Toyota Camry Complaints

19,642 consumer complaints on file.

#10127662July 6, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
DT: 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT HOLD VEHICLE BACK. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM ON LEVEL GROUND OR UP HILL. IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING DOWN HILL, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT STAY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT A FASTER SPEED THAN IS SAFE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER TOLD CONSUMER THAT WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE PERFORMED. CONSUMER CONSIDERS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, CONSUMER FILED A COMPLAINT # 20050706 ON JULY 6, 2005 WITH TOYOTA. THERE ARE NO OTHER KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127469July 5, 2005
AIR BAGS
DT: CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOYOTA SAID THAT MEANT THE AIR BAG WAS INACTIVE AND FIXED IT. WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. HE TOOK IT BACK, AND THEY REPLACED THE AIR BAG IN THE STEERING COLUMN BUT THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127532July 5, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT A 2005 CAMRY XLE LAST MONTH. THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY FAULTY AND THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM THE COMPANY. THE ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED TRANSMISSION (ECT) IS SLOW TO RESPOND. THERE IS A DELAY WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS SO YOU NEVEN KNOW WHEN THE CAR WILL ACTUALLY KICK INTO GEAR. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM EXCEPT WHEN YOU ENTER A HIGHWAY OR TRY AVOID A CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127402July 4, 2005
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC., VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WAS SITTING IN MY 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE IN PARK IDLING WHEN I PLACED IT IN DRIVE IT SURGED QUICKLY FORWARD AND HIT MY BRICK GARAGE WALL
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10127357July 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ON A CLEAR DAY THE MORNING OF JUNE 14, 2005, I WAS DRIVING SOUTH IN THE SLOW LANE OF HIGHWAY 95 IN FLORIDA. ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THE DRIVER IN THE MIDDLE LANE BLOW HIS HORN. AT THIS MOMENT I FELT THAT THE CAR WAS DRAGGING ME ON ONE SIDE TO THE LEFT. I TRIED TO STOP THE CAR BY PRESSING ON THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES WERE NON EXISTENT AND THE CAR KEPT GOING LEFT, HIT A PICK UP TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE LANE (TRUCK TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, DRIVER ON THE PAVEMENT); PASSED THE FAST LANE AND THROUGH THE MEDIAN; FINALLY GOT STUCK IN THE MUD (THANK GOD IT RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE) NEAR THE NORTHBOUND LANE. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER WITH $4,000 WORTH OF DAMAGES. MY INSURANCE HAS TO REPLACE THE OTHER DRIVER'S CAR. BOTH DRIVERS WERE INJURED IN THE CRASH.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10127289July 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
CAR OVERHEATED. DROVE TO TOYOTA DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A RADIATOR PROBLEM. THIS CAR HAS 51000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127269July 1, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: CALLER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW JUST GOT HER CAR WASHED AND WHEN SHE PULLED OUT OF THE CAR WASH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. SHE PUMPED THE BRAKES AND TRIED TO STOP THE CAR, AND IT WOULD NOT STOP. THE CAR WENT INTO AN 8 LANE HIGHWAY AND WAS HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER AND A PICKUP TRUCK. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND SO DID THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER REFUSED TREATMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND WILL BE GETTING BACK TO CALLER. CALLER STATED SHE JUST FOUND OUT THAT IN THE SPRING HER MOTHER-IN-LAW STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE RACED WHILE IT WAS IN PARK. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT WAS TO TURN IT OFF. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE TACHOMETER SHOWED 7000 RPMS, AND THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED 100 MPH. POLICE REPORT WAS FILED.*AK UPDATED 08/04/10 *BF UPDATED 08/05/10 *BF PICTURES RECEIVED. UPDATED 10/08/10
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10127017June 29, 2005
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
DT: THE SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK ON THE LEFT LOCKED ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO, COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT. ABOUT 6 WEEKS LATER THE RIGHT ONE WOULD NOT RETRACT. TOOK VEHICLE TO TOYOTA, AND WAS TOLD IT NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER , DID HAVE THEM REPLACED, BUT THEY WERE HARDLY EVER USED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126848June 28, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
3/28/04-PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES FROM WAL-MART TIRE CENTER (P185/70R13 BW X-TRAC). 4/16/2005- BROKE DOWN ON SIDE OF ROAD DUE TO VEHICLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED; MECHANIC SAID THAT BELT IN TIRE SLIPPED. I RETURNED TIRE TO WAL-MART AND THEY GAVE ME A PRO-RATED PRICE ON NEW TIRE (BASED ON THE TREAD THAT WAS LEFT ON DAMAGED TIRE) 6/27/05-BROKE DOWN ON SIDE OF ROAD AGAIN BECAUSE OF VEHICLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY. ALMOST HIT ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN I SWERVED INTO OTHER LANE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC-MECHANIC SAID THAT BELT SLIPPED ON OTHER TIRE. HAD TO HAVE TIRE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125103June 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DT: ON DECEMBER 8, 2003, AT 6918 MILES CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. CONSUMER WAS IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND TRIED TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE INSPECTED, AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AGAIN, HAD THE VEHICLE OUT AND WAS AT A 3 WAY STOP AND TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, AND THEY FAILED AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON APRIL 21, 2005 AT 13096 MILES, AND THEY DID FIND THAT BECAUSE OF A BRAKE FAILURE THERE WAS INTERNAL FAILURE IN MASTER CYLINDER, AND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125383June 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: CONTACT STATES: SHE WENT TO PARK THE CAR, WAS APPLYING THE BRAKE AND THE BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD. THEN, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER CAR, AND BRAKES DID NOT HOLD. IT ALSO HIT ANOTHER CAR, AND THE BRAKES STILL DID NOT WORK. . SHE WAS TRAVELING AT A VERY LOW SPEED. *AK DEALERSHIP CHECKED ALL RELATED COMPONENTS, BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND. *TT *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126649June 27, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: PULLING OUT OF A MALL HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE INSTEAD OF IT SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE, AT FIRST JUST THOUGHT IT WAS CONSUMER BUT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10126763June 27, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRAVELING DOWN HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH JUST SLIGHTLY PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE WILL DOWN SHIFT AND JURK STEERING WHEEL. IF CONDITIONS WHERE RIGHT I MAY LOOSE CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. SPOKE TO SEVERAL DEALERS AND THEY SAY IT IS NORMAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126509June 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE STRUT PLATES WERE MAKING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, AND HE STATED THE STRUT PLATES SHOULD BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120453June 24, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS IN AN FRONT END COLLISION ACCIDENT YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER WAS GOING THE SPEED OF 35 MPH . *AK *TT *SB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10126249June 22, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
NEW VEHICLE DRIVEN 108 MILES. THE ONLY PROBLENS NOTICES WAS THE RADIO WOULD TURN ITSELF ON WHEN HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD. CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT DID NOT GO OFF WHEN BRAKES WERE ENGAGED, BUT WOULD DISCONNECT CRUISE CONTROL. WAS PARKING IN A MALL PARKING LOT PARRALL TO ACCESS ROAD. SPEED NO MORE THAN 1 OR 2 MPH. FRONT WHEEL DROPPED INTO HOLE. THE ACCELORATOR CAUSED THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. APPLIED BRAKES BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP CAR FROM MOVING FORWARD AT A SLOW SPEED OF 5 MPH. TURNED RIGHT, TO AVOID STRIKING HANDICAP PARKING SIGN, INTO THE PATH OF A PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING ON MALL ACCESS ROAD. STRUCK TRUCK AND CONTINUED FORWARD TOWARD PEDESTRIANS ON SIDEWALK. MANAGED TO AVOID THEM AND THE ENGINED STOPPED AT THAT POINT. I APPLIED THE BRAKE SO HARD I INJURED MY RIGHT HAMSTRING MUSCLE AND WAS UNABLE TO WALK. TOYOTA SEIZED VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION AND HAS NOT RELEASED OR INSPECTED IT AS OF THIS DATE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10125754June 20, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
WAS LOCKED INSIDE 1990 TOYOTA CAMRY, ABOUT 250 DEGREES OR MORE. ALL DOOR HANDLES FAILED. MOONROOF WOULD NOT OPEN. HAD TO KICK OUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW TO ESCAPE. TOYOTA, IF YOU DON'T THINK THESE ARE DEFECTIVE CARS, YOU MUST BE FROM AN ALIEN PLANET. PLEASE, POLICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME I SURVIVED A DEATH TRAP...SEEMS LIKE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS THE ONLY ANSWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10125727June 19, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN THE OVERDRIVE IS ACTIVATED, THE RPM'S SPIKE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX THOUSAND RPM'S. THIS HAPPENS DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. IT STARTED AROUND THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, FIVE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. MY CONCERN WITH THIS PROBLEM IS THAT IT MAY SPIKE AT AN INOPPORTUNE TIME CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE RPM'S SPIKE I LOSE ACCELORATOR CONTROL. THE VEHICLE MILAGE IS 14697.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125455June 16, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DT: DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN ON DRIVER'S SIDE OR ANY OF THE OTHER DOORS, CONSUMER COULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS WITH KEY OR LOCK BUTTON. THE TRANSMITTER WOULD NOT RESPOND EITHER. BEFORE WHEN IT WOULD GET REAL HOT THE TRANSMITTER WOULDN'T WORK AND LIGHTS WOULDN'T WORK. BUT COULD OPEN THE DOORS AND GET OUT. LAST NIGHT HAD TO CRAWL OUT THE WINDOW TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125545June 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
AT APPROXIMATELY 90,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKING WITH TOYOTA DEALER, THEY INDICATED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MUST BE REPLACED. THEY FUTHER INDICTATED THAT THERE IS A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER FOR THIS ITEM AND THEY ALREADY HAVE 10 VEHICLES ON THE WAITING LIST AT THEIR DEALERSHIP. I BELIEVE, FROM THIS INFORMATION, THAT THIS MUST BE A PROBLEM THAT IS A RESULT OF A DESIGN DEFECT AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY TOYOTA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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