Toyota Camry Solara Complaints

866 consumer complaints on file.

#10287172October 13, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION. HAPPENS EVERY TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285775September 30, 2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA SOLARA. THE ALL WEATHER FLOOR MATS INTERFERED WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. AS A CONSEQUENCE, HER RISK FOR A VEHICLE CRASH WAS INCREASED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 74,000. UPDATED 11/3/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED EVEN WHEN THE FLOOR MAT WAS ATTACHED, IT ALWAYS BECAME DETACHED MANEUVERING ITSELF UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FLOOR MAT HAS NEVER STAYED IN PLACE SINCE THE CONSUMER OWNED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 11/05/09. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285817September 30, 2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 TOYOTA SOLARA. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN ENTERING A PARKING SPACE SHE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION. AS A CONSEQUENCE, SHE CRASHED INTO CONCRETE WALL. HER VEHICLE RECEIVED $3800.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS BECAUSE OF AN INTERFERENCE OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE FLOOR MAT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.UPDATED 10/26/09. *LJ UPDATED 10/26/09
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10284848September 22, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL, AND THEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. THE TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THERE WAS LEAKAGE FROM THE ENGINE GASKETS DUE TO STRIPPED HEAD BOLTS. HE THEN ADDED THAT HE WAS INELIGIBLE FOR FREE REMEDY. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,900. UPDATED 10/21/09. *LJ UPDATED 10/20/09.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10282359August 31, 2009
VISIBILITY
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED IN A RAINSTORM WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281297August 21, 2009
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO AVOID HITTING AN ANIMAL THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A STATIONARY WOODEN POWER POLE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE ON THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NUMEROUS INJURIES SUCH AS 10 BROKEN RIBS, NUMEROUS BACK INJURIES, INJURED SPLEEN, AN INJURY AND CUT TO LEFT BICEP. THE DRIVER ALSO SUSTAINED NUMEROUS BRUISES AND BROKEN BONES IN HER RIGHT HAND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE DEFECTIVE SINCE THEY FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10281114August 19, 2009
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TIME & PLACE OF ACCIDENT 9:30A.M. 8-17-09 TOLL BROTHERS IRONWOOD MODEL/SALES OFFICE PARKING LOT. UPDATED 04/20/2010. *LJ AFTER ENTERING SALES MODELS PARKING LOT FROM WATSON WAY, I WAS BRAKING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH SLOWING TO PARK NEXT TO HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE. SUDDENLY, I NOTICED THE ENGINE RPM'S ACCELERATING RAPIDLY. I TRIED TO SHIFT AUTO IN TO PARK POSITION AS THE AUTO JUMPED CEMENT ABUTMENTS STOPS, VEERED RIGHT (NORTH) DOWN SIDEWALK KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE IN LANDSCAPED AREA, VEERED TOWARDS DRIVERS SIDE OF RED JEEP WAGON, CORRECTED TOWARDS WALKWAY (WEST) AND SWIPED DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BUMPER OF RED JEEP. TOYOTA CAME TO STOP AFTER HITTING AND BECOMING IMPALED ON TOP OF STAIRWELL WALLS IN FRONT OF JEEP. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO CHAPMAN MEDICAL CENTER IN ORANGE CA BY SETH RING SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR TOLL BROTHERS AND WAS CHECKED FOR MUSCLE STRAIN LEFT FOREARM OVER ALL O.K. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SKID MARKS NOTED DOWN SIDEWALK FROM PARKING SPACE TO STOPPING POINT AT STAIRWELL. AWAITING CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT. *TR UPDATED 05/28/10 UPDATED 07/12/10*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10279652August 7, 2009
AIR BAGS
AIR BAGS ON 2001 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA SLE MAY NOT BE WORKING PROPERLY SINCE AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT STAYS ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278246July 24, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE IS CORRODED, INCLUDING THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY TERMINAL. CORROSION WAS A LARGE MOUND WHEN WE OPENED HOOD TO ADD WASHER FLUID. TRIED TO REMOVE CORROSION AND DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE CONNECTION TO BATTERY TERMINAL HAS DISINTEGRATED. RIGGED IT UP WITH $3 PART FROM AUTOZONE. DEALER STATES THEY'VE NEVER HAD ANY SUCH PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP HAS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR. I AM THERE EVERY 5000 MILES....LIKE CLOCKWORK. CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T SEE SIGNS OF THIS ON LAST VISIT. THEY WANT $3100 TO REPLACE THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS! WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I DIDN'T CATCH THIS? IT WOULD HAVE SHORTED OUT AND POSSIBLY CAUGHT FIRE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276728July 14, 2009
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
1. TOYOTA SOLARA 1999 HOOD OPENED UP DURING DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CRASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD INTO DRIVERS SIDE SEAT AND OBSTRUCTING VISION THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN PREVENTING THE DRIVER FROM LOOKING OUTSIDE TO PULL OVER. 2. DRIVER NARROWLY ESCAPED TRAFFIC COLLISION BECAUSE OF OBSTRUCTED VISION. 3. DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER. PULLED DOWN THE HOOD AND TIED THE HOOD TO THE CHASSIS USING ROPE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED. ALL PARTS ARE AVAILABLE AS THE CAR WAS NOT REPAIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276442July 12, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY CAMRY SOLARA 2004 SUDDENLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY DUE TO A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE, THANKS GOD I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE ON TIME AND BE ABLE TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT, AFTER AN EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND TOYOTA MOTORS SO FAR HAS IGNORED THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275940July 7, 2009
VISIBILITY
I AM THE AUTHOR OF CONSUMER COMPLAINT: ODI CASE NUMBER: 10253724, RELATING TO SUN GLARE ON MY 2004 SOLARA. ABOUT 5,000 MILES AGO I PURCHASED BLACK FELT FROM A LOCAL FABRIC STORE AND COVERED THE TOP PORTION OF THE DASH BOARD, WHERE THE SUN HITS, USING DOUBLE SIDED TAPE. IT IS NOW LIKE LOOKING THROUGH NEW GLASS. THERE IS NO MORE GLARE, EVEN NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. I STILL BELIEVE TOYOTA SHOULD MAKE SOME TYPE OF DASH COVER AVAILABLE, THOUGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10274394June 20, 2009
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHES FOR PASSAGER SIDE AIRBAGS. IF YOU JIGGLE WIRING UNDER SEAT OFTEN THE NEXT TIME YOU START CAR LIGHT WILL BE OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273964June 16, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, EQUIPMENT
I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT MY BRAKES ON MY SOLAR 2000, THE DEALER SHIP HERE IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA THEY WILL LAUGH AT ME, THEY DON'T DO ANY THING . I TELL PEOPLE IF ANY THING HAPPENS TO ME IN MY VEHICLE IT WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES. I HAVE MY BRAKES DONE EVERY YEAR, AND I JUST HAD THEM DONE AND I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH NOISE AND SOMETIMES NO BRAKES AT ALL. I GET MY BRAKES CHECKED THREE TIMES A YEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10272894June 4, 2009
SEATS, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PADDING IN THE FRONT ARM REST OF THE VEHICLE. HE EXPERIENCED EXTREME DISCOMFORT. IN ADDITION, THE AUTOMATIC DIMMING MIRRORS DIM IN LOW-LIGHT SITUATIONS. HE CANNOT MANUALLY ADJUST THE COMPONENT. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE MIRRORS AUTO-DIMMED. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED HIM TO A DEALER. THE FAILURES HAVE NOT BEEN REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269545May 20, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I OWN A 2001 TOYOTA SOLARA AND HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH OIL TURNING INTO GEL. THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING COMPLETELY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269039May 18, 2009
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
LEASED A 2007 SLE CONVERTIBLE. AT 23K MILES I HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES. THEY WERE PROPERLY ROTATED AS SPECIFIED AND TWO OF THE TIRES WERE SHOWING THE WIRES/INSIDE LININGS! TOYOTA TOLD ME TO SEEK HELP FROM BRIDGESTONE - BRIDGESTONE TOLD ME TO GO BACK TO TOYOTA, IT'S A LEASE UNDER IT'S MILEAGE. TOYOTA DID NOT HONOR AND BLAMED THE TIRES FOR BEING TOO SOFT! UNACCEPTABLE AND I WON'T BE GETTING ANOTHER TOYOTA SINCE I HAD TO SPEND OVER $600 IN TIRES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10265987April 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA SOLARA CONVERTIBLE. WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE I HAVE TO ACCELERATE, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN CHANGING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRYING TO INCREASE SPEED, THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND THERE IS A DELAY AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN POWER. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THIS ALSO HAPPENED AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN I WAS TURNING LEFT, I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL-THE VEHICLE HESITATED, THEN POWER WAS REINSTATED. THIS IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE AND IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. I BELIEVE A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS IT COULD HAVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10264135April 4, 2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I OWN A 2006 SOLARA SLE 6CY. AND THE CAR HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING (SUCH AS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC). TOYOTA HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS VERY PROBLEM ALONG WITH THE DEALERSHIPS AND ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS A REFLASH. THE PROBLEM HAS TO DO WITH THE CARS ONBOARD COMPUTER. SO WHEN THEY PUT AN UPDATE IN THE COMPUTER IT IS CALLED REFLASHING. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN OR IF SOMEONE IS KILLED THEY MIGHT FIND THE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. SO WHEN I AND MANY OTHERS TAKE THE TIME TO ADVISE TOYOTA AND THE DEALERSHIPS, I FEEL THEY SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BY FILING A COMPLAINT AND ALSO BY CALLING TOYOTA. MAYBE WE CAN FINALLY GET THE HESITATION PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. *TR THANK YOU. JJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10258358February 11, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
OIL SLUDGE AND GELLING PROBLEM ON ALL TOYOTA ENGINES IN CAMRY, CAMRY SOLARA FROM 1998 TO 2002. I HAVE THIS ISSUE AS WELL AND THE CAR GIVES OUT SMOKE, FAILS INSPECTION, CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON AND LEADS TO PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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