Toyota Camry Complaints (2003)

782 consumer complaints on file.

#10109365January 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHEN TAKING OFF IN FIRST GEAR WHILE BEING COLD THE VEHICLE SPUTTERS, AND ACTS IF IT IS MISSING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS TOTALLY NORMALLY. AFTER THE VEHICLE WARMS UP IT DOES FINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107442January 18, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN DISENGAGING THE VEHICLE FROM PARK THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106042January 10, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-SKID BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY 2003 CAMRY XLE V6 MALFUNCTIONED, AND CAUSED THE CAR TO CROSS 3 LANES AND CRASH INTO A GUARD RAIL. I WAS UNINJURED, BUT THE CAR SUSTAINED $11,000 DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104925January 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
THE EXHAUST SYSTEM ON MY 03 CAMRY HANGS DOWN. IT IS 4 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. I HAVE TRIED TO GET TOYOTA TO FIX IT BUT THEY SAY IT'S THE DESIGN INTENT. I'M AFRAID THAT IF THE CAR BOTTOMS OUT THE SYSTEM WILL FLY OFF THE CAR. I WATCH TWO PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE A MUFFLER FLEW OFF A VEHICLE AND WEDGED ITSELF INTO THE GAS TANK OF A TRUCK. IT CAUGHT THE HIGHWAY ON FIRE AND KILLED THE GUYS IN THE TRUCK. THE SYSTEM IS NOT INSTALLED ON THE CAR CORRECTLY. THERE IS A BRACKET THAT IS NOT HOOKED UP AND THE SYSTEM DOES NOT TUCK INTO THE EXHAUST CHANNEL. ALL THE CAMRY AND OTHER MODELS ON THIS FRAME ARE LIKE THIS. PLEASE HELP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104793December 30, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WENT TO DRIVE 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE OUT OF THE GARAGE. STARTED THE CAR TRIED TO PUT IN REVERSE AND GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK, THE MOTOR STARTED RACING DURING THIS TIME. TURNED OFF CAR GOT OUT OF CAR TO WAIT TILL LATER TO RUN ERRAND AND DECIDED TO TRY ONE MORE TIME. START CAR AGAIN TRIED TO PUT IN REVERSE. IT SECEEDED THIS TIME BUT THE CAR ACCELLERATED OUT OF THE GARAGE RAPIDLY W/ OUT MY ASSISTANCE. DAMAGING SEVERAL ITEMS ON ITS WAY OUT OF THE GARAGE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105486December 29, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM HER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. JB UPDATED 03/04/10 *BF UPDATED 04/12/10.*JB UPDATED 08/26/10. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082422December 21, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL PLUNGE TO FLOOR MAT. THE PEDAL HEIGHT WAS VERY LOW, PUMPING PEDAL INCREASES THE HEIGHT. THE CAR WILL STOP, CONTINUED PRESSURE CAUSES PEDAL TO DROP TO FLOOR. *JB WHEN THE ENGINE WAS OFF, THE PEDAL WOULD TOUCH THE FLOOR. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING THE PEDAL WAS ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH FROM THE FLOOR. *TC *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094578December 15, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE IN A PARKING LOT AND BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY HITTING A PEDESTRIAN. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED AND ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN THIS ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER REFUSED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. *NM UPDATED 03/05/10 *BF UPDATED 09/23/10 UPDATED 9/21/2011*CW
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#10102783December 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
APPROACHING INTERSECTION THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP BEFORE IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. SPEED AT IMPACT WAS APPROX. 20 MPH AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. JUST RECENTLY HAD VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SOFT BRAKE PEDAL CHECKED, AND WAS TOLD OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS CONCERNING PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10103285December 7, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH FRONT END VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102091December 3, 2004
AIR BAGS
I PURCHASED A 2003 CAMRY NEW,THE VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO SIGNIFIGANT FRONTAL COLLISIONS IN WHICH NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED,THE LATTER RESULTING IN INJURY TO MYSELF AND MY WIFE. I AM ALARMED THAT THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURENCE OF AIRBAG FAILURE ON THIS SAME VEHICLE AND THE DEGREE OF INJURY WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED DUE TO THEIR FAILURE. WE ARE CURRENTLY CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER TO HOPEFULLY RESOLVE THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#10103487November 30, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UNEXPLAINABLE SUDDEN SURGE CAUSED $5,389.95 IN DAMAGES TO MY TOYOTA CAMRY. *BF NO ANSWER REQUIRED - SEE RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE (CCMMERCURY REF. NO. ES04-009988, ODI REF. NO. 10101790) *MJJ THE SURGING WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND HIT A CONCRETE WALL. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103490November 30, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARDS WITH INAPPROPRIATE SPEED, SHOT THROUGH A PARKING SPACE BEHIND ME, INTO NEXT ROW OF PARKED CARS, AND HIT A PARKED VEHICLE, TOTALING IT. *BF *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100575November 26, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CAR DEALER SAYS TWO OF THE CAR'S ORIGINAL TIRES ARE WORN OUT WITH CAR AT 19,970 MILES. TIRES ARE WORN TO THE INDICATORS ON THE OUTSIDE. TIRES WERE ROTATED TO THE BACK OF THE CAR. DEALER DID NOT INDICATE IF OTHER TWO TIRES WERE WEARING ALSO. MY SON NOTICED SIDE WEAR ON THE TIRES AT ABOUT 18,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS CAR NEEDS ALIGNMENT BUT NO ALIGNMENT CHECK WAS MADE TO MY KNOWLEDGE. DEALER COULD NOT DO ALIGNMENT THIS DAY, I WILL TAKE CARE OF ASAP. TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AT MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND KEPT AT PROPER INFLATION.CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS. TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE, POTENZA, P205/65R15 92T.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101616November 24, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
OWER OF 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION SUGGEST NHTSA INITIATE INVESTIGATION. *BF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD AND HAD RUN INTO A CONCRETE WALL AND OCCURRED ON TWO MORE OCCASIONS. *SC SEE ODI 10063095 (SIPEK). *DSY DUPLICATE OF 10101790. *DSY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101790November 23, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
OWNER OF 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION SUGGEST NHTSA INITIATE INVESTIGATION. *BF WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE IT SUDDEN SURGED FORWARD HITTING A CONCRETE WALL. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED SOME BRUISES. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED $5000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THIS INCIDENT WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO MORE SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. NO ANSWER REQUIRED - DUPLICATE OF ODI REF. NO. 10101616. *MJJ SEE ALSO 10063095 (SIPEK). *DSY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101487November 22, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THERE IS A CRACKING SOUND COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER CHECK THE VEHICLE AND STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER ONE YEAR AGO AND THEY STATED THEY HAD NO RECORD. *JB. NOISE WAS CAUSED BY OOSE MOLDING, WHICH IS COSMETIC AND NOT SAFETY RELATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100310November 21, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTING FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT-OF-CONTROL INTO ADJACENT NEIGHBOR'S YARD. IMMEDIATE AND CONTINUAL APPLICATION OF BRAKES DID NOTHING -- ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AND I NARROWLY AVOIDED STRIKING A HOUSE. INSTEAD, I WAS FORCED TO STRIKE A ROW OF TREES TO STOP RUN-AWAY VEHICLE. FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ON EITHER SIDES. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE TREES, I WOULD'VE STRUCK A 500 GALLON PROPANE TANK, 2 PARKED PICKUP TRUCKS, AND THE ORIGINAL HOUSE FROM WHICH I WAS DEPARTING FROM. MY LONE PASSENGER AND I WILL BE EMOTIONALLY SCARRED FOREVER BY THIS INCIDENT. PLEASE FORCE TOYOTA TO ISSUE A RECALL HERE! PLEASE DON'T WAIT FOR A DEATH... PLEASE!!!*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099539November 8, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHEN DRIVING 30 MPH RPMS ACCELERATED TO 80 MPH. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO GO OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101430November 5, 2004
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK AND TOTALED. NONE OF THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *NM THE HEADREST WAS SHAPED INCORRECTLY FOR A SHORT PERSON AND THE WINDSHIELDS REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES WERE DISTRACTING WHEN DRIVING ON BRIGHTLY SUNLIT DAYS. *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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