Toyota Camry Complaints

19,642 consumer complaints on file.

#857038February 16, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE MAKING A TURN AT A LIGHT SIGNAL ANOTHER DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR AT THE LEFT FRONT AIR BAG CENSOR AT ABOUT 50-57 MPH. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#718792February 15, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DURING A VERY HEAVY RAIN, I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE UP A MODERATELY STEEP HILL AT 40MPH. WITH A CONSTANT PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN LOSING POWER AND SLIGHTLY DECELERATED. I INCREASED THE FOOT PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE ENGINE THEN 'WOUND UP' AND A HIGH PITCHED, CONSTANT WHINE CAME FROM IT. AT THE CREST OF THE HILL, THE RPMS DROPPED, THE WHINE CEASED, AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED ITS NORMAL ACCELERATION. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, I HEARD A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE AROUND THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT AREA. IT SOUNDED LIKE METAL BANGING ON METAL. IT STOPPED AFTER A FEW SECONDS. EARLIER IN THE EVENING, MY WIFE HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE IN THE SAME HEAVY RAIN AND NOTED THE SAME PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON A LEVEL ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY THE DEALER ON 2/14, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ENGINE PROBLEM, NOR SAW ANY LOOSE COMPONENTS ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550912February 11, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION. (99V-307) *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855557February 11, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
WHILE DRIVING CAR WENT DEAD AND BRAKES STARTED TO FAIL, THIS WAS A VERY BUSY ROAD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC. HE SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY, REPLACED BATTERY. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE MILEAGE DISAPPEARED, AND CAR WENT DEAD AGAIN. CONSUMER TOOK CAR BACK TO TOYOTA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856743February 11, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, ALSO, DRIVERS SIDE BELT WILL NOT GO BACK INTO RETRACTOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718604February 11, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM SURGED CAR INTO WALL WITH DRIVERS FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718622February 11, 2000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOW REPAIR SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND TAKES DAYS TO GET PART AND DURING THAT TIME WINDOW CAN'T BE PUT UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856707February 10, 2000
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
REAR SEAT BELTS ARE TOO SHORT TO FIT AROUND SELF OR ANYONE ELSE THE SAME SIZE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856708February 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
CONSUMER WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, THERE WAS A FRONT SIDE LIGHT OUT. DEALER CHANGED LIGHT AND CHANGED THE OIL. WHEN CONSUMER PICKED UP CAR THERE WERE NO TAIL LIGHTS. DEALER SAID ALL BULBS BLEW OUT. CONSUMER THINKS MECHANIC MAY HAVE BLOWN OUT THE BULBS. ALSO, MECHANIC SAID THAT CONSUMER NEEDED A NEW OIL PAN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856718February 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS. REFILLED VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT. DROVE VEHICLE TO FRIEND'S HOUSE & THEN IT DIED OUT AGAIN. VEHICLE NEEDED GAS AGAIN. VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN OVER. ALSO, DISTRIBUTOR CAP GOT WET & HAD TO BE REPLACED. STALLING PROBLEM STILL EXISTS & WOULD NOT MAKE A CATCHING NOISE WHEN TRYING TO START IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718560February 10, 2000
STRUCTURE
COMPANY AGREES THAT HEADLINER IS LOOSE WILL NOT REPAIR OR GIVE ESTIMATE BECASE NOT COVERED BY CURRENT TSB AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. TSB IS OUT CURRENTLY FOR SOME CAMRY'S WITH THIS PROBLEM. SERVICE MANAGER STATES THIS IS A SERVICE ADJUSTMENT AND NOT A DEFECT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE AND CAUSES A LOSS IN VALUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718587February 10, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT IS WIDESPREAD. RESULTS IN NOISE IN RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL WHEN HITTING A BUMP.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718535February 9, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UPON ACCELERATING IN REVERSE, MY CAR SHOT BACK AND HIT A TREE 13 FEET FROM MY BACK FENDER. IT WAS AFTER NOTICING THAT MY EXHAUST SYSTEM MIGHT POSSIBLY BE DAMAGED THAT I PROCEEDED TO GET INTO THE CAR TO GENTLY PULL THE CAR AWAY FROM THE TREE AND UPON PUTTING THE GEAR INTO DRIVE FROM PARK, MY CAR THEN SHOT FORWARD AT APPROX. 40 MPH. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC - GREG FIELDS AT BILL PAGE TOYOTA THAT I HAD A STICKY THROTTLE PLATE, AND THAT IS WHY MY CAR JUTTED FORWARD. ALTHOUGH HE RECOMMENDS THAT IT BE CLEANED EVERY 30,000 MILES DUE TO THE OXYGENATED GAS THAT IS SOLD IN THIS STATE, THUS RESULTING IN A DIRTY THROTTLE PLATE- OR ACCELERATOR PLATE, THIS IS NOT WRITTEN AS A REGULAR MAINTENENCE PROCEEDURE IN OUR 1992 TOYOTA OWNER'S MANUAL. THE BODILY INJURY THAT COULD HAVE OCCURRED BY THIS OOUT OF CONTROL CAR COULD HAVE BEEN ASTRONOMICAL. THE YOUNG SU. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550796February 8, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER FAILED REPEATEDLY AND BROKE AT THE LAST INSTANCE. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856475February 8, 2000
SUSPENSION
FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE STRUT IS VERY LOOSE WHICH MAY CAUSE THE STRUT TO COME OFF, AND CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH. THERE IS TSB BULLETIN ON THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856485February 8, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP, AND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK AND COULDN'T PUSH IT DOWN. CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT OFF ENGINE, TOOK HAND AND PUSHED PEDAL UP AND DOWN, TO LOOSEN IT UP. DEALER SAID PROBLEM WAS COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE ENGINE. CONSUMER FELT THAT SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856501February 8, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ON DARK/RAINY ROAD CONDITIONS, TRAVELING 30MPH, CAME AROUND A CURVE, AND THERE WERE ROCKS IN THE ROAD ABOUT THE SIZE OF GRAPEFRUITS, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WENT OVER ROCKS, AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHEN PARTIALLY APPLIED THE BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, BUT DRIVER INJURED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#856544February 8, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE OVERHEATED AND BLEW A HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718485February 8, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES EXCESSIVE NOISE OVER BUMPS. THE DEALER THAT I HAD MY CAR SERVICED AT TODAY, CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. HE STATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE STRUT MOUNTING BRACKETS. HE HAD OVER 14 SETS ON BACK ORDER TODAY. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT THEY ARE HAVING AND YOU ARE RECEIVING TOYOTA SHOULD DO A RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT A RECALL MIGHT HAPPEN. THE COST TO CORRECT WOULD BE INEXCESS OF $300. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784486February 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
TRANSMISSION LEAKING,SERVICE DEPT. REPLACED THE FRONT TRANSMISSION SEAL, SIX WEEKS LATER, FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY AGAIN. SECOND REPAIR THE DEALER REPLACED FRONT SEAL AGAIN & THE TORQUE CONVERTOR.*ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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