Toyota Camry Complaints (2005)

721 consumer complaints on file.

#10861006April 22, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
ON MARCH 19, 2016, I WAS DRIVING MY TOYOTA 2005 CAMRY AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND I ATTEMPTED TO APPROACH THE FREEWAY ON RAMP. I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I CROSSED A RAISED ISLAND AND INTO THE FREEWAY LANE AND HIT A CAR THAT WAS DRIVING ONTO THE FREEWAY RAMP. BOTH CARS WERE DAMAGED. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM EMERGENCY ROOM.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860224April 19, 2016
STEERING
A YEAR AGO IN MAY OF 2015, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER TOYOTA CAMRY WHEN THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT ON HER WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED HER TO CRASH. WE BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC WHO WAS MYSTIFIED, HE SAID HE'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE, IN HIS WORDS, "IT LOOKS LIKE THE PULLEY BENT ON IT'S OWN AND THEN THE BELT CAME OFF." HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD CAUSED THE PULLEY TO GET OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND CHARGED ME ALMOST $500 TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. NEARLY A YEAR LATER, I'M INVESTIGATING BRAKE ISSUES WITH CAMRYS AND I CAME ACROSS THIS RECALL WHICH DESCRIBES PERFECTLY WHAT THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIGURE OUT. WHY WAS I NEVER INFORMED OF THIS RECALL? MY CAMRY IS A 2005, IT CLEARLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. TOYOTA'S NEGLIGENCE ON THIS COULD HAVE COST MY WIFE HER LIFE IF SHE HADN'T NARROWLY AVOIDED THE CRASH THE FAILURE OF HER POWER STEERING ALMOST CAUSED. THIS COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY TOYOTA LONG BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURED THROUGH THE RECALL. I WANT THE COST OF MY REPAIRS REFUNDED BY TOYOTA AND ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO GET IT UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THE RECALL PAID BY THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855593April 14, 2016
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2005 CAMRY PURCHASED USED AS A PROGRAM CAR IN NOV 2005 WITH 12K MILES ON IT. WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE, THEN DRIVING AT LESS THAN 10 MPH IN REVERSE (TO BACK UP OUT OF A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING SPACE), APPLYING THE BRAKE AND THEN PUTTING CAR INTO DRIVE, THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE INTERMITTENTLY ON ITS OWN BEFORE DRIVER DEPRESSES THE GAS PEDAL. DRIVER ALWAYS HAS HAD TO CONTINUE TO APPLY THE BRAKE FOR SEFVERAL SECONDS, TO BE CERTAIN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SURGE FORWARD, ESP IF APPROACHING A CORNER LESS THAN 100 FT AWAY. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THIS PHENOMENA IN EARLY 2006, WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. OWNER HAS "LEARNED TO LIVE WITH" THE SAFETY DEFECT. DRIVER NEVER KNOWS WHEN EVENT WILL HAPPEN. MOST RECENT OCCURENCE WAS 4/10/16. NO ONE BUT OWNER IS ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE CAR. VEHICLE NOW HAS 120K MILES ON IT, AND HAS OTHERWISE BEEN RELIABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855113April 12, 2016
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER SIDE IN FRONT WON'T RETRACT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845702March 9, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A BUILDING. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT LEG, CHEST, NECK, AND SHOULDERS THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOWING FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10838795February 27, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON 12/4/2015, EXPERIENCED SLUGGISH RESPONSE WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR, THEN SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND SURGING FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED, CAUSING SPEED OF CAR TO BE TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE WITH A STEADY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. BRAKING DID SLOW AND STOP THE CAR. TOOK CAR IMMEDIATELY TO TOYOTA DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE ECU (ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT) AT A COST OF $900. ABOUT 10 WEEKS LATER, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. DRIVING TO WORK ON THE FREEWAY THAT DAY, ACCELERATION WAS SLUGGISH AND UNPREDICTABLE. PARKED CAR AT WORK, AND THEN AFTER BACKING UP IN THE PARKING AREA TO LEAVE, THE CAR AGAIN WAS SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATION, AND THEN BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD UNPREDICTABLY, OUT OF MY CONTROL, WITH NO INCREASE IN PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR. AGAIN, THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED TO SLOW OR STOP THE CAR. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALER, WHO ADVISED I COULD BRING IT IN THAT EVENING. NO SURGING WAS NOTICED WHEN CAR WAS IN PARK. I HAD A HARROWING DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP DURING RUSH HOUR, KEEPING A LONG DISTANCE BEHIND THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME TO AVOID HITTING ANYONE. ACCELERATION WAS VERY SLUGGISH WHEN MERGING OR STARTING UP AGAIN AFTER A RED LIGHT TURNED GREEN, AND ONCE I BEGAN MOVING AHEAD, THE UNPREDICTABLE SURGING AND SLOWING BEGAN AGAIN AND CONTINUED UNTIL I STOPPED AT THE NEXT LIGHT, ETC. THEY HAVE HAD THE CAR TEN DAYS AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I NOW NEED TO RETURN THE LOANER, AND DRIVE THE DEFECTIVE CAR AGAIN. NO FLOOR MATS WERE IN PLACE. I CAN ONLY HOPE MY HUSBAND, CHILDREN OR I ARE NOT INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE EVENT THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, WHICH I FULLY EXPECT. HOW CAN TOYOTA AND NHTSA DETERMINE THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS WHEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS IN THIS RECORD, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED AS A RESULT OF PROBLEMS WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN THESE VEHICLES?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10836454February 16, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A BLOCK OF CEMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND ASSESSED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY WHO DECIDED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BODY SHOP, BUT NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,195.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10825125February 9, 2016
SEAT BELTS
IN 2015 I PURCHASED MY 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES AND THE SEAT BELTS APPEARED FINE. WITHIN A MONTH I NOTICED THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. IT MALFUNCTIONED BOTH WHEN THE CAR WAS OFF AND ON AND REGARDLESS IF IT WAS IN ANY GEAR OR POSITION. I PAID SOMEONE TO LUBRICATE IT AND THAT FAILED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEN I PAID THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ALMOST $500 TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT! I HAVE OWNED A CAMRY BEFORE FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND IT NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. I THINK I SHOULD BE REFUNDED FOR THAT DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10823593February 1, 2016
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721943January 6, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE WAS A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATE. TWO WEEKS LATER, AS THE CONSUMER WAS ABOUT TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10812063December 24, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, WHEELS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
GOT A BRAND NEW 2005 CAMRY. THERE IS DAMAGED OR FAULTY FRONT RIGHT TIRE JOINT / TIRE CONNECTING ROD. NOISE CAN BE HEARD FROM DAY 1 BUT TOYOTA CAR DEALER NOT WILLING TO FIX OR REPAIR. STILL HEAR THE NOISE. VERY DANGEROUS - PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ASAP!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788905November 6, 2015
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788388November 4, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT 1 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED OVER A 36 INCH WALL AT THE END OF A PARKING AREA. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OVER THE 36 INCH WALL DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND ONTO THE STREET. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. UPDATE 01/15/16 MA UPDATED 01/28/16.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785563October 23, 2015
SEAT BELTS
I BOUGHT TOYOTA CAMRY 2005 IN 2005 SOME MONTH , BUT AFTER ABOUT 4 YEARS PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING , . THIS CAR MY WIFE WAS DRIVING , NOW MY DAUGHTER IS DRIVING . WE SHOULD HAVE GET IT FIXED , BUT NOW WE WAKE UP , I DON'T HAVE PHOTO RIGHT NOW .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785178October 21, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AS IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HELD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL, CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO CRASH THE VEHICLE AGAINST THE SIDEWALK AND THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED THE VEHICLE WAS THAT THE RIM HAD NO TIRE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENT, BUT NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED OF THE CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT A THIRD PARTY COMPANY TO INVESTIGATE THE CRASH AND THEY FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782501October 15, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN, SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE REVERSING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES AND THE CURB. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK INTO SECOND GEAR AND THE BRAKES FAILED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782424October 15, 2015
TIRES
THIS IS CONCERNING THE BRIDGESTONE FUSION TOURING TIRE 205/65R15-94H. WE HAD DRIVEN OUR CAMRY TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM FLORIDA AND BACK IN JULY OR AUGUST 2015. IT WAS VERY HOT (IN THE 90'S). I THEN DROVE IN FLORIDA FROM MELBOURNE BEACH TO TALLAHASSEE AND BACK IN THE HEAT AGAIN IN AUGUST. MY CAR WAS VIBRATING AT OVER 70 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC, ONE OF THE TIRES HAD SHREDDED. IN LATE SEPTEMBER 2015, WE DROVE FROM FLORIDA TO HILTON HEAD AND THE CAR WAS VIBRATING AGAIN. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC IN HILTON HEAD AND THE BELT IN ONE OF THE TIRES HAD SEPARATED. SINCE TWO TIRES OUT OF FOUR HAVE HAD STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS I THINK THESE TIRES MAY HAVE A DEFECT OR CANNOT WITHSTAND BEING DRIVEN IN HIGH TEMPERATURES AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. I WOULD LIKE THEM LOOKED AT FOR RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781411October 12, 2015
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), WHEELS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
UNKNOWN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10780167October 6, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING FROM FRIENDS HOME TO PICKUP KIDS FROM SCHOOL, I WAS GOING ON A 2 LANE ROAD GOING EAST BOUND, CAR WAS TRAVELLING @ 30 MPH ON STARTIGHT ROAD OF SPEED LIMIT 35MPH, ALL OF SUDDEN STEERING AND BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION DUE TO WHICH THE CAR WAS ABOUT TO COLLIDE WITH A TREE HEAD ON, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE STREERING AND BRAKES STARTED FUNCTIONING AND I TRIED TO AVOID THE TREE COLLISION DURING WHICH THE TRUNK OF THE CAR HIT THE TRUNK OF THE TREE. I PULLED THE CAR TO THE CURB OF THE ROAD
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745077July 30, 2015
ENGINE
WE NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE CAR SO WE TOOK IT INTO OUR MECHANIC WHO TOLD US THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. HE NOTED THAT UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THAT YEAR MODEL AND REPAIRING IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY COSTLY. WE WERE TOLD WE SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE THE ENGINE COULD QUIT ON US AT ANYTIME. MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE CRANK CASE DIPSTICK AND THE RADIATOR, BOTH WERE CONTAMINATED WITH RUST.AT THIS POINT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE COULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR. .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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