Toyota Camry Complaints

19,642 consumer complaints on file.

#763290June 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
THE ENGINE SEIZED AND BLEW WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, WHICH CAUSED A CATASTOPHIC FIRE AND COMPLETE DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND SURROUNDING PARTS. IT WAS A POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS EVENT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED GREAT INJURY. WE ARE CONTACTING TOYOTA REGARDING THE NEWSWORTHY "ENGINE SLUDGE" PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE ADMITTING IN 1996-2000 CAMRYS (OURS WAS 1996) AND THERE CLAIM OF HONORING ENGINE DAMAGE CLAIMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763249June 19, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY SON HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE TURNING LEFT, AIRBAG DEPLOYED, HE HAS BEEN LEFT WITH INNER EAR DAMAGED THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A SPECIALIST AND COMPANY WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME OF ANY OTHER FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO 1992 CAMRY'S AND AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT? SOMEONE AT YOUR OFFICE TOLD ME THERE HAD BEEN SOME RECALLS DUE TO AIRBAGS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#763256June 19, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012158June 19, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
UPON STARTING VEHICLE AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, VEHICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND NOTICED IDLE SPEED CONTROL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012003June 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING APPLIED BRAKES AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK DURING THE ACCIDENT THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED ALSO. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#8012010June 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012018June 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
A STRANGE ODOR WAS COMING INTO CAB OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS CARBON MONOXIDE. CONSUMER STATED THAT SUNROOF WAS VACUUMING FUMES BACK INTO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565410June 17, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
CONSUMER STATES FRONT END RATTLES AROUND THE TIRE AREAS ON BUMPY ROAD, DEALER REPLACED STRUT MOUNTS. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011915June 17, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
SPECKS IN WINDSHIELD ARE CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY AND ND AFFECTING CONSUMER EYES WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAY. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011946June 17, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, PASSENGER LIGHTLY TOUCHED SHIFT LEVER AS SHE TURNED ON AIR CONDITIONER, IT SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES, DEALER STATED THIS WAS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. *AK THESE EVENTS WERE CAUSED BY INADVERTENT BRUSH OF THE GEAR SHIFT HANDLE WHEN REACHING ACROSS. CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT A VERY LIGHT TAP TO THE GEAR SHIFT WHILE IN "D" CAUSES IT TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND INSTANTLY DECELERATE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011975June 17, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
DEALER REPLACED REAR WHEEL DISC AND PADS BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD SQUEAK WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763184June 17, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON THURSDAY, MAY 9TH, 2002 I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE JEWEL STORE AT 40TH STREET AND HARLEM AVE. IN STICKNEY, IL. MY SPEED AT THAT TIME WAS 1 OR 2 MPH. ABOUT 3 OR 4 FEET FROM WHERE I WAS TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP - THE CAR SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD "REVVING" NOISE AND LURCHED FORWARD - UP OVER A CURB, UP A GRASSY EMBANKMENT, KNOCKED DOWN TWO PINE TREES AND SIDESWIPED A 6' WOODEN FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AS ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP UNTIL STOPPED BY THE FENCE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763094June 14, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS BACKING OUT AND TURNING 90 DEGREES FROM A PARKING SPACE AT MY APARTMENT WHEN THE ENGINE IN MY 2002 CAMRY BEGAN TO SURGE. I COULD NOT STOP MY CAMRY BY APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND IT BACKED INTO A GMC SOMONA PICKUP TRUCK.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011705June 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TURNING A CORNER AT 25 MPH VEHICLE SHUTOFF, THERE WAS NO WARNING. CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011720June 13, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHILE PUTTING POWER OPERATED DRIVER SIDE WINDOW IT EXPLODED IN CONSUEMER'S FACE, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO CONSUMER. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8011745June 13, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A SUDDEN STOP, PEDAL IS NORMAL; HOWEVER, THERE IS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THE PROBLEM MAY BE DUE TO AN IMPROPER FRICTION MATERIAL, ALSO STATES THAT POSSIBLY THE MASTER CYLINDER PISTON DISPLACEMENT HAS BEEN MISCALCULATED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011598June 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE'S A PULSATING FEELING IN VEHICLE, IT FEELS LIKE BRAKES ARE GOING TO RELEASE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011692June 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY BLUE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565387June 11, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, PARKING BRAKE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
ABOUT EVERY 6 MONTHS, THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011533June 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
EXHAUST SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TO GROUND AND MAY CAUSES A POTENTIAL FIRE, MAKING CONTACT WITH DEBRIS. DEALER AND MANFUCTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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