2005 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, HE NOTICED A BURNING ODOR. ANOTHER DRIVER NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND ALERTED THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CONTINUOUSLY. THE CONTACT JUMPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE DIVIDER ON THE ROAD. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE SCRAPES TO HER LEFT FOOT, LEGS, AND ARMS. THE CONTACT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. AFTER BEING RELEASED, THE CONTACT SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS AND WAS RUSHED BACK TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS REPORTED TO THE SCENE AND REPORTS WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A JUNK YARD WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SENT AN INSPECTOR TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNDETERMINED, BUT THE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION FOUND ON THE AIR CONDITIONER HOSE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT SUPPLY THE CUSTOMER WITH THE INVESTIGATION REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GRAY SMOKE BEGAN EMITTING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY 4CYL. ENGINE STOPS WITHOUT WARNING. NO ERROR CODE IN COMPUTER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FAULT SINCE YOU LOSE ALL POWER FUNCTIONS. STEERING, BRAKES ETC. COULD LEAD TO BEING REAR ENDED. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

I HAVE BEEN AN EXTREMELY SAFE DRIVER FOR 21 YEARS. TWO INCIDENTS OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED WITHIN ONE HOUR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH MY 2005 CAMRY 2005 LE. UNTIL THIS TIME, THE CAR BEHAVED AND DROVE PERFECTLY FOR 6 YEARS. *TR IT WAS A DRY AND HOT (93F) DAY, AND THE ROAD CONDITION WAS PERFECT IN BOTH CASES. THE FIRST TIME WAS DURING A 30-MPH CRUISING ALONG A SIDE STREET WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BY ITSELF AND JERKED TOWARD ONE SIDE. I IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY BRAKING AND STEERING. THE SECOND TIME WAS AT A STOP SIGN ON A SIDE STREET. I WAS WAITING FOR THE OTHER CAR TO PASS BEFORE I COULD TURN LEFT WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY TRIED TO ACCELERATED BY ITSELF EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS FIRMLY PRESSING THE BRAKE. DURING THIS BRIEF STRUGGLE BETWEEN ME AND THE CAR, THE ENGINE MADE SOME LOW, GRINDING NOISE, AND THE CAR WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TWICE, ABOUT 6 INCHES EACH TIME, DESPITE MY HARD FOOT BRAKING. NO ACCIDENT WAS RESULTED IN EITHER CASE. I REPORTED THESE TWO INCIDENTS TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE IMMEDIATELY AND WAS DIRECTED TO A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR INVESTIGATION. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING EXAMINED BY A LOCAL DEALER FOR POTENTIAL CAUSES. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR IF THE DEFECT IS NOT REPAIRED. *TR

THE VEHICLE (PARKED IN 8TH OR 9TH SLOT) WAS GOING REVERSE AT 5 MPH(TOWARDS NE) IN A PARKING LOT OF AN L-SHAPED SHOPPING CENTER LOCATED ON NW CORNER OF INTERSECTING STREETS AT WHICH THE DRIVER HAVING PRESSED ON GAS PEDAL LIGHTLY CAUSING CAR UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED, LURCHING TOWARDS NE SPINNING TWICE LEAVING SKID MARKS ON PAVEMENT UNCONTROLLED, HITTING SPARE TIRE OF JEEP SUV PARKED IN SAME ROW OF CARS TOWARDS NE AND BOLTING BACKWARDS TO TREE ON PARKING ISLAND NEXT ROW NE AT WHICH TREE WAS UPROOTED FALLING ON 3RD CAR PARKED ON SECOND SLOT OF THAT ROW, 1992 CAMRY ,DAMAGING SLIGHTLY FRONT FENDER WHEN TREE LIMBS HIT IT; SOME TREE LIMBS FELL ON ROOF OF VEHICLE WITH SLIGHT DAMAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT DECELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS IT ACCELERATED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF A HEAD INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS BOTH NOTIFIED BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED TO THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC COVERS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME VERY DULL AND THE LIGHTS WERE NOT AS BRIGHT AS THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY. THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE LIGHTS WERE SO DIM IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THEM TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE ON OR OFF. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

2005 4 DOOR TOYOTA CAMRY. BACK DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IN LOCKED POSITION AND DOES NOT OPEN AT ALL. CALLED GATEWAY TOYOTA IN TOMS RIVER, NJ AND THEY STATED WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. ONLINE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER TOYOTA CAMRY OWNERS SHOW THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM AND IS OCCURRING QUITE OFTEN. WITH CHILDREN IN BACK SEAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM IF AN EMERGENCY WERE TO OCCUR! *TR

THROTTLE BODY FAILURE CAUSED THE CAR TO "DIE" WHILE ACCELERATING. THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE 2005 CAMRY SE, 4 CYL, HAD APPROX. 62,000 MILES AT THE TIME. *TR