5, 2014.  Owners may contact Toyota at 1\-800\-331\-4331.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-04\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 802769
- Reported remedied: 691819 \(86%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2012 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2012/recalls.md). Built 2012\-05\-09 to 2013\-06\-05.
- [2013 TOYOTA AVALON](/makes/toyota/avalon/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-05\-09 to 2013\-06\-05.
- [2012 TOYOTA CAMRY](/makes/toyota/camry/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-08\-28 to 2013\-05\-18.
- [2013 TOYOTA CAMRY](/makes/toyota/camry/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-08\-28 to 2013\-05\-18.
- [2012 TOYOTA VENZA](/makes/toyota/venza/2012/recalls.md). Built 2012\-05\-09 to 2013\-05\-30.
- [2013 TOYOTA VENZA](/makes/toyota/venza/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-05\-09 to 2013\-05\-30.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [T\-SB\-0058\-23 Rev1](/bulletins/11020657.md), 2025-07-10, Service campaign
- [T\-SB\-0043\-14](/bulletins/10251070.md), 2024-03-04, Service bulletin
- [23TE09A](/bulletins/10249321.md), 2024-01-29, Service bulletin
- [TSB005823](/bulletins/10244115.md), 2023-10-16, Service bulletin
- [TSB003220](/bulletins/10244113.md), 2023-10-16, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0057\-18](/bulletins/10238157.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0094\-21 Rev](/bulletins/10227898.md), 2022-12-19, Service bulletin
- [TSB009421Rev1](/bulletins/10220174.md), 2022-09-15, Service bulletin
- [T\-SB\-0119\-15 Rev](/bulletins/10213902.md), 2022-06-13, Service bulletin
- [ZKG\_Dealer\_Lette](/bulletins/10211828.md), 2022-05-16, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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