Toyota Camry Complaints

19,642 consumer complaints on file.

#10025587July 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LAST YEAR AT APPROXIMATLEY SAME MONTH & DATE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON.I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN MAY OF 2001, IT ONLY HAS 9034 MILES AND THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020053July 3, 2003
TIRES
THE TIRES CONTAINED BUBBLES . IT WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE HUDIBURG TOYOTA. THEY REMOVED THE TIRE AND PERFORMED AN INSPECTION, THE DEALER STATED THE DEFECT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARDS. NEW TIRES WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE. *NLM *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026505July 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING HEARD A POPPING SOUND, THEN SAW WHITE SMOKE, SOON AFTER THAT SHE SAW BLACK SMOKE.SHE GOT OUT OF CAR, AND SAW SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, THEN FIRE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE (FRONT OF THE AUTO) PART. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, AND WHEN THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT, THE FIREMAN SAID THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MIXTURE OF OIL GETTING ON THE HOT MOTOR WHICH STARTED THE FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026332July 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
WHEN DRIVING A ROTTEN EGG SMELL ENTERS THE PASSENGER CABIN WHICH CAUSES THE OCCUPANTS TO FEEL A BURNING SENSATION IN THE NOSE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THIS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER STATES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE GASOLINE STATIONS IN TENNESSEE ARE NOT REGULATING THE AMOUNT OF SULFUR IN THE GAS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026392July 1, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD, SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. *AK CONSUMER WAS MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE IN A PARKING SPOT AND LIFTED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO DRIFT FORWARD A SHORT DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND RAN OVER A PARKING STOP, A SIDEWALK CURB AND THEN RAN INTO A WOODEN FENCE WHERE IT STOPPED. ON PRIOR OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE HAD SIMILARLY SURGED FORWARD WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WAITING AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. IN THESE INSTANCES, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026164June 30, 2003
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022695June 27, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
VEHICLE'S NEW BRAKING SYSTEM WAS UNSAFE. BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE IT ENGAGED. AS A RESULT, THE CONSUMER ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHILE BRAKING. *AK THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND AS SHE TURNED THE CORNER, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OVER THE CURB, ONTO THE SIDE WALK, AND INTO THE LIBRARY. (ONE MUST PLACE THERE FOOT ON THE CENTER OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FOOT COULD POSSIBLY DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR) *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018036June 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
THERE WAS A SULFUR ODOR COMING THREW THE AIR VENT FROM THE EXHAUST WHICH MADE THE OCCUPANTS SICK. *NLM (SEE ANNOTATION - MJ) *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025043June 26, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
LEFT WHEEL SPRING BROKE ON VEHICLE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *MR AS THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED A FLAT TIRE. THE CONSUMER'S SON TRIED TO FIX THE TIRE, WHEN HE NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPRING HAD BROKEN WHICH HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FRONT WHEEL, SPRINGS, AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE WHEEL WHICH NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026166June 26, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
POWER DOOR LOCKS SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND FAILED. VEHICLE'S VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 92V135000. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED HE/SHE MAY EXPERIENCE TROUBLE EXITING/ENTERING VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY. *TT *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023811June 26, 2003
EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
RE: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: - 93V147000. I WAS DRIVING HOME LISTENING TO THE RADIO WHEN IT STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I REMOVED THE RADIO FROM THE CAR I FOUND A SSCP03 TAG DATED 07/13/94 WITH DEALER CODE NO "78" STAMPED ON IT. SSCP03 IS THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) NUMBER I FOUND FOR A "SAFETY RECALL" .TODAY I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AT WHICH I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR, TO INVESTIGATE THIS. THE DEALERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTED ME WITH A PAGE OF A "WARRANTY DOFU/SSC REPORT" ITEMIZING A "P03 1991 CAMRY/PREVIA RADIO 08/24/94 31027" FOR MY VEHICLE. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS SHOWED THAT THE RADIO [TOYOTA 86120-03042...CE-2233TL1B SERIAL NO. R7002084] WAS FACTORY REPAIRED ON 07/13/94 AND INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE ON 08/29/94, SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SAFETY RECALL. I AM CONCERNED THAT: THIS RADIO CEASED TO FUNCTION SUDDENLY; THE SSCP03 IDENTIFICATION APPEARS ON IT; AND, THOSE DATES PRECEED THE ISSUE DATE "SEP 94" OF THE SAFETY RECALL IDENTIFIED BY ALLDATA.COM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019875June 26, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, AND COLLIDED WITH SEVEN OTHER VEHICLE'S. *JB CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES HOWEVER THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE. *TT *JB SEE ALSO ODI 10025068 *DSY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018037June 26, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON DUE TO A BENT GAS FILLER NECK. *NLM PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001624June 26, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL#92V135000 (LATCHES AND LOCKS). DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. * TS THE DRIVER DOOR'S ELECTRIC LOCK OPENED FROM THE LOCK POSITION. RECALLL# 92V135000 *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024794June 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024837June 24, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023692June 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I WENT OVERSEAS FOR TWO MONTHS AND RETURNED WHICH I DO FREQUENTLY AND WILL IN THE FUTURE. I HAD THE CAR PARKED AND NO ONE DROVE THE VEHICLE AND IT ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 7,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE VEHICLE SURGED BACK AND FORTH AND ALMOST CRASHED. THE BRAKES CATCH" AND THEN RELEASE IN A SEVERE LUNGING MOTION AND THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS RUST BUILDUP AND IT WOULD NOT BE UNDER WARRANTY AND I MUST PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. IN ALL MY 30 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING AND CONSIDER THE BRAKING SYSTEM OR PARTS INFERIOR AND THEIR SHOULD BE A WARNING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OR IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY A FATAL SITUATION. I HAVE HAD VEHICLES SIT AROUND FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME AND HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS. SO IT SEEMS THAT AFTER GOING AWAY AND RETURNING TO DRIVE THIS $23K VEHICLE, I MUST PAY FOR REPAIRS EVERY TIME. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND AM LOOKING INTO LEGAL ACTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023703June 24, 2003
TIRES
I PURCHASED FOUR NEW BRIDGESTONE "POTENZA RE900" TIRES FOR MY 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY LE SEDAN FROM COSTCO WHOLESALE (72800 DINAH SHORE DR, PALM DESERT, CA 92211 (760) 202-1362) IN EARLY MAY. TWO WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING TO MORNING CHURCH (APPROX. 45 MPH) I HEARD A LARGE "BOOM" AND DISCOVERED THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD EXPLODED. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION WHERE THEY INSTALLED THE SAME MODEL SPARE TIRE. I RETURNED TO COSTCO AND THEY REPLACED THE SPARE WITH A NEW BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE900 TIRE. LAST SATURDAY EVENING ABOUT 6:00PM (JUNE 21, 2003) WHILE DRIVING HOME TO PALM SPRINGS ON HIGHWAY 10 AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, I HEARD ANOTHER LOUD NOISE AND DISCOVERED ANOTHER BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE900 TIRE HAD EXPLODED. LUCKILY, SOMEONE STOPPED AND REPLACED IT WITH THE SPARE SO I COULD GET HOME. AGAIN, I RETURNED TO COSTCO WHERE THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE900 TIRE. IN MY OPINION, COSTCO'S MANAGER, AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR TIRE SHOULD HAVE: 1. IMMEDIATELY PULLED THEM FROM THE INVENTORY SO THAT THIS MODEL COULD NOT BE SOLD TO OTHER CUSTOMERS 2. REPORTED THIS COSTCO MANAGEMENT... WHO, IMMEDIATELY, SHOULD HAVE PULLED THEM FROM THE INVENTORY OF EVERY STORE 3. REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE 4. REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO THE NHTSA. WHAT SHOULD BE MY NEXT RECOURSE OF ACTION? I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING A PROMPT RESPONSE CONCERNING THIS VERY SERIOUS MATTER. SINCERELY, MILDRED MADSEN. *JB 1370 ADOBE WAY PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262 EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: (760) 323-4683. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023577June 23, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
ON JUNE 21, 2003 @ APPROX. 1730 HRS A 1993 FORD MUSTANG TURNED INTO THE PATH OF MY WIFE'S 2001 CAMRY. THE CAMRY WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 45 MPH AND LEFT APPROX 51 FEET OF SKID MARKS PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE FRONT CAP OF THE CAMRY WAS DAMAGED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10024724June 23, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WILL BE HARD TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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