Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America on Oct. 7 announced the recall of nearly 400,000 Tundra trucks and Sequoia sport utility vehicles due to a software malfunction in the vehicles’ rear camera.
According to a recall notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), certain Toyota Tundras and Hybrid vehicles manufactured between 2022 and 2025, along with Toyota Sequoias made between 2023 and 2025, may not properly display images in the rear camera system when the vehicles are shifted into reverse gear, which increases the risk of a crash or striking a pedestrian while backing up.
The 393,838 affected vehicles fail to comply with rear-visibility standards established by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, the NHTSA said. The recalled vehicles’ Panasonic multimedia display may show a half-green, full green, or full black screen rather than the actual image from the camera’s video feed, Toyota said….