Toyota recalls 62,000 Tundras to hunt 300 suspect camshafts

Toyota is recalling roughly 62,000 Tundra pickups in the US because a small batch of badly manufactured camshafts could snap while the truck is moving. The affected parts are camshafts — the rotating shafts that open and close engine valves. Only about 300 camshafts from a single supplier's production lot are thought to be bad. Every truck in the recall gets inspected anyway.

The recall covers non-hybrid Tundras from the 2022-2023 and 2025-2026 model years. Toyota said a broken camshaft can cause a loss of power at higher speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.

Dealers will check whether each truck's camshaft comes from the affected lot. Replacement is free of charge if it does. Owners will be notified by mid-January 2027 and can check their vehicles through Toyota's recall site or the NHTSA (US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) database.

Why inspect 62,000 trucks for 300 parts?

The brute-force math points to a traceability gap. Inspecting 62,000 trucks to find 300 faulty parts suggests Toyota cannot pinpoint which vehicles received the bad lot from its supplier. That's the practical question here: what does this change for owners? For most, a dealer visit and a lot check that ends with no repair. For roughly 300 trucks, a new camshaft under warranty.

Toyota did not name the supplier in its recall notice, so the vendor claim can't yet be checked against production data.

Second engine problem for the twin-turbo V6

This isn't the Tundra powertrain's first stumble. The truck's twin-turbo V6 was recalled in 2024 over machining debris that could cause engine failure. The new camshaft action adds to that run of engine problems on the same engine family, a pattern that will pressure Toyota's supplier quality controls and its launch-track record on the current-generation Tundra.

The scale gap defines this recall. Three hundred bad parts is a normal supplier escape; 62,000 inspections is the cost of not knowing where they went.

What to watch next

Watch for owner notifications landing by mid-January 2027, and for dealer service bulletins showing how quickly lot checks can be done in practice. If Toyota or the supplier identifies which vehicles took the affected lot, the inspection universe could narrow. Also worth tracking: whether NHTSA receives complaints tied to camshaft failures before the notification date, which would accelerate the timeline.