2000 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

MY 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY HAS A STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL THAT STICK WHEN PRESSED, REQUIRING EXCESS PRESSURE. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS DAILY INCONSISTENTLY. I WILL BE REPORTING THIS TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER. *TR

2000 CAMRY LE, 4 CY ACCELERATES GOING DOWN HILLS. IT SEEMS TO THIS DRIVER THAT ACCELERATOR GOING DOWN HILLS FOR THIS MODEL IS TOO RAPID. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE DRIVING ON NARROW MOUNTAINOUS CURVE IN 2009, I HAD PROBLEMS HOLDING THE CAR STEERING WHEEL STEADY AND WAS FORCED TO SUDDENLY BRAKE HARD SO THAT THE CAR DID NOT GO OVER THE STEEP MOUNTAIN RIDGE THAT MOST PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED MY DEATH, AS WELL AS THE PASSENGERS WHO WERE IN THE CAR. THE LAST ACCELERATOR PROBLEM OCCURRED IN 2009; HOWEVER, EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE 2000 TOYOTA, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WHENEVER I WENT UP AND DOWN HILLS. THE 4 CYLINDER ACCELERATOR DID NOT SUPPORT GOING UP HILLS, BUT SPEED GOING DOWN HILLS WAS SUCH THAT I HAD TO BRAKE HARD MANY TIMES AND WAS FORCED TO HOLDING STEERING WHEEL STEADY SO THAT ACCIDENTS DID NOT OCCUR. IN VIEWING YOUR WEBSITE AND PROBLEMS OCCURRING WITH THE 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, I FOUND 438 COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN FILED. *TR

DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT. THERE APPEARS TO BE A HANGUP OR IMPAIRMENT IN DEPRESSING IT FROM A STOP OR BRAKE OPERATION. IT HAPPENS ABOUT TWICE A WEEK. *TR

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND CAR WAS DECLARED TOTALED. I WAS DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I SMELLED HORRIBLE BURNING ODOR. I PUT WINDOW DOWN TO SEE IF SOMEONE WAS BURNING BRUSH OUTSIDE. ONCE WINDOW WAS DOWN, SMOKE STARTED TO POUR INTO DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT, AND THEN I SAW THE SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED ONTO SIDE STREET, SHUT OFF CAR, GRABBED PURSE AND KEYS, AND RAN. PERSON IN STREET TOLD ME CAR WAS ON FIRE, WHICH I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE, BECAUSE THE FLAMES WERE POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE ENGINE ONTO THE STREET. I RAN AND CALLED 911 FROM CELL PHONE. TWO FIRE TRUCKS CAME WITHIN 5 MINUTES, AND IT TOOK THEM 20 MINUTES TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS TOTALLY MELTED DOWN. I COULD HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF FUMES OR BEING BURNED AND WAS LUCKY I WASN'T ON A HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

MY ACCIDENT/INJURIES BECAUSE THE DEFECTS/FLAWS OF MY CAR: BRAKE SYSTEMS, ACCELERATOR PEDAL, UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, SPEED OUT OF CONTROL, CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEMS...I HAVE THE CAR FIXED, REPAIRS SOMETIMES (RECORDS AT DEALERSHIP). THEY REPLACED COMPUTER BOARD...BUT STILL HAVE A PROBLEMS... MY ISSUES ARE ABOUT MY TOYOTA CAMRY/MODEL 2000 GOT ACCIDENT/INJURIES ON OCT. 2004 BECAUSE THE CAR HAD MANY PROBLEMS ARE: ROUGH OF CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS, ROUGH SPEED/RPM, GAS PEDAL, BRAKE, ROUGH IDLE, SUDDENLY ACCELERATED - WITHOUT PRESSING A GAS PEDAL. I HIT THE CAR AND MY FRONT BUMPER IS ALMOST FELT OFF. IT COSTS OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE BUT MY INJURIES IS NO MONEY TO REPLACE ITS BACK TO NORMAL, MY AUTO INSURANCE NOT PAYING MY MEDICAL BILLS ANY MORE... *TR

ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2010 MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS DRIVING HER TOYOTA CAMRY 2000 MODEL SEES HER BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHT GO ON WITHOUT WARNING. THEN THE CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY AND STARTED TO SMOKE OUT FROM THE ENGINE. WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INDICATOR LIGHTS DISPLAYING THE ENGINE FLAMED OUT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENTIRE FRONT OF HER CAR SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED. THE CAR HAD RECEIVED ITS TIMELY INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION FROM THE REPORTS THAT SHOWED THAT THIS VEHICLE NEEDED ANY FURTHER MECHANICAL WORKUP . DUE TO THE COMMON SENSE OF OUR CHILD SHE HAD STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR WHEN IT HAD STARTED TO SMOKE OUT AND DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES. THE NECESSARY EMERGENCY CREWS HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL ROADS AND THE 2 GASOLINE STATIONS THAT THIS EVENT HAD OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF AND WE WERE ALL LUCKY THAT THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER MOTHER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE A VERY LOW SPEED (1-2 MPH) AND TRYING TO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, OVER A CURB AND RAN INTO A BUILDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WERE NO PRIOR FAILURES RELATED TO THAT PROBLEM. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO REPORTS ON RELATED PROBLEMS AND COULD NOT ASSIST HER. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER INSPECTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,257.

2000 TOYOTA SOLARA SLE CONV/2DR. I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT MY BRAKES FOR YEARS. THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THEM. BUT THERE IS. SOMETIMES I CAN'T STOP/SLOW DOWN I FEEL I HAVE NO BRAKES. OR COULD IT BE THE GAS PEDAL. I HAVE DIFFERENT FLOOR MATS IN THE VEHICLE BUT IT STILL DOES IT. IT HAPPENS ONCE IN AWHILE. I LET A FRIEND DRIVE IT FOR AWHILE AND IT HAPPENED TO HIM. I TELL PEOPLE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME IN MY VEHICLE IT WOULD BE BECAUSE OF NO BRAKES. *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT MY SON'S FATAL 2000 TOYOTA SOLARA CRASH. HIS CAR WENT INTO FULL SPEED AND HIT THE TREES WITH SPEED CLOSE TO 100 MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH 20 MPH LIMIT. UPDATED 03/10/10 *BF *TR UPDATED 9/21/2011*CW UPDATED 09/23/10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH HIT A PERSON AND FRACTURED THEIR LEG. THE INJURED WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS FAILURE AND THOUGHT IT WAS OPERATOR ERROR. SINCE THE NEWS WAS RELEASED REGARDING THE STICKY PEDAL RECALL THE CONTACT IS CERTAIN THAT THE STICKY PEDAL COULD HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.