Toyota Camry Complaints (2002)

953 consumer complaints on file.

#763666June 30, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
ROTTEN EGG SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE CAB SINCE I LEASED IT , BEEN IN SHOP 5 TIMES THEY ASKED ME TO DO THINGS LIKE PUT BLUE PLANET GAS IN IT AND DRIVE IT FOR ALONG TIME NONE OF THIS SEEM TO WORK LAST TIME WAS THEY SWAPED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONVERTERS FROM ANOTHER 2002 CAMRY AND THE GAS SMELL IS STILL THERE. I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING..THE SMELL IS TO THE POINT WHERE IT MAKES MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE HEADACHES. AT ONE POINT I HAD TOYOTA TELL ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME....IM NOT SURE IF MY CAR HAS A DEFECT DUE TO SOME OTHER REASON IT SEEMS FUNNY TO ME THAT THEY JUST DONT KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH THIS CAR.THERE IS ALSO A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE STERRING THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL TOO? NOT SURE ABOUT WHATS GOING ON .....AND THOUGHT SOMEONE ELSE LIKE YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. THANKS TAMMY COLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566251June 25, 2002
TIRES:SIDEWALL
THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE SPLIT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. (CONTINENTAL TIRE P205/65R15) *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012537June 25, 2002
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT AT ANY SPEED, MORE AS SPEED INCREASES. TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE, STATED THAT WAS HOW VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763256June 19, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012010June 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012018June 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
A STRANGE ODOR WAS COMING INTO CAB OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS CARBON MONOXIDE. CONSUMER STATED THAT SUNROOF WAS VACUUMING FUMES BACK INTO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011946June 17, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, PASSENGER LIGHTLY TOUCHED SHIFT LEVER AS SHE TURNED ON AIR CONDITIONER, IT SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES, DEALER STATED THIS WAS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. *AK THESE EVENTS WERE CAUSED BY INADVERTENT BRUSH OF THE GEAR SHIFT HANDLE WHEN REACHING ACROSS. CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT A VERY LIGHT TAP TO THE GEAR SHIFT WHILE IN "D" CAUSES IT TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND INSTANTLY DECELERATE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011975June 17, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
DEALER REPLACED REAR WHEEL DISC AND PADS BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD SQUEAK WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763094June 14, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS BACKING OUT AND TURNING 90 DEGREES FROM A PARKING SPACE AT MY APARTMENT WHEN THE ENGINE IN MY 2002 CAMRY BEGAN TO SURGE. I COULD NOT STOP MY CAMRY BY APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND IT BACKED INTO A GMC SOMONA PICKUP TRUCK.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011598June 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE'S A PULSATING FEELING IN VEHICLE, IT FEELS LIKE BRAKES ARE GOING TO RELEASE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011533June 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
EXHAUST SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TO GROUND AND MAY CAUSES A POTENTIAL FIRE, MAKING CONTACT WITH DEBRIS. DEALER AND MANFUCTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011537June 11, 2002
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE PULLED TO LEFT WHILE DRIVING, THE FASTER IT WENT THE MORE IT PULLED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS , AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER NOTHING COULD BE FOUND, AND THAT WAS THE NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011315June 7, 2002
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE DOES NOT TRACK RIGHT, WILL DRIFT TO LEFT. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DRIVER MUST MAKE A SLIGHT CORRECTION IN STEERING WHEEL TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM DRIFTING LEFT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011333June 7, 2002
STEERING
WHEN BRAKING STEERING WHEEL WILL JUMP AND WILL PULL VEHICLE TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565971June 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD BY ITSELF, CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE, BUT IT DID NOT WORK, CONSUMER PULLED THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR TO REVERSE AND THEN THE PARK POSITION IT STILL DID NOT MOVE FOWARD UNTILTHE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, ON THE SECOND OCCASION THE VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING BACKWARDS UNTIL IT HIT A PARK CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762566June 2, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK 9/7/2005 - ON THREE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE SPEED INCREASED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND IN A STATIONARY STATE. THE OPERATOR APPLIED THE BRAKES TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STATIONARY. THE ENGINE RETURNED TO A NORMAL STATE AFTER THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED. EACH INCIDENT LASTED ONLY A FEW SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MANUFACTURER. NO FAULTS WERE DETECTED, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. ALL THREE INCIDENTS OCCURRED WITHIN THE FIRST 3,000 MILES OF OPERATION. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 22,000 MILES AND HAS NOT HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT AS OF THIS DATE. *DSY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762486May 30, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE WITH MY NEW CAMRY THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. WHILE DECENDING DOWN A HILL ( BETWEEN 40 AND 45) AND WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES THE CAR WILL DOWN SHIFT VERY (CAN EVEN HEAR/FEEL A CLUCK) HARD. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN AND IS NOT NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762395May 29, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
THE PROBLEM IS WITH BOTH FRRONT AND BACK BRAKES. CHRONOLOGY OF PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES: WHEN THE ODOMETER REACHED ABOUT 400 MILES, THE BRAKES STARTED TO SQUEAK INTERMITTENTLY. ON MAR. 28, 2002, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO HERB CHAMBERS TOYOTA OF BOSTON SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY FOUND THE BRAKES SHOES WERE GLAZED UP AND DID THE REPAIR. ASSURED THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK, I DROVE HOME. TWO BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET, I COULD HEAR THE BRAKES SQUEAKING AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPT. THEY FOUND THAT THE FRONT BRAKE PADS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PARTS AND WOULD CALL ME WHEN THE PARTS WERE DELIVERED. AFTER THEY NOTIFIED ME OF THE DELIVERED PARTS, I BROUGHT THE CAR IN ON APRIL 4, 2002. ONE HOUR LATER, THEY TOLD ME THAT BOTH ROTORS WERE CRACKED! AGAIN, THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PARTS AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEM THE NEXT DAY. MEANWHILE I HAD TO GET A RENTAL TO GO HOME, WHICH THEY PAID FOR. NEXT MORNING, I CALLED THEM TO CHECK ON THE STATUS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT COME IN FOR ANOTHER WEEK. SO THEY PLANNED TO TAKE ROTORS OFF FROM ANOTHER "BRAND NEW" CAMRY AND PUT THEM ON MINE. THE REPAIR WAS FINISHED AROUND NOON TIME. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, THE SERVICE ADVISOR REASSURED ME THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FINE.AFTER DRIVING FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, I STARTED TO HEAR SQUEAKY BRAKES AGAIN. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE NOISE CAME FROM OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. AS THE SQUEAK GOT LOUDER AND MORE FREQUENT, I KNEW THE NOISE WAS FROM MY NEW CAMRY. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPT. ON MAY 8, 2002. WITHIN ONE HOUR, THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO FIX IT, PENDING ADVICE FROM TOYOTA.. SHE DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD GET IT BUT SAID THAT SQUEAKY BRAKES SHOULD NOT BE A SAFETY ISSUE.I DO NOT THINK THE DEALER IS TAKING THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY. THE BRAKES ARE SQUEAKING BADLY. SOME UNKNOWN REASON HAD CAUSED THE ROTORS TO CRACK BEFORE, CAN ANYONE GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762410May 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A 2002 CAMRY LE V6 AUTOMATIC (WITH OVERDRIVE). I HAVE 450 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. I AM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE CAR SHIFTS WHEN LEFT IN OVERDRIVE. I TRAVEL 25 MILES ONE WAY ON BACK ROADS AT WHICH I CAN MAINTAIN SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND 55. MOVING ALONG BETWEEN THESE SPEEDS I FEEL THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY HOLDING BACK AND LETTING GO (I CAN SEE THE RPM'S DROP BY 500 RPM AND THEN GO BACK UP AGAIN WHEN THIS HAPPENS). THIS IS VERY ANNOYING TO ME. THIS DOES THIS QUITE OFTEN ON MY COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK. THE OWNERS MANUAL SAYS TO LEAVE THE CAR IN OVERDRIVE AND I ONLY NEED TO TAKE IT OUT WHEN CLIMBING HILLS AT LOWER SPEEDS AND WHEN HAULING A TRAILER. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS IN THE MANNER I AM DRIVING THE CAR. I HAVE A 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA WITH OVERDRIVE WHICH I LEAVE IN OVERDRIVE ALL THE TIME AND DO NOT NOTICE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010553May 28, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND STAYS ON WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING OR FOR AIR BAG TO DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WORNG WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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