Toyota recalls 62,000 Tundras over camshafts that may snap

The Drive reports, from a leaked dealer notice, that about 300 camshafts from one supplier's production lot are behind a recall of roughly 62,000 Toyota Tundras. The 62,000 is Toyota's count of trucks. The 300 is a count of parts. The recall covers non-hybrid Tundras from the 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026 model years. The Drive and Automotive World both describe the remedy: a dealer inspects the camshaft and replaces it free if the part came from the affected lot. The 2024 model year is not in this recall.

Is my truck covered?

Toyota announced the recall from Plano, Texas, on Nov. 13, 2026. Its notice covers "certain model year 2022-2023 and 2025-2026 Tundra non-hybrid vehicles," approximately 62,000 of them in the U.S. "Certain" is the working word. It makes the model year the outer edge of the recall and leaves the VIN to decide whether a particular truck is inside it.

Hybrids are excluded. So is 2024, which had its own engine recall in May for a different fault.

The Drive, working from the leaked notice, says the camshafts came from one supplier and one production lot, and that all of them are in cylinder bank one. A V engine splits its cylinders into two banks, so bank one is one side of the engine. The camshaft opens and closes the valves in time with the crankshaft. On The Drive's account the suspect parts are narrowed twice, first to a single lot and then to one side of the engine, which is a tighter boundary than the four model years in Toyota's notice.

The earlier recalls, in order

The 2024 trucks were recalled for something else. On May 20, 2026, Toyota announced a recall of about 44,000 2024 non-hybrid Tundras, caused by machining debris near the No. 1 main bearing. The release listed the possible results as "engine knocking, engine rough running, engine no start and/or a loss of motive power." At announcement, the remedy was still being finalized.

Fox Business gives that recall's NHTSA campaign number as 26V320 and puts it at 43,566 trucks. It describes 26V320 as an expansion of earlier recalls from May 2024 and November 2025, with owner letters due by July 6.

• May 2024: an earlier recall, later expanded by 26V320 (Fox Business).
• November 2025: a second earlier recall, also expanded by 26V320 (Fox Business).
• May 20, 2026: Toyota announces the bearing-debris recall of about 44,000 2024 non-hybrid Tundras.
• By July 6: owner letters due for 26V320 (Fox Business).
• Nov. 13, 2026: Toyota announces the camshaft recall of about 62,000 trucks.
• By mid-January 2027: owner letters due for the camshaft recall (Toyota).

The 26V320 remedy changed after launch. The Drive reports that dealers now run inspection software on the No. 1 main bearing and replace the engine only if the bearing cannot be confirmed free of wear or the drive data is insufficient. The same report puts the V35A-FTS twin-turbo V6 at more than 270,000 vehicles recalled to date, with more than 70,000 V6 engines replaced by Toyota.

Is it safe to drive?

The Drive reports that a camshaft from the affected lot could snap during driving, and Automotive World writes that "a broken camshaft can cause a loss of power at higher speeds." Both descriptions come from outlets covering the recall, The Drive from the leaked dealer notice and Automotive World from Toyota's release, so the wording quoted here is theirs and not Toyota's.

None of the sources give owners guidance on driving the truck before it is inspected.

Checking a VIN

The VIN is the code on the plate at the base of the windshield, on the driver's side. It is also printed on registration and insurance documents. Toyota's notice lists two lookups, Toyota.com/recall and nhtsa.gov/recalls, and a phone line. The exact wording of those instructions on Toyota's page could not be confirmed at the time of writing, so the steps below stick to the addresses and the number.

1. Copy the full VIN from the dash plate or the registration.
2. Enter it at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Toyota's notice also lists a license plate as a way to search.
3. Enter it at Toyota.com/recall.
4. If neither gives a clear answer, call Toyota on 1-800-331-4331.
5. Read every open entry. On a 2024 truck, the bearing recall is 26V320. On a 2022, 2023, 2025 or 2026 non-hybrid truck, the entry to look for is the camshaft recall.

Both lookups work from the VIN, and the VIN is on the dash plate of the truck itself, so a used Tundra can be checked before it is bought.

What dealers will do, and when

The Drive, citing the leaked dealer notice, and Automotive World describe the same remedy: a dealer inspects the camshaft on each recalled truck and replaces it free of charge if it is from the affected lot. That is one part. On 26V320, the fallback The Drive describes is a whole engine.

Toyota's notice says owners of the trucks involved will be notified by mid-January 2027.

None of the sources give an NHTSA campaign number for the camshaft recall, and none name the engine in the 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026 trucks it covers; The Drive names the V35A-FTS in connection with the earlier recalls. How a dealer identifies a camshaft from the lot, how long the inspection takes, and when parts and appointments will be available are also not covered. Nor do the sources say whether a truck repaired under an earlier recall is in this one, including trucks whose V6 was among the more than 70,000 Toyota has replaced, according to The Drive, so the VIN lookup is the only check they support for those trucks. For 26V320, NHTSA has posted an acknowledgment letter, but its text could not be read at the time of writing.

Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls now and note what it shows. Then enter it again after mid-January 2027, when Toyota's letters are due.