TOYOTA Camry Incident

From initial 5-Day report (October 23, 2025): Entries in this report are based on unconfirmed allegations: On October [XXX], 2025, Toyota received an initial contact from a rental car company, alleging that a driver of a rental vehicle was involved in a crash, and the driver claimed that a malfunction with the adaptive cruise control setting caused the crash. The driver described that, while driving on a rural highway with adaptive cruise control engaged and passing a turnoff on the left side, a malfunction warning appeared that said "adaptive cruise control malfunction," and the vehicle pulled hard to the left and the steering locked. As the driver attempted to straighten the vehicle, it impacted the center cable divider. The driver alleged the steering wheel then released and caused the car to steer across two lanes of traffic to the right and the vehicle rolled. As a result of the crash, the driver alleged that: the curtain airbags deployed; there was damage to the left side and top of vehicle including a broken driver's window and rear windscreen; the driver suffered from a concussion and an occupants left arm was cut, both treated at an emergency room; the vehicle was towed away from the scene. The rental company stated the [XXX] responded to the crash and provided report numbers "[XXX]". On October 21, 2025, Toyota communicated directly with the driver of the vehicle. The driver provided additional information indicating that Lane Trace Assist feature was engaged at the time of the incident. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update report (January 13, 2026): On January 9, 2025, Toyota completed vehicle inspection field report related to the crash event and obtained the Event Data Recorder (EDR) record and PCS Freeze Frame Data (PCS FFD) from the crash event. The PCS FFD showed that dynamic radar cruise control (DRCC) was engaged in the recorded moments leading to the crash event. Toyota is investigating the Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) engagement status, and the timing of driver inputs related to steering, acceleration, and braking. This information will be provided in a future update. Minor revisions to information in the report fields above were made based on factual information obtained from the field report and EDR record. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update report (January 14, 2026): No materially new information is available at this time. Submitting update report to correct an error in [XXX]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update report (February 13, 2026): On February 12, 2025, Toyota completed their assessment of the Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) engagement status, and the timing of the driver inputs related to steering, acceleration, and braking. The PCS Freeze Frame Data (PCS FFD) consistent with the crash event was reviewed. The Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) turned off approximately two seconds prior to left steering inputs followed by the vehicle drifting off the roadway to the left. Right steering input began and brakes were applied briefly disabling the Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC). The right steering inputs continued as the vehicle began to roll over. Based on this information, Toyota determined that the Level 2 ADAS was not engaged in time leading up to the crash. Therefore, this will be the final update for this incident.