Toyota Camry Complaints (2002)

953 consumer complaints on file.

#10040432September 23, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED A FRONTAL CAR CRASH AT 25 MPH BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039410September 23, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY
NOISES FROM AROUND THE FRONT OF THE WINSHIELD,POPPING,RATTLES,RUBBING,AND OTHER SIMILAR NOISES.RUBBING NOISES AROUND DRIVERS DOOR.LIGHT BUT CAN BE HEARD AT THE TIME OF GOING ACROS BUMPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039049September 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
I DRIVE A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY LE PURCHASED AUGUST 2002, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOMETIMES WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKE MY FOOT ALSO PRESSES THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD A FEW FEET BEFORE I REGAIN CONTROL AND STOP IT. THE BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER AND/OR THEIR HEIGHT FROM THE FLOOR OR RANGE OF MOTION ARE BAD. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 50 YEARS, HAVEN'T HAD THIS PROBLEM SIGNIFICANTLY BEFORE. MY LAST CAR WAS A '92 FORD TAURUS - HAD NO SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH IT. I AM TALL, HAVE BIG FEET - SIZE 12 OR 13 SHOES. I AM AFRAID I MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN WHO STEPPED IN FRONT OF MY CAR, OR BUMP INTO ANOTHER CAR WHEN I AM MOVING BACK AND FORTH WHILE PARKING OR TURNING IN TIGHT LOCATIONS. OTHERWISE THE CAR IS GOOD, BUT THIS PROBLEM IS BAD ENOUGH THAT I WOULD BUY ANOTHER CAR NOW IF THE LOSS FROM ONE YEAR'S DEPRECIATION WAS NOT AS HIGH. YOU (NHTSA) MIGHT HAVE STATISTICS THAT WOULD PERMIT YOU TO CHECK THIS OUT, THEN GET TOYOTA TO REDESIGN THE PEDALS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040237September 12, 2003
AIR BAGS
FAILURE OF AIR BAGS TO ACTIVATE IN TWO SERIOUS FRONT END CRASHES.*MR THE CONSUMER IS IN POSSESSION OF THE AIR BAG SENSOR FROM THE FIRST CRASH. IN ADDITION, HE WOULD LIKE TOYOTA TO BUY BACK THE VEHICLE WITH APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION. VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS TOTALING $7030.00. (ATTORNEY WROTE ON BEHALF OF CLIENT: DAVID JANG) *PH *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038794September 12, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
MY 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY HAS BRAKING SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. FIND EVERY TIME I GO TO STOP BRAKING SYSTEM DOES NOT STOP AND PERFORM PROPERLY. FIND CAR DOES NOT PERFORM PROPERLY IN RAIN AND SNOW AND SKIDS OUT IN THIS TYPE OF WEATHER. NOTE HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ALONG WITH MANUFACTURER TO NOTIFY THEM OF MY COMPLAINT WITH NO AVAIL. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037159September 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UNRELIABLE THROTTLE RESPONSE FROM STOPPED OR SLIGHTLY ROLLING.. SOMETIMES RESPONDS SMARTLY, MOST OF THE TIME HESITATES AND/OR RESPONDS THEN HESITATES. SOMETIMES LETTING YOU LINGER FOR A SECOND OR TWO PARTIALLY ACROSS TWO LANES(INFREQUENT) BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS THING IS GOING TO DO IT TO YOU!. EVENTS ARE CONTINUOUS. DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. OF COURSE THEY ALSO SAID MY DRIVER POWER SEAT DOES NOT MOVE OR SLIP. FOUND THE SB ON THAT, WILL PROVIDE THEM A COPY NEXT TIME IN FOR SSERVICE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036728August 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE HAVE A BRAND NEW 2002 CAMRY XLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD IT "JUMPS" INTO DRIVE WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE. WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP THERE IS USUALLY NO PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033733August 12, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING, STRUCTURE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT HARSHLY INTO DRIVE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COLD BUT WHEN WARMED UP THE VEHICLE DROVE SMOOTHLY. THE STEERING WHEEL HUMMED WHEN TURNED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT A BUSHING FOR THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE LUBRICATED. THE UPPER AND LOWER BELT MOLDING AROUND THE DRIVER'S DOOR CAME OFF. A FAULTY CHARCOAL CANISTER CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033617August 11, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031626July 30, 2003
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030274July 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BOTH REAR BRAKE DISCS WERE GROOVED AFTER 4000 MILES OF USE. DEALERSHIP TURNED ROTORS. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTED WITH NOISE. TOOK TO SECOND DEALER AND THEY TURNED DISCS (SECOND TURNING) DIAGNOSIS: WARPED DISCS. MY CONSCERN IS THE SAFETY OF THE REAR BRAKES NEW, AS WELL AS AFTER THE REMEDY (TURNING). CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. FROM FIRST DEALER STATED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE, BUT IT IS PERFECTLY SAFE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029068July 24, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
2002 CAMRY DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF PREVENTING EXIT FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS 16,000 MILES ON IT. THIS PART IS MADE OF PLASTIC. ALL OF MY CURRENT AND RECENT VEHICLES HAVE A METAL INSIDE DOOR HANDLE I.E 1994 AND 1996 HONDA ACCORDS, 1992 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY AND 1990 TOYOTA CAMRY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024048July 24, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE DRIVER SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED UP TO ABOUT 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE HIT A CAR AND A TREE BEFORE IT STOPPED . *AK *CB *NLM UPDATED 7/2/12 *CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029708July 21, 2003
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE DRIVING REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN CHANGING THE TIRE, SEVEN PUNCTURED HOLES WERE FOUND ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE RADIAL TIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028357July 15, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THREE TIMES CONSUMER WENT TO TOYOTA TO TELL THEM THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME, (MAY 3,03) WAS BRAKING SLOWLY AND 2002 CAMRY JUMPED AHEAD, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE SECOND TIME(MAY 28,03) I CONSUMERWENT IN, TOLD THEM BRAKE PEDAL WENT SLOWLY DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHEN STOPPING FOR A LIGHT. 1993 CAMRY NEVER DID THAT. ALSO NO OHTER CAR I HAD DID THAT. THEY TESTED, SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE THIRD TIMEON JULY 3, CONSUMERTOLD THEM, DO NOT TELL ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH BRAKES, DID NOT WANT TO HEAR IT! HE DROVE THE CAR AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. NOW ON JULY 11, 2003, WHILE PARKED AT MACY'S MALL AT CROSS COUNTY, I AM BACKING UP SLOWLY OUT OF MY SPACE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE JUMPED AHEAD FLYING AND HIT TWO PARKED CARS FACING HER. ALL THE VEHICLES HAD DAMAGE. CONSUMER WILL NEVER DRIVE THAT CAR AGAIN, COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025856July 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
THE FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPING DESPITE NORMAL DRIVING, CAUSING SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING AND POSSIBLY COMPROMISING VEHICLE STOPPING ABILITY. IT OCCURRED AT 10,000 MILES. TOYOTA WARRANTY SERVICE ONLY PROVIDES FOR RESURFACING THE ROTOR RATHER THAN PART REPLACEMENT. IS THIS PROBLEM DUE TO DEFECTIVE ROTOR MATERIALS AND/OR FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM DESIGN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020053July 3, 2003
TIRES
THE TIRES CONTAINED BUBBLES . IT WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE HUDIBURG TOYOTA. THEY REMOVED THE TIRE AND PERFORMED AN INSPECTION, THE DEALER STATED THE DEFECT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARDS. NEW TIRES WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. *NLM *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022695June 27, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
VEHICLE'S NEW BRAKING SYSTEM WAS UNSAFE. BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT ENGAGED. AS A RESULT, THE CONSUMER ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHILE BRAKING. *AK THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND AS SHE TURNED THE CORNER, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OVER THE CURB, ONTO THE SIDE WALK, AND INTO THE LIBRARY. (ONE MUST PLACE THERE FOOT ON THE CENTER OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FOOT COULD POSSIBLY DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR) *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023692June 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I WENT OVERSEAS FOR TWO MONTHS AND RETURNED WHICH I DO FREQUENTLY AND WILL IN THE FUTURE. I HAD THE CAR PARKED AND NO ONE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 7,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE VEHICLE SURGED BACK AND FORTH AND ALMOST CRASHED. THE BRAKES CATCH" AND THEN RELEASE IN A SEVERE LUNGING MOTION AND THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS RUST BUILDUP AND IT WOULD NOT BE UNDER WARRANTY AND I MUST PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. IN ALL MY 30 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING AND CONSIDER THE BRAKING SYSTEM OR PARTS INFERIOR AND THEIR SHOULD BE A WARNING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OR IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY A FATAL SITUATION. I HAVE HAD VEHICLES SIT AROUND FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME AND HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS. SO IT SEEMS THAT AFTER GOING AWAY AND RETURNING TO DRIVE THIS $23K VEHICLE, I MUST PAY FOR REPAIRS EVERY TIME. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND AM LOOKING INTO LEGAL ACTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023479June 20, 2003
TIRES
I OWN A 2002 CAMRY SE, AND IT CAME ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TURANZAS ON IT. THESE TIRES ARE WORTHLESS IN THE SNOW AND RAIN. I TOOK MY COMPLAINT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT THE TIRES WERE "PERFORMANCE" TIRES AND ALL THEY COULD DO WAS HELP ME GET A DISCOUNT ON ANOTHER SET OF TIRES. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AS THIS TYPE OF (FAMILY) CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE COME EQUIPPED WITH A DANGEROUS TIRE. I COMPLAINED TO THE BRIDGESTONE DEALER AS WELL, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THESE WERE VERY HARD TIRES, AND ARE THE TYPE THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE PUT ON A CORVETTE, OR SIMILAR SPORTS CAR. I WAS FORCED TO REPLACE THE TIRES AT MY EXPENSE, WITH ONLY 21,000 MILES ON THEM. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP IN THE SNOW, AND WOULD SLIP AT TAKEOFF IN THE RAIN AS WELL. THESE TIRES SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PUT ON THIS CAR. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT TOYOTA WOULD PUT THIS TYPE OF TIRE ON A CAMRY. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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