Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling ~ 1,024,407 model year 2022-2026 Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru Solterra vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system. A software error may cause the rear-view camera to freeze or display a blank screen when the vehicle is in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, Rear Visibility.
“This issue only affects the vehicles listed above which are equipped with the Parking Assist ECU containing specific software logic from a specific supplier,” Toyota said in the mandatory safety defect recall filing made public today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. [Denso Corporation is the Tier One supplier of the ECU – AutoCrat.]
“The subject vehicles are equipped with a Parking Assist ECU, which is a component of the Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system that displays the rear-view image. The software in this ECU may cause (1) the rear-view image to freeze briefly during the backing event if reverse is selected within a specific time after ignition is turned on; or (2) the rearview image not to display on the next ignition on if the ignition is turned on and off within a specific time. As a result, the subject vehicles may not meet the rear visibility requirements specified in FMVSS No. 111, paragraphs S5.5.5, S5.5.6, S6.2.5, and/or S6.2.6, which may increase the risk of a crash with a person during a backing event,” Toyota said.
Chronology
April 2024 – December 2024: Toyota conducted a review of the Japan spec PVM system software programming as a part of a different activity and began bench testing to investigate possibility of (1) rear-view image freezing and (2) rear-view image not displaying, due to field reports in Japan. During bench testing, Toyota found (1) if interruptions occurred during the image drawing process, the rear-view image could freeze, and (2) if the camera optical alignment data became abnormal during the data writing process due to the Parking Assist ECU power down, the rear-view image may not display. Additionally, it was discovered during the software programming review that, the possible errors could affect to the global spec PVM systems, including those sold in the U.S.
December 2024 – October 2025: Toyota conducted vehicle testing to confirm if (1) the interruptions, or (2) the abnormal camera optical alignment data could occur on a vehicle during actual customer usage, and what the phenomenon was if the conditions occurred. For (1), the testing and analysis found that, if the vehicle is shifted into reverse within 0.7 to 2.6 seconds after ignition on, a vehicle speed is detected during the first image frame process, and the first image frame process occurs within 1.1 to 1.4 seconds after shifting into reverse, then the rear-view image could freeze for up to 1.8 seconds.
For (2), the testing and analysis found that two 23 millisecond camera optical alignment data writing processes occur randomly during the first 12.5 seconds after ignition on and if the Parking Assist ECU powers off during either of these two data writing processes, the data for camera optical alignment becomes an abnormal value, causing the rear-view image not to display on the next ignition on.
On October 24, 2025: Toyota determined that it is possible that the involved vehicles could experience the conditions above and may not meet the requirements of FMVSS No. 111 S5.5.5, S5.5.6, S6.2.5 and/or S6.2.6. As a result, Toyota decided to conduct a recall. [For all involved vehicles, dealers will update the Parking Assist ECU software, which will address this issue, free of charge as requited by U.S. safety regulations – AutoCrat.]
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Rear Camera INOP – Toyota Recalls More than 1M Vehicles
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling ~ 1,024,407 model year 2022-2026 Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru Solterra vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system. A software error may cause the rear-view camera to freeze or display a blank screen when the vehicle is in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, Rear Visibility.
“This issue only affects the vehicles listed above which are equipped with the Parking Assist ECU containing specific software logic from a specific supplier,” Toyota said in the mandatory safety defect recall filing made public today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. [Denso Corporation is the Tier One supplier of the ECU – AutoCrat.]
“The subject vehicles are equipped with a Parking Assist ECU, which is a component of the Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system that displays the rear-view image. The software in this ECU may cause (1) the rear-view image to freeze briefly during the backing event if reverse is selected within a specific time after ignition is turned on; or (2) the rearview image not to display on the next ignition on if the ignition is turned on and off within a specific time. As a result, the subject vehicles may not meet the rear visibility requirements specified in FMVSS No. 111, paragraphs S5.5.5, S5.5.6, S6.2.5, and/or S6.2.6, which may increase the risk of a crash with a person during a backing event,” Toyota said.
Chronology
April 2024 – December 2024: Toyota conducted a review of the Japan spec PVM system software programming as a part of a different activity and began bench testing to investigate possibility of (1) rear-view image freezing and (2) rear-view image not displaying, due to field reports in Japan. During bench testing, Toyota found (1) if interruptions occurred during the image drawing process, the rear-view image could freeze, and (2) if the camera optical alignment data became abnormal during the data writing process due to the Parking Assist ECU power down, the rear-view image may not display. Additionally, it was discovered during the software programming review that, the possible errors could affect to the global spec PVM systems, including those sold in the U.S.
December 2024 – October 2025: Toyota conducted vehicle testing to confirm if (1) the interruptions, or (2) the abnormal camera optical alignment data could occur on a vehicle during actual customer usage, and what the phenomenon was if the conditions occurred. For (1), the testing and analysis found that, if the vehicle is shifted into reverse within 0.7 to 2.6 seconds after ignition on, a vehicle speed is detected during the first image frame process, and the first image frame process occurs within 1.1 to 1.4 seconds after shifting into reverse, then the rear-view image could freeze for up to 1.8 seconds.
For (2), the testing and analysis found that two 23 millisecond camera optical alignment data writing processes occur randomly during the first 12.5 seconds after ignition on and if the Parking Assist ECU powers off during either of these two data writing processes, the data for camera optical alignment becomes an abnormal value, causing the rear-view image not to display on the next ignition on.
On October 24, 2025: Toyota determined that it is possible that the involved vehicles could experience the conditions above and may not meet the requirements of FMVSS No. 111 S5.5.5, S5.5.6, S6.2.5 and/or S6.2.6. As a result, Toyota decided to conduct a recall. [For all involved vehicles, dealers will update the Parking Assist ECU software, which will address this issue, free of charge as requited by U.S. safety regulations – AutoCrat.]
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.