Where Is the DCM in a 2018 Toyota Camry?

The DCM — the Data Communication Module, part of Safety Connect / Connected Services — is the module our bypass harness plugs into. Finding it is the only tricky part of the install. Pick your vehicle and we will show you where it lives and what has to come apart to reach it.

Not sure whether your vehicle even has one? Look for an SOS or Call Toyota button near the rear-view mirror or in the overhead console. No button means no DCM — and no need for the bypass harness.

Short answer

In the centre dash, behind the A/C controls and under the head unit.

Moderate - the radio and the A/C control assembly both come out, along with the meter hood and several finish panels. No airbag work on this

DCM (Telematics Module) LocationAutoHarnessHouse.com2018-2019 Toyota Camry (including Hybrid)TRUNKDASHGLOVEBOXCONSOLEshifterDRIVERPASS.FRONT OF VEHICLEVIEW A — looking down1DCMVIEW B — dash from the seatWHERE IT ISIn the centre dash, directly behind the A/C/ climate controls and below the head unit.Same place on both Camry generations.HOW TO GET TO ITThe factory procedure takes off the gaugecluster hood, the dash garnish, the lowercentre dash panel, the lower dash finishpanel, the dash air vent.DIFFICULTYModerate - the radio and the A/C controlassembly both come out, along with themeter hood and several finish panels. Noairbag work on thisNo SOS button near the rear-view mirror or overhead console means the vehicle was built withoutSafety Connect - there is no DCM to bypass and this kit is not needed.Schematic drawing, not to scale. Original illustration © AutoHarnessHouse.comautoharnesshouse.com/dcm-location.php?y=2018&m=Toyota%20Camryautoharnesshouse.com

Where it is

In the centre dash, directly behind the A/C / climate controls and below the head unit. Same place on both Camry generations.

How to get to it

The factory procedure takes off the gauge cluster hood, the dash garnish, the lower centre dash panel, the lower dash finish panel, the dash air vent.

No SOS button near the rear-view mirror or overhead console means the vehicle was built without Safety Connect - there is no DCM to bypass and this kit is not needed.

The bypass harness for this vehicle

Our bypass kit disconnects the DCM without losing your front right speaker or the hands-free Bluetooth microphone — the two things that stop working if you simply unplug the module.

See the AHH-DCM92 DCM bypass harness »

Still cannot find it, or your trim looks different? Email us with your year, model, and a photo of your dash and we will point you straight at it.


Vehicles we have mapped so far

We are adding vehicles as we confirm them. Do not see yours? Ask us — that is how this list grows.


Looking for the harness itself? AHH-DCM77 (2020 and newer)AHH-DCM92 (2016-2020).


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