2018 Tundra Windshield Camera?

Does anyone know if the windshield camera records data? and how to recover if it does?

thanks again!

 

No, you need a dashcam

 

Check your Owner's Manual under Vehicle Data Recording; most of the time it's at the front of the manual.

Some of the data is automatically sent back to Toyota via TSS

Other data is stored on the Event Data Recorder and can be accessed by Toyota in response to subpoena, LE request, etc...

This is out of my manual (2021 MY) for example:

The vehicle is equipped with sophisticated computers that will record certain data, such as:

• Engine speed / Electric motor speed (traction motor speed)
• Accelerator status
• Brake status
• Vehicle speed
• Operation status of the driving assist systems
• Images from the front camera (available only when certain safety sys-
  
  tems are activated, which varies depending on the vehicle specifica-
  
  tions).
  The recorded data varies according to the vehicle grade level and options with which it is equipped.
  These computers do not record conversations or sounds, and only record images outside of the vehicle in certain situations.
  
  ● Data Transmission
  Your vehicle may transmit the data recorded in these computers to Toyota without notification to you.

Data usage
Toyota may use the data recorded in this computer to diagnose malfunc- tions, conduct research and development, and improve quality.

Toyota will not disclose the recorded data to a third party except:

• With the consent of the vehicle owner or with the consent of the lessee if the vehicle is leased
• In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a govern- ment agency
• For use by Toyota in a lawsuit
• For research purposes where the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or
  
  vehicle owner
  
  ● Recorded image information can be erased by your Toyota dealer.
  The image recording function can be disabled. However, if the function is disabled, data from when the system operates will not be available.
  
  ● To learn more about the vehicle data collected, used and shared by Toyota, please visit www.toyota.com/privacyvts/.

If your Toyota has Safety Connect and if you have subscribed to those ser- vices, please refer to the Safety Connect Telematics Subscription Service Agreement for information on data collected and its usage.

● To learn more about the vehicle data collected, used and shared by Toy- ota, please visit www.toyota.com/privacyvts/

Event data recorder

This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main pur- pose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.

The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:

• How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fas-
  
  tened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake
  
  pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling.
  
  These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.
  
  NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situ- ation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving condi- tions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.
  
  To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
  
  ● Disclosure of the EDR data
  Toyota will not disclose the data recorded in an EDR to a third party except when:

• An agreement from the vehicle’s owner (or the lessee for a leased vehi- cle) is obtained
• In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a govern- ment agency
• For use by Toyota in a lawsuit However, if necessary, Toyota may:

• Use the data for research on vehicle safety performance
• Disclose the data to a third party for research purposes without disclosing
  
  information about the specific vehicle or vehicle owner