Toyota Camry Complaints (2008)

1,095 consumer complaints on file.

#10339591June 22, 2010
VISIBILITY
THE DRIVER SUN VISOR KEEPS FLOPPING DOWN. IT BLOCKS YOUR SIGHT OF THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN YOU NEED IT TO BLOCK THE SUN IT FLOPS DOWN. THIS IS A HAZARD WHEN DRIVING. THE DEALER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10336908June 18, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
LACK OF THROTTLE CONTROL,UP AND DOWN SHIFTING,ACCELERATION SURGING,EXTREME ACCELERATION FROM MINIMAL THROTTLE DEPRESSION (IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE IN MAINE WINTER SLIPPERY ROADS). CRUISE CONTROL VARIES 7 TO 9 MPH ON THE MAINE TURNPIKE WHEN SET 75 MPH. AT 75 MPH THE CAR WILL UN-LOCK THE CONVERTER AND DOWN SHIFT TO MAINTAIN SPEED AND OVER ACCELERATES BY 5MPH AND STAYS IN THE LOWER GEAR FOR CONSIDERABLE TIME THEN DE-CELERATES THE THROTTLE AND DOES NOT UP SHIFT,THEN UP SHIFTS AND LOCKS THE CONVERTER AT THE SAME TIME CREATING A SUDDEN JOLT AND TAKES 1/2 MILE TO RESUME SET SPEED UNLESS THERE ANOTHER HILL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10336875June 17, 2010
AIR BAGS
MY 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A CAR GOING ROUGHLY 60MPH. THE FORCE OF THIS HIT PUSHED MY FRONT END INTO THE GUARDRAIL AND BACK INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10336718June 16, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
CAR : 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, 30K MILES STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY PROBLEM : UNINTENDED SUDDEN BRAKING AFTER TOYOTA'S RECALL DESCRIPTION: I AM OWNER OF 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. MY CAR EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM ONCE. LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER APPLIED RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE. NOW MY CAR APPLIES UNINTENDED BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN LAST 15 DAYS, EACH OF THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED BELOW 1) TRYING TO COAST TO STOP, CAR WAS GOING AT 50MPH, AS SOON AS I STEP FOOT OFF PEDAL, CAR SLOWED DRASTICALLY, BRAKE LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON BUT CAR REDUCE SPEED FROM 50MPH TO 35MPH AND KEPT ON REDUCING. NOTE THAT I NEVER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL BUT BRAKES WERE APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY TO WHEELS. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. 2) TRYING TO MERGE INTO FREEWAY, SPEED BETWEEN 45-50MPH & TRYING TO ACCELERATE, SUDDENLY LOST SPEED FROM 50 TO 40MPH IN MATTER OF 2 SECONDS, MY FOOT WAS ON ACCELERATOR ALL THE TIME. WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED BY VEHICLE FOLLOWING US, I REQUEST YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS CARS STOPPING BY THEMSELVES ARE EQUALLY AS BAD AS CARS ACCELERATING BY THEMSELVES. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND WHEN WE WERE ALMOST REARENDED BY A CAR. KINDLY LOOK INTO THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10331211May 19, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ACCELERATOR PEDAL RECALL). THE CONTACT STATED THAT TOYOTA FAILED TO INFORM HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL PRIOR TO HIM CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,071.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10330672May 11, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2008 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH BRAKE RESPONSE *TGW THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, WHICH ULTIMATELY CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TWO VEHICLES. THE CONSUMER TRIED REPEATEDLY TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONSUMER ALSO HIT A PEDESTRIAN. (DAUGHTER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF HER 83 YEAR MOTHER WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE). *JB THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER THERE WAS NO FLOOR MAT PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE, SO THAT WAS NOT THE ISSUE. UPDATED 06/09/10.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328797May 4, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE FOR RECALL 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDINGLY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, HIS FOOT OCCASIONALLY SLIPPED OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 16,000. UPDATED 07/26/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPAIR CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR TO BE SLIPPERY. UPDATED 08/03/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10328848May 4, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND COMING TO A NEAR STOP, THE VEHICLE, A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY, SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN ACCORD, HOPPING THE CONCRETE CURB, ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE AS THE CAR CRASHED STRUCK AND PUSHED ALONG A TRASH BIN, THRU THICK BRUSH, A STEEL GATED FENCE AND EVENTUALLY STRIKING A TREE WHERE THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO REST. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING BOTH FEET TO THE BRAKES AS IT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. THE VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO BOTH THE FLOOR MAT AND ACCELERATION PEDAL RECALLS WHICH WERE REPAIRED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2010. THIS INCIDENT WAS POST-RECALL REPAIR. SINCE THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND IS CURRENTLY BEING STORED BY AN AUTOBODY REPAIR FACILITY AND AWAITS INSPECTION BY NHTSA AND TOYOTA. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10327510April 26, 2010
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,600. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000. UPDATED 072210 *BF UPDATED 07/27/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326562April 20, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING DOWN GEORGE ROY PARKWAY (CALERA, AL) NEXT TO THE HOUSE AND THE CAR STARTED TAKING OFF AT ABOUT 40 MPH. I HIT THE BRAKE AND THE ABS STARTED STOPPING THE CAR. IT WAS ALMOST STOPPED AND I LET OFF THE BRAKE AND IT TOOK OFF AGAIN. I THEN LOOKED DOWN TO TURN IT OFF AND I CRASHED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD A SMALL SCRATCH ON MY FINGER AND I HIT MY HEAD ON THE ROOF. I WENT THE ER THE NEXT DAY AND THE CT SCAN DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING. BUT, THE DOCTOR SAID I STILL COULD HAVE A MINOR CONCUSSION. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10326223April 18, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, MY VEHICLE, WHILE SITTING STILL, LEAPED FORWARD AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO BY A CAMERA. IT WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE, BUT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE, NO REPORT WAS MADE. I JUST FELT YOU NEEDED TO SEE THE VIDEO. UPDATED 05/11/10. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326173April 17, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK MONDAY MORNING MARCH 29, 2010 ABOUT 7:15 AM IN A TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID ON A ROAD SHE USUALLY TAKES TO WORK. SHE WAS ON A STRAIGHT AND LEVEL PART OF THE ROAD. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE. SHE TRIED BRAKING BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. SHE LANDED UP HITTING A TREE THAT STOPPED THE CAR. AFTER HITTING THE TREE SHE COULD NOT TURN THE CAR OFF. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND IS NOW THE PROPERTY OF OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. I HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH TOYOTA. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10324707April 9, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324442April 8, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I'M A SCHOOL COUNSELOR. I WAS GOING HOME FROM WORK AT ABOUT 3:50 PM YESTERDAY, 4-6-2010, GOING SOUTH ON RT. 222, ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF THE DENVER EXIT. I WENT TO PASS ANOTHER CAR AND PUSHED HARD ON MY 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY'S ACCELERATOR. IT LOCKED AND KEPT ACCELERATING AS I PULLED INTO THE PASSING LANE. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY, MAYBE A HALF A FOOT, BUT ALL I HEARD WAS THE ENGINE RACING AS I SAW MYSELF GETTING CLOSER TO THE CAR IN THE LANE IN FRONT OF ME. I PANICKED AND BEGAN TO STOMP DOWN ON THE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES, I FIGURE I WAS ABOVE EIGHTY MPH BY THEN. AS I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO STEER AROUND EVERYONE I HAMMERED DOWN ON THE PEDAL AGAIN AND IT STOPPED. THE CAR ACCELERATED OK AND I CAREFULLY USED THE GAS UNTIL I GOT THE CAR HOME. I THEN CALLED THE NEW HOLLAND TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHO DID THE RECALL FIX ON 3-27-2010, TOLD DOUG WHAT JUST HAPPENED. I NEVER HAD THE CAR DO THIS BEFORE! I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT HAD A GOOD SMOOTH RIDE. DOUG GAVE ME THE 800 NUMBER TO CALL TOYOTA TO FILE FOR A CASE MANAGER. I'M VERY UPSET AND AFRAID TO USE THIS CAR FOR ME OR MY FAMILY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT HAPPENED TO ME BUT IT DID. WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE SITUATION? PLEASE HELP ME WITH WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324537April 8, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10324266April 7, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
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
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324258April 7, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
LTR FWD FM (WI) RE TOYOTA VEHICLES INCIDENTS OF SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FM OWNER OF A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *TGW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323780April 5, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING. ON A LATER DATE, HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A RECALL AND REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V017000: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL ACCELERATOR PEDAL). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION INSTANCES AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT BECAUSE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE, THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT HE NO LONGER DRIVES THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,882 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,120. UPDATED 6/1/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE OFF AT ANY SPEED, EVEN FROM A DEAD STOP AND CONTINUE AT A VERY RAPID RATE OF SPEED. UPDATED 06/18/10.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323854April 5, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, EQUIPMENT
I HAVE A 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY, WHEN STARTING MY AUTO, THE ENGINE RACES FOR APPX. 30 SECONDS, THEN GOES DOWN. ALSO IN THE LAST 5 WEEKS I HAVE NOTICE THAT THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD THEN GOES BACK TO THE SPEND I HAVE IT ON. I AM VERY NERVOUS DRIVING THIS CAR, THIS PROBLEM JUST STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT 5 OR 6 WEEKS AGO, AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS JUST THINKING IT WAS HAPPENING, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING MORE FREQUENT. I HAVE TO DRIVE IT, IT IS THE ONLY CAR I HAVE, SO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS HAVE TO BE KEEP, FEAR OR NOT, I HOPE IT DOES NOT GO SPEEDING AN NOT STOP, MY MOTHER IS 82 A VERY AFRAID TO GET INTO THE CAR, BUT WE HAVE TO GO PLACES. WE LIVE ON ROADS WITH INCLINES. VERY STEEP HILLS, ONE HAS A STOP SIGN AT THE FOOT OF IT, BUT SO FAR IT DOES STOP. IT MAKES A LOUD ENGINE NOISE. LIKE A GRINDING OF THE ENGINE, AT FIRST THE BRAKES HESITATE STOPPING BUT I PUSH REALLY HARD ON THEM AND THEY STOP IT. I TOOK IT IN FOR AN INSPECTION STICKER AN THEY SAID IT PASSED. I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323651April 4, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I GET TOYOTA CAMRY 2008 BUT I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH CAR THAT SHOWS UP A LOT OF PROBLEM AND ALSO I CALL ALL THE TIME TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE EXPERIENCE THAT SHOULD CALL TOYOTA CUSTOMERS DON'T CARE ON THE NUMBER 1800 THAT THEY GAVEAND NOW I GIVE UP FOR THE SERVICE AND I WANT RETURN THE CAR FOR ANY TOYOTA DEALER ON NY THERE IS ANY LEGALLY LAW ON THIS COUNTRY THAT CAN HELP UP? THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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