Toyota Camry Complaints

19,642 consumer complaints on file.

#10074053May 21, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE ODOMETER READ 3% MORE THAN THE CONSUMER HAD ACTUALLY DRIVING. THIS CAUSED DISCREPANCIES IN SPEED CONTROL, WARRANTY ISSUES AND CAUSED AN OVERAGE OF 1440 MILE IN THE CONSUMERS 48000 MILE LEASE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD, BY A REPRESENTATIVE, THAT A 10% ERROR VARIANCE WAS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE ODOMETER READINGS. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072962May 21, 2004
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT ON THE LEFT SIDE FAILED TO RETRACT. I CAN NOT ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT OEM, BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS. COULD YOU BE MORE CLEAR ON YOUR OFFICIAL FORMS, PLEASE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073959May 20, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN CRUISE CONTROL CONSUMER KEPT FEELING AN ABNORMAL SHIFT IN THE ENGINE. GEARS WERE SHIFTING, BUT THEY WERE DOING SO ROUGHLY. CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISABLED ,AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. HE EXAMINED THE ENGINE, DROVE THE VEHICLE, AND CLAIMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS WORKING NORMALLY. VEHICLE WAS GETTING VERY LOW GAS MILEAGE CONSIDERING THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSE TO GET HIGH GAS MILEAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074004May 20, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. WHILE PARKING INTO A SPACE AT A SCHOOL VEHICLE SURGED AND LUNGED FORWARD WHILE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067529May 20, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO DISENGAGE IT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND THE PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO ACCELERATE THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL FORWARD AND BACK TO OBTAIN ACCELERATION. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED A THROTTLE BODY CLEANING AND IDLE SPEED CONTROL REPLACEMENT. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065214May 20, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE SWITCHING FROM PARK TO DRIVE CONSUMER TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL HITTING A WALL. *AK MECHANIC TESTED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT GEAR SELECTOR ON TRANSMISSION MOVED BY ITSELF FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. *LA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10065288May 20, 2004
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10073900May 19, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN VEHICLE IS ENGAGED IN REVERSE IT ACCELERATES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072897May 19, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK IS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION, MAKING IT UNABLE TO OPEN IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072805May 18, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
02/23/04, DEALER'S INVOICE TOCS12154: 04/19/04, DEALER'S INVOICE TOCS14794. THE CD AND TAPE PLAYER WENT BAD BEFORE THE CAR WAS TWO YEARS OLD. I DID NOT DISCOVER THIS UNTIL THERE WAS 37,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 35,000 MILES. THE CD/TAPE PLAYER PART OF THE RADIO WAS NOT EVEN USED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO I WAS NOT AWARE THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE DEALER CHARGED ME $250.00 FOR A "USED" RADIO THEY ORDERED FROM THE MANUFACTURER (A NEW RADIO WAS GOING TO COST $850.00). THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO NOT CHARGE ME FOR THE INSTALLATION. SINCE TOYOTA DOES NOT MAKE THE RADIOS INSTALLED IN THEIR VEHICLES, TOYOTA WOULD NOT HELP ME WITH MY PROBLEM. 03-08-04, DEALER'S INVOICE TOCS12900:I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM THAT CONCERNS ME MORE THAN THE RADIO MALFUNCTION. THERE IS A VIABRATION WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO STOP THE CAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THIS CHECKED. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS BE TURNED (FOR $170.00) AND THAT THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS BE RESURFACED (FOR $127.50) BY THE TIME THE DEALER CHECKED THIS FOR ME, THE CAR HAD 38,363 MILES. THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 35,000 MILES! NEITHER THE DEALER NOR TOYOTA WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE BRAKES. THEY CONSIDERED IT TO BE "NORMAL" WEAR AN TEAR. I HAVE NEVER HAD A RADIO GO BAD IN ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE OWNED. MY SUBARU IMPREZZA IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD! THE IMPREZZE STILL HAD ITS ORIGINAL BRAKES!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073813May 18, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
DEALER RESURFACED THE FRONTS ROTORS AND REPLACED THE PADS. AT 21,000 MILES THE FRONT ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. AT 23,000 MILES THE FRONT PADS WERE REPLACED FOR A THIRD TIME AND AT 42,000 MILES THEY REPLACED STRUT MOUNTING. AT 43,000 FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOR THE FOURTH TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072821May 18, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
RIGHT FRONT CALIPER BOLT FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING - CALIPER DISLODGED JUST HAPPENED AGAIN 5/17/04. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073842May 18, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE IDLING IN TRAFFIC, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SLAM THE GEAR SHIFT IN PARK IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB UPDATED 7/5/12 *CN THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 08/13/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072838May 18, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
WHILE WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, WE STRUCK IN THE REAR OF OUR 2002 TOYOTA.CAMRY. SEAT BELT DIDNOT HOLD ME BECAME LOOSE. SEAT BACK COLLAPESED AND THE SEAT( ELECTRIC) WHENT BACK ABOUT 8 INCHES I COULN'T REACH THE PEDALS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10072749May 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE SLUDGE. NOT YET FAILED BUT INEVITABLE IF NOT REPAIRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072771May 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1992 V6 3.0 CAMRY HISTORY OF MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND REPAIRS, GOOD MAINT. RECORD, NONE COVERED RECOGNIZED BY TOYOYA WARRANTY. ENGINE AND STEERING AND SUSPENSION IN THIS CAR AND MANY OTHERS IS LLISTED AS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS IN RESEARCH REPORTS FOR A REASON. MANUFACTURING, ENGINEERING DESIGN ALL PROBLEM AREAS. DRIVING CAR AT SLOW SPEED, HAD UNCONTROLLABE PULL TO LEFT AND SURGING CAR INTO A WALL. DRIVER AIRBAG AND SUSTAINED NONLIFE THREATENING INJURIES. PROPERTY DAMAGE TO WALL AND TO CAR SIGNIFICANT. INVESTIGATOR SAYS MOST LIKELY RACK AND PINION STEERING AT FAULT. READING UP ON TOYOTA CARS WITH V6 3.0 ENGINE AND DESIGN OF CAR, BELIEVE THIS CAR AND OTHERS SHARE THE SAME PROBLEMS, SO COMPLICATED, DIFFICULT COSTLY TO ADDRESS, TOYOTA CHOOSING TO IGNORE ADDRESSING PROBLEMS. THIS CAR IS XAMPLE OF ONE VEHICLE BEEN AROUND MANY YEARS AND WHAT ULTIMATELY CAN HAPPEN WHEN THE PROBLEMS NOT FIXED. BELIEVE DESIGN FLAWS SIGNIFICANT AND DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD. BELIEVE IN THE V6 ENGINES AND STEERING DESIGN( SAME DESIGN SOME LEXUS AND OTHER TOYOTA MODELS ) ARE PERSISTANT PROBLEMS. ONLY MATTER OF TIME BEFORE LIVES WILL BE LOST DUE TO WHAT I THINK IS NEGLIGENCE IN ACKNOWLEDGING (NOT FIXING THE PROBLEMS WHICH MAY NOT BE FIXABLE WHICH IN THAT CASE THE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED.OVERWHELMING COST, SEE WHY TOYOTA WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THAT.) UNFORTUNATELY, DOESNT STOP PROBLEMS RISKS FOR PEOPLE WITH THESE CARS. REALLY BELIEVE IF GET A LIST OF ALL THE CARS OUT THERE WITH THE V6 ENGINE AND THE STEERING DESING AS IN THIS CAMRY, YOU WOULD FIND THE SAME TYPE CONSISTENT PROBLEMS AND KEY TO WHAT REALLY IS CAUSING THEM TO SLUDGE, BLOW HEAD GASKETS, CATCH FIRE, BLUE SMOKE, SIEZE SURGE FORWARD PULL TO THE LEFT IN A MATTER OF ANYTHING FROM WANDERING TO UNCONTROLLABLE PULLING INTO HEAD ON TRAFFIC. PROBLEMS ARE CLEARLY NOTED AND REPEATED IN THE LITTLE TIME I HAVE SPENT REVIEWING COMPLAINTS. IT SHOULD BE MORE READILY AVAILABLE FOR TOYOTA TO LOOK INTO. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10072674May 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WE PURCHASED A NEW 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY LE.AFTER ABOUT 6 MONTHS OR SO WE BEGAN TO HEAR A WATER SLOSHING SOUND UNDER OUR DASHBOARD.WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE OUR DRIVEWAY WAS AT A SLOPE AND MAYBE THE POSITION THE CAR WAS IN, THE FLUIDS WERE RUSHING THROUGH THE ENGINE.SO WE PARKED IN THE STREET.THE SAME NOISE CONTINUED WHEN WE BRAKED,TURNED AND STOPPED.AFTER TRYING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM WE TOOK OUR CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TEST DROVE THE CAR AND SAID"OH,THAT'S A NORMAL ENGINE SOUND" I SAID I DON'T THINK SO AND WENT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE AIR IN THE HOSES.THEY BLED THE SYSTEM AND IT WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN RETURNED.BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 MORE TIMES.FINALLY THEY THREW UP THEIR HANDS AND SAID FOR US TO GIVE THEM 60 MORE DAYS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM WHICH IT WAS NOW IN ARBITRATION.HOW CAN THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM IF WE STILL HAD THE CAR IN OUR POSESSION? WE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THIS CAR PUTTING ON MILES NOT KNOWING THAT WHEN THEY BUY BACK YOUR CAR THEY DEDUCT THE MILES FROM THE COST OF WHICH THEY PAY YOU ON THE LEMON LAW BUYBACK.SO HAD THEY KEPT THE CAR ,KNOWING THEY COULDN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM,OUR MONIES WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE.THEY ARE BUYING OUR CAR BACK AND WE FEEL EXTREMELY CHEATED.WE BOUGHT A NEW VEHICLE. NOT A TOYOTA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072605May 14, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MAKIA CAFUA, DRIVING HER 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. WAS ENTERING I-93 AT EXIT 39 AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING WHEN HER CAR SUDDENLY SHOT ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAVEL AND WAS HIT, BROAD SIDE, BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE HIGH SPEED (3RD) LANE. TRAFFIC AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS LIGHT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CAMRY EXPERIENCED AN UN-COMMANDED ACCELERATION CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL RESULTING IN THE ACCIDENT AND HER DEATH. THE CAMRY HAS BEEN STORED SINCE THE ACCIDENT AND NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO ITS POST ACCIDENT CONDITION. VEHICLE IS AVAILABLE FOR INPECTION/TESTING BY NHTSA. *AK UPDATED 03/05/10 *BF UPDATED 06/25/10 UPDATED 9/21/2011*CW
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#10072628May 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY WIFE WAS SLOWING FOR A STOP SIGN OFF A HIGHWAY EXIT RAMP WHEN"THE BRAKES DID NOT STICK AND THE CAR LURCHED FOREWARD' STRIKING A STOPPED VEHICLE.SHE TOLD THE POLICE SHE WAS ONLY GOING 5-10MPH AT MOST, BUT THE OTHER VEHICLE SUFFERED OVER $500.00 IN DAMAGES.THIS WAS IN GOOD ROAD CONDITIONS WHERE SHE TRAVELS DAILY. PRIOR TO THIS I HAD TOLD THE DEALER THAT THE BRAKES FELT MUSHY AND RARELY GAVE CONFIDENCE. THE SERVICE RECORDS STATE THE FOLLOWING:COMPLAINT-BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS A LONG WAY TO STOP. REPLY-BRAKES FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. NORMAL TRAVEL FOR THIS TYPE OF BRAKE SYSTEM. [3000 MILES LATER] COMPLAINT-BRAKE PEDAL FEELS LIKE IT LOSES PRESSURE WHEN STOPPING. WORRIED CAR WILL NOT STOP AT TIMES. REPLY-IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT REAR DRUM BRAKE. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS MORE WRONG THAN AN OUT OF ADJUSTMENT REAR BRAKE. EITHER THE BRAKE SYSTEM OR A COMBINATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND ACCELERATION SYSTEM ARE FAULTY IN THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073676May 14, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS THAT WERE STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION. THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR 1992 RECALL CONCERNING THE SAME PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, ALL THE DOORS WERE LOCKED EXCEPT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHICH WAS JIMMIED TO GAIN ENTRANCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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