Toyota Camry Complaints

19,642 consumer complaints on file.

#10100206November 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
DEFECTIVE PART ON TOYOTA CAMRY 1999. CHARCOAL CANISTER. MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSES OIL TO GEL, RESULTING IN BLOWN MOTOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101402November 19, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101191November 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING TRACTION CONTROL AT 65000 MILES FAILED. THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, AND HE RESET IT. THEN, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, LIGHT CAME ON WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONSUMER BOUGHT THE PART; HAD IT PUT ON. WITHIN A MONTH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE MECHANIC THEY FOUND THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100043November 16, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE DRIVER'S SIDE BACK WINDOW HAS HAD A WHISLEING SOUND SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE CAR WAS MADE THAT IT WASN'T VERY SOUND PROOF BUT WHEN I RODE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE IT DIDN'T MAKE THE SOUND. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WEATHERSTRIPPING OR THE WAY THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SEALS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099950November 15, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK IT IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098848November 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM A REST STOP, DURING INITIAL ACCELERATION, THE AUTOMOBILE WOULD NOT STOP ACCELARATING. IT TOOK BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND TURNING THE ENGINE OFF TO FINALLY BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. BRAKES WERE SMOKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098782November 13, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
HAVE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH ABS SYSTEM ON THIS AUTOMOBILE. THESE BRAKES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR, INCLUDING TODAY (MY WIFE DRIVING), HAVE ACTED EXTREMELY ERRATICALLY, WITH EXCESSIVE PULSATING AND CHATTERING PERFORMANCE THAT I WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A ROTOR ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED A MINIMUM OF 30-50 TIMES SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW, HAS BEEN REPORTED ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS TO THE DEALER (BERNARDI. FRAMINGHAM, MA) DURING ROUTINE SERVICE, AND HAS BEEN DISCOUNTED AS A NON-PROBLEM. I DISAGREE, AND AM TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IF NOT CORRECTED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098791November 13, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OF OUR 2004 CAMRY REPEATEDLY DISENGAGES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS RE-CALIBRATED THE COMPUTER FIVE TIMES NOW AND THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO TOYOTA BUT THEIR ENGINEERS HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX IT. THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE ANY PARTS, SAYING THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY PARTS THAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM AND THEY'D JUST BE "THROWING PARTS" AT IT. THEY ALSO CLAIM THE LEMON LAW DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT REPLACING PARTS BUT SIMPLY RE-CALIBRATING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT IN HERE FOR INCIDENT DATE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY. I WILL USE THE LAST ONE BELOW, BUT THIS IS A REPAIR WE'VE HAD TO SEEK AGAIN FIVE TIMES. THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE NOT HAD TO SEEK IT MORE THAN THAT IS THAT NORMALLY MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR ALONE AND RARELY HAS A PASSENGER. THE AIRBAG ONLY DISENGAGES WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER. IT APPEARS THERE MAY BE SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN SEATBELT USE AND PUTTING CAR IN OR OUT OF GEAR. THIS LAST TIME IT WENT OUT WE WERE STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. AT ONE POINT THE PASSENGER RELEASED THE SEATBELT. WE WERE TAKING THE CAR IN AND OUT OF GEAR EVERY 5-10 MINUTES TO MOVE JUST A FEW YARDS. ANOTHER TIME THE AIRBAG DISENGAGED WAS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR. WE HAD PULLED INTO A REST AREA. I WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND GOT OUT. MY WIFE LATER MOVED THE CAR (DRIVING) AND WAS WAITING FOR ME TO GET BACK IN WITH THE CAR RUNNING, IN GEAR. WHEN I GOT BACK IN, SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE NOTICED THE AIRBAG DISENGAGE LIGHT CAME ON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101352November 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED FORWARD UNTIL IT HIT A BUILDING. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM THE SHERIFF STATED BY THE POSITION OF THE WHEELS HE KNEW THE BRAKES FAILED. *TC BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO TOYOTA ABOUT THE BRAKE GOING TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS APPLIED. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS SURE THAT THE HIGH ACCELERATION THAT OCCURRED WITH HER VEHICLE WAS THE RESULT OF THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE KNOCKED DOWN A 4 FOOT METAL PARKING LIGHT, PROCEEDED AND HIT ONE WALL, RAN OVER NUMEROUS SHRUBBERY, A TREE AND HIT THE ENTRANCE OF A BRICK WALL AT A BANK. UPDATED 04/19/10
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098743November 12, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
V6 ENGINE, 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION</A>'; RETURN TRUE;" ONMOUSEOUT="WINDOW.STATUS=''; RETURN TRUE;">AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION</A>'; RETURN TRUE;" ONMOUSEOUT="WINDOW.STATUS=''; RETURN TRUE;">AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION</A>'; RETURN TRUE;" ONMOUSEOUT="WINDOW.STATUS=''; RETURN TRUE;">AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION</A>. VEHICLE FAILS TO ACCELERATE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED FOLLOWING A STOP. APPEARS TO HAPPEN AFTER A QUICK ROLLING STOP AND WHEN THE <A TRUE;">AIR CONDITIONER</A> HAVING TO WORK. CAR IS UNPREDICTABLE, IT WILL START MOVING AFTER THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF THROTTLE HESITATION. *JB CAR ALSO HUNTS FOR GEARS AT SLOWER SPEEDS CAUSING UNCOMFORTABLE RIDE AS THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES AFTER THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEALER THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE V6 CAMRY'S WHICH THE DEALER COULD NOT FIX. I WAS ASKED TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR FURTHER TESTING, WHICH I DID, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ATTEMPT TO FIX THE VEHICLE. *JB THE VEHICLE JERKED THE CONSUMER AROUND AS GEARS WHERE SHIFTED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SEARCHES FOR THE RIGHT GEAR WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096890November 12, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE HESITATED THEN SURGED FORWARD WITH AGGRESSIVE MEANS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR RESPONSE IS VERY POOR AND ERRATIC. THE PEDAL HAS 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF TRAVEL WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE SERVICE MANAGER DROVE THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE SAME MAKE MODEL AND YEAR TO DISCOVER BOTH VEHICLES HAD THE SAME ISSUE. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098692November 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING AND STALLS OUT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE. POWER BRAKES FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY ONCE CALL STALLS OUT CREATING A HAZARD. NO INJURIES OR CRASHES TO DATE BUT IN FEAR OF ONE OCCURRING. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE MANY ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH NO SUCCESS AS OF 11/11/04. REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE, SPARK PLUGS, WIRES, FUEL INJECTORS & CLEAN VALVES TO NO AVAIL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098589November 10, 2004
STEERING
MY CAMRY HAS PULLED TO THE LEFT SINCE THE DAY PURCHASED. IT HAS BEEN ALIGNED OR CHECKED FOR ALIGNMENT NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHEING WRONG WITH MY CAR. I HAVE BEEN TOLD ALL CAMRY'S PULL TO THE LEFT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I SHOULD UPGRADE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD YES, IT DOES PULL TO THE LEFT, BUT IT IS INHERENT IN THE CAR. NOW AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS OF ASKING TOYOTA TO FIX MY CAR, THEY ARE NOW SAYING IT IS THE TIRES AND OF COURSE THAT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AS THEIR WARANTY DOES NOT COVER TIRES. THIS VEHICLE WILL PULL ACROSS THE LINE INTO ANOTHER LANE AT THE HIGHER SPEEDS AND THIS MAKES THE CAR DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098590November 10, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING ON THE 190-N APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM MY HOME, MY HOOD DID POP OPEN AND WAS EJECTED FROM MY VEHICLE TRAVELING ABOUT 100 FEET STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION CAUSING DAMAGE TO SAME. MY MECHANIC DID STATE THAT THE LATCH WAS EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN RUST. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND INVESTIGATE AS TO THE REASON MY LATCH DID NOT WORK RELEASING MY HOOD. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED MANY FATALITIES HAD IT BEEN A BUSY WEEK DAY. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD SON, THANK GOD I KEPT A CLEAR HEAD AND WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE PULLING IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE THAT WAS HIT DID STOP AVOIDING THE HOOD FROM STRIKING HIS WINDSHIELD BY INCHES DEFINITELY SAVING HIS LIFE. I NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098596November 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
FAULTY CHARCOAL CANISTER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099766November 10, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPHCONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE BACK OF A PARKED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT ENGAGE BACKWARDS, BUCKLED HOOD; TORE OFF RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF BUMPER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
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
#10099569November 8, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
THE BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED OPERATEING WHILE BRAKING. THIS ALMOST CAUSES ANOTHER VEHICLE TO REAR END CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098451November 8, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THIS COMPLAINT IS REGARDING A PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION THAT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING WITH MY 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY V6. AFTER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE ENGINE HESITATES FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE RESPONDING ABRUPTLY. I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, BUT THE ACCELERATION TROUBLE DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL AFTER I HAD BEEN DRIVING IT FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR INSPECTION BY THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE PROBLEM BEGAN, I WAS SIMPLY TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER HAD NOT FOUND ANYTHING. SINCE THEN, THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND I HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY RELUCTANT TO DRIVE THE CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098470November 8, 2004
TIRES
TIRE SEPARATION ON GOODYEAR TIRES. DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT ON FREEWAY DAMAGING THE WHEELWELL AND SCRACHING THE CAR WITH THE FLYING RUBBER. THE OTHER TIRE WAS FLAKING ON NEAR THE TREADS. GOODYEAR IS GOING TO REPLACE TWO REAR TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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