Toyota is recalling 508,354 Camry Hybrid sedans from the 2025 and 2026 model years because the instrument cluster can go blank when the car is started. When that happens, the turn signals, hazard lights and several warning chimes stop working too. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing reported the defect to NHTSA on August 6, 2026, and the agency assigned it recall number 26V-511. Toyota's internal recall numbers are 26TB16 and 26TA16.
The cars were built between August 15, 2024, and June 9, 2026. Not every Camry built in that window was sold in the U.S., and the condition affects only cars with a 7-inch combination meter running specific software from one supplier, which Toyota's filing identifies as Visteon. Toyota says every car in the recall population has that software, but the failure may occur only randomly at startup.
What goes wrong
An error in the meter's startup sequence can leave the 7-inch display blank. With the meter down, the turn signal and hazard lamps do not function, and certain warning buzzers go silent, including the smart key reminder and the driver and passenger seat belt reminders. NHTSA says that leaves the cars out of compliance with four federal safety standards: FMVSS 101 (controls and displays), 108 (lamps and reflective devices), 114 (theft protection and rollaway prevention) and 208 (occupant crash protection).
The safety stakes are plain. A driver who cannot see warning telltales may miss a developing problem, other motorists get no turn or hazard signal, and an unbelted occupant gets no reminder to fasten a seat belt. NHTSA's summary says the failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.
A two-year hunt for the cause
Toyota's chronology shows how hard the fault was to pin down. Reports of blank meters began arriving in July 2024, but parts recovered from the field could not reproduce the problem. From October 2025, Toyota and the supplier suspected a software initialization issue and built special equipment to capture more detailed data from affected cars. Power-cycle bench testing that began in April 2026 failed to trigger the fault on its own. Testing moved to complete vehicles in June, and in late July 2026 engineers reproduced the blank meter in an actual car. Toyota decided on the recall on July 31, 2026.
The fix
Toyota dealers will update the combination meter software free of charge. The owner letter puts the job at about one hour and says owners who are uncomfortable driving to the dealership can ask for the car to be picked up. Toyota's filing set dealer notification for August 6, 2026, and owner notification letters were mailed on September 29, 2026. Owners can reach Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
If the display goes blank before the update, the owner letter describes a fuse-reset procedure that can temporarily restore the meter. Toyota says it should be done only in a safe place, and that the dealer software update is the permanent repair.