2001 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

CLUTCH FAILURE ON 2001 TOYOTA CAMRY CE.*MR TOYOTA WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY TOYOTA THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING USED A RACE CAR WHICH CAUSED THE CLUTCH TO FAIL AND THE TIRES TO WEAR OUT. *CB *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING POWER SEAT WOULD ROCK BACK AND FORTH OR SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE STEREO HAD A HISSING SOUND. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE VEHICLE REPLACED WITH A LATER MODEL, FULL REFUND OR A RENTAL VEHICLE UNTIL THE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED. *PH *NLM

CAR STEERING DRIFTS LEFT, 8 TRIPS TO THE DEALER AND IT CANNOT BE FIXED (CASTER IS NOT ADJUSTABLE). WEB SEARCHES REVEAL THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PERVASIVE PROBLEM FOR YEARS WITH THE MANUFACTURER OFFERING NO RESOLUTION. *LA

PROBLEMS INVOLVING 2001 TOYOTA CAMRY.*MR (NAR) WHILE DRIVING ON THE MAJOR INTERSTATE THE CONSUMER VEHICLE BROKE DOWN WITH OUT ANY WARNING, THE CAR STARTED TO JERK SPORADICALLY AND HESITATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND HAD TO TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE DEFECT ENGINE BUT FELL TO FIX PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS REQUESTING THAT A RECALL BE ISSUED FOR ALL AFFECTED ENGINES, OR RE PURCHASE THE VEHICLE AND COVER THE INCIDENTAL AND COLLATERAL EXPENSES MADE FROM DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *CB

PURCHASED 2001 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE ON 03-15-2003. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SQUEAKING FROM THE REAR GOING OVER BUMPS. I CALLED FOLSOM LAKE TOYOTA FOR SOME ADVISE, THE GENTLEMAN SAID USE A SPRAY LUBRICANT ON ALL THE JOINTS AND THIS SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS DID NOT WORK. ON OCTOBER 16, 2003 I WENT TO FOLSOM LAKE TOYOTA AND SPOKE WITH A SERVICE REP REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. HE BROUGHT UP THE CAR ON HIS SYSTEM, WHICH IT WAS DISCLOSED TO ME THE VEHICLE WHEN TRADED TO THEM HAD REAR SUSPENSION SQUEAKING, I ALSO SAW THIS ON HIS COMPUTER FOR MYSELF. I WENT IN ON SATURDAY OCT 18, 2003 FOR MY APPOINTMENT. AFTER 2 1/2 HOURS THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER [XXX] DISCLOSED TO ME THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. HE WOULD NOT PUT THIS ON A WORK ORDER FOR ME TO SHOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS WHERE. HE DID INDICATE HE WOULD SPEAK WITH THE MANAGERS OF THE SALES DEPARTMENT ON MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2003. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD HE WOULD BE LEFT A MESSAGE. THIS VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME AS A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO MEAN A [XXX] THING. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED DUE TO THE FACT THE CAR HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY TOOK IT IN AND THEY PUT A TEMPORARY BANDAGE ON IT UNTIL THEY COULD PAWN IT OFF. I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR IF IT HAD BEEN DISCLOSED TO ME THAT THE SUSPENSION HAD A PROBLEM. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED ALL PAYMENTS MADE, MY DOWN PAYMENT AND TO HAVE TOYOTA FINANCIAL PAID OFF AS IF THIS TRANSACTION NEVER TOOK PLACE. THIS IS NOT THE QUALITY I EXPECTED OUT OF TOYOTA. I WILL BE TAKING THIS VEHICLE AND FILING A COMPLAINT WITH B.A.R. *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE VEHICLE JERKED AND HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED.*MR THE CONSUMER HAS REQUESTED THAT TOYOTA RECALL ALL AFFECTED ENGINES, OR REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE AND COVER INCIDENTIAL AND COLLATERAL EXPENSES. *CB *JB

DRIVERS SEAT FEELS LIKE CUSHION FAILS ON DOOR SIDE, ALLOWING DRIVER TO FEEL HARD WIRE STRUCTURE AND CONNECTORS IN SEAT. *JB

THE CAR SUDDENLY BROKE DOWN ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE OUT OF WASHINGTON, DC, ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. WITHOUT WARNING (E.G., NO WARNING LIGHTS OR PREVIOUS PROBLEMS), IT STARTED TO JERK SPORADICALLY AND HESITATED WHEN I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. AS I APPROACHED MY EXIT TO I-495 NORTH, THE CAR GOT WORSE IT STARTED TO MAKE A CLICKING-AND-CLACKING NOISE AND SEEMED THAT IT WOULD DIE AT ANYTIME. I TOOK THE FIRST EXIT OFF OF I-495 (210: INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY, SOUTH) BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A SHELL GAS STATION WITH A GARAGE. AS I APPROACHED THE STATION, I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE. I WAS TERRIFIED THAT THE CAR WOULD CATCH ON FIRE. *LA

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE RPMS GO HIGH. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TAKES A LONG TIME TO SHIFT. DEALER FOUND THAT ENGINE COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE START UP PROBLEM. DEALER HAD NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

MY 2001 TOYOTA CAMRY LE SKIDDED AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL IN WET WEATHER. THE TIRE HAD ONLY ABOUT 20,000 MILES IN IT AT THAT TIME. WE HAVE E BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES IN THAT CAR.