Toyota Camry Solara Complaints (2005)

92 consumer complaints on file.

#10128101June 28, 2005
STRUCTURE
COMPLAINT REGARDING THE INTERIOR VEHICLE APPEARANCE BLACK GRAPHITE TRIM AND BEZEL PARTS THAT ARE OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *MR THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOWERED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH CAUSED THE DASHBOARD BLACK GRAPHITE TRIM/BEZEL REGISTER ASSEMBLY TO BE LOWERED THEN THE TRIM/BEZEL BLACK GRAPHITE IN THE DOOR ASSEMBLY. THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ACCEPTABLE. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126421June 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISION HESITATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121378May 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2005 TOYOTA SOLARA. IF IT IS DRIVEN FOR 1 HOUR, ENGINE NOISE IS LOUDER WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED WHILE WAITING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT. IF, I MOVE AUTO TRANSMISSION STICK TO N, NOISE IS CAML DOWN. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IF CAR IS DRIVEN LESSER THAN 15 MINUTES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118915May 6, 2005
STRUCTURE
CONSUMER HAS A CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE, AND THE TOP HAS AN ODOR COMING FROM IT THAT MAKES HIM ILL. DEALER REPLACED THE FILTER IN THE VEHICLE AND DONE NUMEROUS THINGS TO RID THE ODOR, BUT THE UNDESIRABLE SMELL WAS STILL THERE. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP.*AK *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118431April 25, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 TOYOTA SOLARA V6...THE HESITATIONS ON ACCELERATION ARE UNMANAGEABLE AND DANGEROUS...SOMEBODY HAS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM...BEFORE THIS CAR CAUSES A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116807April 12, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2005 TOYOTA SOLARA WITH V6 ENGINE AND "DRIVE BY WIRE" THROTTLE EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT HESIATION UPON ACCELERATION AND OCCASSIONAL UNINTENDED/UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. SPECIFIC SITUATIONS ARE: 1) IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, AFTER SLOWING DOWN TO ADJUST DISTANCE TO CAR IN FRONT, THEN ACCELERATING WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC, THE CAR DOES NOTHING BRIEFLY THEN JUMPS AHEAD LEADING TO A POTENTIAL COLLISION. IT'S AS IF IT IS STRUGGLING TO FIND THE RIGHT GEAR. 2) WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR A CURVE, THE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTS WITH THE CONSEQUENT INCREASE IN ENGINE RPM. BUT RATHER THAN MAINTAIN SPEED IN A DIFFERENT GEAR, THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS IS PARTICULARLY NERVE WRACKING ON WET OR SNOWY ROADS ON WHICH ONE CAN LOSE CONTROL AND SPIN OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115586March 22, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHILE SHIFTING THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWN SHIFT ON ITS OWN, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC CLAIMED THAT VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. *AK THE HESITATION AND THE JERKY SHIFTING IS NOT ONLY IRRITATING AND UNCOMFORTABLE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO, SUDDEN SHIFTING INTO A LOWER GEAR CAUSES THE FRONT WHEELS TO SPIN ON SLIPPERY SURFACES WHICH CAUSES LOSS OF TRACTION AND LOSS OF STEERING. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113960March 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HESITATES TO DOWNSHIFT. E.G. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE IN TRAFFIC, APPLYING THE ACCELORATOR, RESULTS IN A VEHICLE HESITATION WHERE THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN, THEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS, AND FINALLY THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO ACCELLERATE. THE VEHICLE I MERGED IN FRONT OF SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES, AS DID THE VEHICLES BEHIND THEM. THE HESTITATION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHILCE IN MAR 2004. THE HESITATION OCCURS AT LOW SPEEDS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURED WHEN ACCELRATION FROM 40 MPH. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS FUNCTIONING PER DESIGN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110398February 12, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHEN MAKING TURNS (AND SOMETIMES JUST WHEN ACCELERATING), THIS CAR AND ALL LIKE IT HESITATE WHEN THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED AND THEN LUNGES FORWARD SUDDENLY NEARLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107037January 7, 2005
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
THIS VEHICLE HAS CONVERTIBLE SEATS, BOTH FRONT SEATS AND HEAD RESTS ARE TOO LARGE. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY, CONSUMER UNABLE TO SEE PROPERLY. CONSUMER TOOL VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. *AK....TOYOTA REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO LOWER REAR SEAT HEAD RESTS. THEY RESTRICTED VISIBILITY BY 1/2 THROUGH REAR WINDOW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104163December 20, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 TOYOTA SOLARA CONVERTIBLE. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR, IT WAS GREAT WEATHER, SO I HAD THE TOP DOWN THE WOULD TIME I TEST DROVE VEHICLE. . IT WAS ONLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT AND PUT THE TOP UP THAT I REALIZED THAT THE VISIBILITY OUT THE REAR MIRROR OF THE CAR WAS AWFUL. I'VE HAD 2 OTHER TOYOTA CONVERTIBLE PREVIOUSLY, AND RECOGNIZE THAT VISIBILITY IS NOT THE BEST THROUGH THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR DUE TO THE SMALLISH CONVERTIBLE WINDOWS. HOWEVER, WITH THE 2005 SOLARA, TOYOTA HAS PUT VERY LARGE HEAD RESTS ON THE REAR SEATS THAT MAKE THE VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE THAN MY TWO TOYOTA CELICAS. WITH THOSE HEAD RESTS (WHICH SURPRISINGLY ARE NOT REMOVABLE OR ADJUSTABLE), THE VISIBILITY OUT THE REAR MIRROR IS EFFECTIVELY LIMITED TO A 1 FOOT BY 1 FOOT SQUARE. THIS MEANS THAT LANE CHANGES MUST BE PERFORMED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY LOOKING OUT SIDE MIRRORS IN ORDER TO AVOID BLIND SPOTS. PARALLEL PARKING IS ABSOLUTELY OUT OF THE QUESTION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR AT ALL. I TALKED TO TOYOTA, AND WAS TOLD THAT OTHERS WHO HAD DRIVEN THE CAR HAD ALSO EXPRESSED THE SAME CONCERN, BUT THAT THE REAR HEAD RESTS WERE NOT REMOVABLE OR ADJUSTABLE. THAT WAS AS FAR AS THEY WERE WILLING TO GO WITH THE DISCUSSION. I BELIEVE THE HEAD RESTS SHOULD BE MADE AT LEAST A FEW INCHES SHORTER AND SLIGHTLY NARROWER. THIS WOULD IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE THIS VISIBILITY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099497November 5, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
CONSUMER CLAIMS THAT THE HEAD RESTRAINT OBSTRUCTS THE DRIVER'S REAR VIEW. IT IS HARD TO BACK UP OR CHANGE LANES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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