Toyota Camry Complaints

19,642 consumer complaints on file.

#890750June 20, 2001
SUSPENSION
WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES, CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL. VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL IS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVER. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890743June 20, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
AT 9,000 MILES VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE REALIGNED FRONT END AND REBALANCED ALL THE TIRES. AT 12,846 MILES FRONT TWO TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE POTENZA, P205/65R15 92H, DOT NUMBER Y79LEFA219, TWO TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, ANOTHER TIRE WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE, DEALER HAD BALANCED TIRES AND RE-ALIGNED WHEEL AT 12489 MILES, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT HELP. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747133June 20, 2001
TIRES
ON BOTH CAMRY'S I HAVE OWNED I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE STREETS ARE WET THE TIRES TEND TO SPIN WHEN I FIRST BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AND THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING TRACTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747171June 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON 6-16-01, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. I WASN'T ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IN ORDER TO STOP IT, I HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM. IT HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THE WATER PUMP FROZE UP ON IT AND BROKE THE TIMING BELT. THE SALESMAN WHO SOLD ME MY CAR TOLD ME THAT HE HAS HEARD OF MANY OWNERS OF THE CAMRY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I'M EXPERIENCING. HE TOLD ME THAT THE CAR IS PRETTY MUCH UNSAFE, SO I TRADED IT IN AND BOUGHT A COROLLA TODAY. I HAD NO INTENTION OF TRADING IN MY CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF TOYTOA KNEW ABOUT THE FAILED WATER PUMP/TIMING BELT IN THEIR CAMRYS'. AND IF SO, WHY DIDN'T THEY LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THIS COULD BE? I LEASED MY CAMRY AND TOYOTA IS MAKING ME PAY FOR REMAINDER OF THE LEASE. THEREFORE, I AM PAYING TWO CAR NOTES. I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE MONEY I LOST IN THIS DEAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561687June 19, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
CONSUMER STATES A CROSSING OF TWO WIRES IN THE TRUNK AREA CAUSED ENGINE MODULE AND INDICATOR LIGHTS ON DASH TO SHORT OUT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890541June 18, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
ABS LIGHT CAME ON. BRAKING DISTANCE WAS EXTENDED AND BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING. DEALER REPLACED PADS AND FRONT ROTORS. 2 MONTHS LATER, ABS LIGHT CAME BACK ON. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS. 8AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890582June 18, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH A VIBRATION OCCURS IN VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, AND COULD NOT ASSIST CONSUMER. DURING THE WEEK OF JUNE 11TH, ACCELERATOR STUCK WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. DEALERSHIP AGAIN STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER NOTICED CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, IT WOULD CUT IN AND OUT AND JERK VEHICLE, DEALER ADJUSTED TERMINAL OF JUMPER SWITCH WIRE TO ENSURE GOOD CONTACT AND ADJUSTED CABLE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, NOW CONSUMER EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL TURNED ON, CRUISE IS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WHILE ON, RPMS ARE RUNNING HIGH WHILE AT STOPS, AND ACCELERATOR IS STICKING. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES WHEN THEY ARE HEATED UP, THEY GET HARD AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746979June 18, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
LETTER AND ATTACHMENTS FORTHCOMING VIA US MAIL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890522June 18, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT BACK FIRES AND WILL NOT START, IT TAKES ABOUT 3 TRIES FOR VEHICLE TO START, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS ON, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 4 TIMES, THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ,HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BE RESOLVED.*AK *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746833June 14, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING ON A LONG DISTANCE DRIVE, MY 6 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE REAR LEFT SEAT WITH HER SEAT BELT ON. SHE PULLED THE SEAT BELT ALL THE WAY OUT TO LAY DOWN AND TAKE A NAP WHILE RESTRAINED IN THE SEAT BELT. WHILE ASLEEP SHE HAD TAKEN HER HAND OUT OF HER SEAT BELT AND THE SEAT BELT WAS WRAPED AROUND HER WAIST. WHEN SHE WOKE UP, IN ORDER TO FREE HERSELF FORM THE WRAPED SEAT BELT, SHE UNBUCKLED HER SEAT BELT WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL WRAPPED AROUND HER, THIS IS WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPEND. THE SEATBELT'S RETRACTION SYSTEM ONLY RETRACTED THE SEAT BELT IN, MAKING IT TIGHER AND TIGHTER AROUND HER STOMACH. THE RETRACTION SYSTEM DID NOT LET HER LOOSEN THE SEAT BELT. IN FURTHER EFFORT TO FREE HERSELF, SHE LIFTED HERSELF AND THE SEATBET BECAME TIGHER AROUND HER STOMACH. I PULLED ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO FREE HER FROM THE SEATBELT, BUT THE RETRACTION SYSTEM DID NOT ALLOW ME TO GET THE SEAT BELT LOOSE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY POCKET KNIFE WITH ME TO CUT THE SEAT BELT. I FINALLY FLAGED A MOTARIST WHO HAD A POCKET KNIFE AND CUT THE SEAT BELT AND FREED HER. THE SEAT BELT HAD BECOME SO TIGHT THAT SHE HAD GOTTON INJURED ALL AROUND HER WAIST AND STOMACH. IF THIS HAD HAPPEND WITH A SMALLER CHILD IT COULD HAVE EASILY KILED THE CHILD IF NOT HELPED IN TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#890369June 14, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH HOOD DISCONNECTED FROM FRAME AND FLEW BACK OVER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, BUT HAS NOT GIVEN CONSUMER A REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890378June 14, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
A WHITE POWDER OR FILM SUBSTANCE IS COMING FROM AIR VENT WHICH IS FOGGING UP WINDSHIELD. ALSO, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR OCCUPANTS TO BREATH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETECT CAUSE. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED, THERE WAS A TERRIBLE ODOR THAT CAME FROM THE VENTS, HOWEVER IT WENT AWAY AFTER ABOUT A WEEK, 3 YEARS LATER AND THE ODOR IS BACK WHEN AC IS TURNED ON. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561600June 13, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVER'S DOOR OF NEW CAR NEEDS MUCH MORE FORCE TO CLOSE THAN OTHER DOORS, ON ONE OCCASION THE DOOR OPENED WHILE VEHCILE WAS IN MOTION AND THE DOOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON, THE CONSUMER BELIVES THE DOOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890318June 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, ABS SYSTEM WOULD LOCK UP. WHEN THIS HAD HAPPENED, VEHCLE SKIDDED & HIT A POLE. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. NO INJURIES. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TOTALED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890323June 13, 2001
SEAT BELTS
COMPUTER CHIP THAT CONTROLS SHOULDER BELT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH ALONG THE TRACK OF DOOR WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED AND CLOSED HAS FAILED. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND WERE GOING TO CHARGE CONSUMER APPROXIMATELY $700.00 TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890342June 13, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY VEHICLE'S LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, AND WENT THROUGH LEFT FRONT TIRE, AND TIRE DEFLATED. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER TEMPORARILY. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS UNSAFE BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN ON FREEWAY. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHUR INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890104June 11, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL IS BEING PUSHED THROUGH THE AIR CHECK VALVE IN CALIFORNIA SMOG SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALLOWING FUEL TO FLOW ONTO ENGINE COMPONENTS THAT HEAT UP DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. THERE WILL BE PUDDLES OF FUEL UNDER VEHICLE WHEN IT IS PARKED IN ONE POSITION, WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED A FIRE HAZARD. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS/PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746593June 8, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING GOING UP A HILL, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP THE CAR BY APPLYING THE BRAKES, BUT THE CAR FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. IT WAS RAINING.*AK UPDATED 03/09/10
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#746539June 7, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING
I PURCHASED A 2001 CAMRY LE (NEW) AND THE DOME LIGHT DOES NOT WORK THE WAY THE MANUAL SAYS IT SHOULD. I HAVE POWER DOOR LOCKS AND KEYLESS ENTRY- WHEN I USE MY KEYLESS ENTRY MY DOME LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON THE WAY MY MANUAL STATES IT SHOULD. AND WHEN I FIRST CLOSE MY DOOR THE DOME LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON FOR THE 15 SECONDS LIKE THE MANUAL SAYS IT SHOULD. THIS IS VERY VERY UNSAFE FOR A PERSON TO GET INTO THIS CAR AFTER DARK!!!! IF SOMEONE WAS HIDING IN THE CAR THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE ADVANTAGES - IF I USE MY KEYLESS ENTRY FROM 10 FEET AWAY AND MY LIGHT DOESN'T COME I CAN'T TELL SOMEONE WOULD BE IN THE CAR BUT, IN REALITY I HAVE JUST SIGNALED TO THAT PERSON THAT I'M ON MY WAY TO THE CAR, SO GET READY TO JUMP OUT AT ME. THEY'RE READY AND I WOULDN'T BE!!!!!!!! SOUNDS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO ME. HOW DOES TOYOTA JUSTIFY TAKING "AWAY" SAFETY FEATURES. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENES WHEN WE GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DO BUSINESS IN AMERICA?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561479June 6, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING A BLOW OUT. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER ON WARRANTY.(BF GOODRICH M65 195-70-14). *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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