Toyota Camry Complaints (1999)

501 consumer complaints on file.

#8022000October 31, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES
CONSUMER STATES THE CRUISE CONTROL FAIL AT 70MPH CAUSING AND ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021504October 23, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE BATTERY EXPLODED AND ACID SPILLED ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768579October 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SLACK ADJUSTERS:AUTOMATIC
HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO DEALER 4 TIMES IN ONE YEAR FOR THE SAME ISC VALVE PROBLEM, EVERYTIME THIS VALVE GO WRONG MY CAR WILL NOT START!! I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED SO OFTEN! COST $370 FOR THE VALVE. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768571October 17, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THIS SEEM TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM TO 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. ISC VALVE JUST DIE OFF FOR NO REASON AND NO SIGNS OF ANY BROKEN . CAR CAN NOT BE STARTED WHEN THIS VALVE IS DEFECTED. EVEN IF CAR CAN BE STARTED, IT WILL BE VERY SHAKEY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767827September 27, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND SOMETIMES GOES OFF BY ITSELF. COMPUTER ANALYSIS INDICATES AN OXYGEN SENSOR IS BAD BUT ITEM IS UNDER WARRANTY FOR 96 MONTHS OR 80,000 MILES. PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 40,000 MILES. TOYOTA SAYS THE WARRANTY IS GOOD ONLY IN THOSE STATES THAT ADOPTED CA STANDARDS, I.E., NY AND MA. OTHER STATES WARRANTY IS FOR 36,000 MILES. PROBLEM DID NOT SURFACE UNTIL 40,000 MILES. ORIGINAL AND SEND PURCHASE OF CARS WAS IN VIRGINIA BUT TOYOTA CHOSE TO PUT A CA SENSOR. I HAVE NO VOICE IN VA OR SC EMISSION STANDARDS. PROBLEM NOW IS WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, IS IT THE SENSOR OR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS? THE TOYOTA WARRANTY POLICY IS ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS SINCE MOST TOYOTA'S ARE SOLD OUTSIDE OF CA. CAN YOU HELP ME?? TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017583August 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH AND WITH NO WARNING CONSUMER COULD HEAR A LOUD NOISES COMING FROM ENGINE. THEN VEHICLE SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017495August 28, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
CONSUMER WAS LOCKED INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK WILL NOT OPEN. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM THE DEALER COULD FIND, WAS THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016990August 22, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON, CONTACTED DEALER, AND EALER TRIED TO FIX AIR BAG, BUT THE REMEDY DID NOT WORK. SECOND TIME CONSUMER TOOK IT BACK TO TRY TO GET IT FIXED. CONSUMER HAS HAD VEHICLE IN SHOP THRREE TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567142August 19, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR BRAKE SHOES NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND ADJUSTED, BOTH REAR AND FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFOMRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE STILL GOOD.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567147August 19, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, TIRES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING SOUND AND PULSATE AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CONCERNING THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS, AS WELL AS FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, DUE TO THEM BEING WORN.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765034August 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON 9/8/2001 I HAD THE 30,000 MILE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. ON JULY 7,2002, THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND DAMAGED THE TIMING BELT. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP, TIMING(CAMSHAFT BELT) , SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BELTS, IDLER , TENSIONER AND ANTI-FREEZE. LABOR AND PARTS TOTALED $710.44. THIS IS THE 5TH OCCURANCE OF A WATER PUMP FAILING ON A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH UNDER 45,000 MILES THAT WAS REPORTED ON THIS WEB SITE ALONE. THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY COVERS THE WATER PUMP FOR 60 MONTHS OR 60,000 MILES. I HAVE SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER TO TOYOTA , WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THEM. THE WATER PUMP SHOULD LAST MORE THAT 45,000 MILE AND WITH THE NUMBER OF FAILURES THAT HAVE OCCURED, THERE IS A TREND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART.*AKI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765036August 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ADDITIONAL INFO TO ODI NUMBER 765034 - SHOP MENTIONED THAT THE WATER PUMP DAMAGED CAUSED SCRAPPING ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. SINCE THE ENGINE BLOCK IS MADE OF AN ALUMINUM BASE HIS CONCERN WAS THAT THE MARKS MIGHT CAUSE A CRACK TO OCCUR. HE SAID NO LEAKING WAS SEEN AT THIS TIME BUT I WANT TO PUT ON RECORD THAT DAMAGE WAS MADE TO THE ENGINE THAT MIGHT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE FURTURE. THIS SCRAPING WAS DUE TO THE WATER PUMP FAILURE THAT WAS NOTED IN THE ODI NUMBER 765034 QUESTIONNAIRE. THIS INFO WAS ALSO MENTIONED TO TOYOTA IN A CERTIFIED LETTER BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE YET FROM TOYOTA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014747July 25, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764591July 22, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
THIS IS THE SECOND POWER STEERING PUMP THAT HAS FAILED ON MY TOYOTA CAMRY WHICH WAS PURCHASED NEW.THE FIRST PUMP FAILED AT 7,800 MILES AND NOW THE FRONT SEAL IS LEAKING ON THE REPLACEMENT PUMP AT 76,243 MILES. THIS IS UNACCEPTBLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014173July 17, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPING THE CURB AND CRASHING INTO A BUILDING.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764312July 16, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
01/2001 - 03/2001 4 WHEEL ABS. INTERMITTENT OCCURRENCE OF THE FOLLOWING: ABS FUNCTIONING OR BRAKES OPERATING WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED. NOTICE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY FROM UNNEEDED BRAKING. THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY AS DRIVING CONTINUES. AFTER 1 INCIDENT TOOK CAR TO A REPAIR STATION BECAUSE I NEEDED TO APPLY THE GAS PEDAL TO GO DOWN HILL TO KEEP CAR GOING AT SPEED LIMIT (WHERE USUALLY CAR WILL ROLL AT SPEED LIMIT). CAR PUT ON RACKS AND FOUND BRAKES WERE EXTREMELY HOT. ALL WHEELS COULD NOT BE HAND TURNED. AFTER BRAKES COOLED PROBLEM WAS ABLE TO DRIVE CAR NORMALLY. HAD 4 OCCURRENCES OF THIS IN LAST 3 MONTHS. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO SENSE IS TAKING THINGS APART WHEN THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS. 03/2001 TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER 3 WEEKS LATER. LATEST EXPERIENCE WAS THAT BRAKES WERE NOW FAILING. PEDAL WENT LOW WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER SAID BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINTATED AND WARRANTY IS NOW VOID. DEALER MENTIONED THAT 1 WEEK EARLIER ANOTHER CAR CAME IN WITH CONTAMINATED BRAKE FLUID. DEALER SAYS THAT DUE TO CONTAMINATION, THEY NEED TO REPLACE ALMOST ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM (CALIPERS, LINES, MASTER, ABS SENSORS) THIS WAS ESTIMATED AT OVER $3,000. TOLD DEALER TO TRY AND ONLY FLUSH BRAKE FLUID. HE SAID COULD DO THIS BUT THEY WOULD ALSO NEED TO REPLACE THE MASTER SINCE BRAKE PEDAL WAS GOING LOW. DEALER ALSO SAID THAT THEY (TOYOTA) WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRAKE FAILURE THAT OCCURRED FOLLOWING THIS COMPROMISED REPAIR ALTERNATIVE. DEALER CALLED LATER AND SAID FRONT ROTORS ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE BEYOND TOLERANCE FOR RESURFACING. AGREED TO THE CHANGE. (TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS: $1,000) 09/2001 THE CAR OPERATED FINE FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS. NOTICE THAT AT AROUND THE 60 MPH RANGE, VIBRATION STARTS TO OCCUR. APPEARS TO BE THE EARLY SYMPTOMS OF THE ABS STARTING TO FUNCTION WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKES (AGAIN). IMO PROBLEM IS THE ABS STARTING TO FUNCTION BY ITSELF. PROBLEM STOPPED *
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763519June 26, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:LINKAGES
THERE IS A SQEAK COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN I GO OVER SMALL BUMPS/DIPS IN THE ROAD. TOYOTA RECOMMENDED THE REPLACEMENT OF TIE RODS, WHICH DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THE NOISE CONTINUES AND HAS INCREASED IN SEVERITY. THE AIR CONDITIONER SMELLS WHEN USING IT. IT SMELLS LIKE MOLD. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, BUT ALL THEY DO IS SPRAY IT WITH FRIGI-FRESH, WHICH ONLY MASKS THE SMELL FOR A SHORT WHILE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012003June 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING APPLIED BRAKES AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK DURING THE ACCIDENT THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED ALSO. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#8011915June 17, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
SPECKS IN WINDSHIELD ARE CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY AND ND AFFECTING CONSUMER EYES WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAY. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565387June 11, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
ABOUT EVERY 6 MONTHS, THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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