2004 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A BUILDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRUSHED AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TWICE AS SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY THE TWICE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. SHE DID NOT NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A VERY LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WENT UPHILL AND CRASHED INTO LARGE ROCKS. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE IGNITION BUT THE WHEELS CONTINUED TO SPIN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO MORE OCCASIONS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 44,000. UPDATED 6/19/10 *CN UPDATED 07/27/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE OF ACCELERATION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A STEEL POLE. THE FRONTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH THE LEVEL OF IMPACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND NECK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE BODY DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE WAS ESTIMATED AT THE COST OF $16,000. THE CAUSE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THAT TIME. IN ADDITION, THE IDENTICAL UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR YEARS LATER. THERE WERE NO INJURES IN THAT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,000. UPDATED 09/22/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/23/10

2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN TO PARK THE VEHICLE, WHEN SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, HIT A POLE, WENT OVER A SMALL MOUND OF GRASS AND STOPPED HITTING TWO CARS THAT WERE PARKED PERPENDICULAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUND GRASS. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, TO HAVE IT INSPECTED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE HOOKS WERE MISSING THAT HELD THE FLOOR MATS IN PLACE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED SHE WAS AT A CAR WASH. SHE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT IN NEUTRAL/ WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY WASHED, THE GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE THE CONTACT COULD PROCEED. SHE PUT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE AND LIGHTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TWO TO FOUR SECONDS TO A SPEED OF 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY POLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND NECK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,190 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 54,000. UPDATED 09/22/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED SHE TURNED THE WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO AVOID HITTING A CONCRETE WALL, AND INSTEAD SHE HIT A LIGHT POLE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/22/10

THE KEY IN MY TOYOTA SPECIAL EDITION 2004 CAMRY IS DESIGNED TO BE REMOVED ONLY WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT IS IN THE PARK POSITION. HOWEVER, MINE CAN BE REMOVED REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF THE GEAR SHIFT. EX: ONCE THE CAR IS STOPPED AND SHUT OFF AND SHOULD IT STILL BE IN THE DRIVE POSITION, THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED. THIS SHOULD NOT BE.. AS A RESULT , I HAD AN ACCIDENT AS THE CAR ROLLED DOWN AN INCLINE AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE..NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR AT THE TIME, BUT A CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN IN A CAR SEAT IN THE REAR AND I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE CAR. I T HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT PLACING THE CAR IN THE PARK POSITION BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE. DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL THE ACCIDENT THAT IT WAS NOT DESIGNED THAT WAY. NOTIFIED THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF TOYOTA AND THEY RESPONDED WITH THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY SAFETY PROBLEM. WORLD TOYOTA IN ATLANTA WILL REPAIR THE PROBLEM FOR APPROXIMATELY $424.00, BUT I FEEL IT SHOULD BE TOYOTA'S RESPONSIBILITY AND DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2004 TOYOTA SOLARA SEV6 SPORT- VEHICLE HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN TRAVELING AT "PARKING LOT SPEEDS" OR IN "STOP & GO TRAFFIC" , OR BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP - ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING AND WHEN BRAKES (ANTI-LOCK YET) ARE DEPRESSED, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RESISTANCE. VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP!! ENGINE SURGES. FLOOR MATS NO ISSUE. FIRST INCIDENT 2008 OR 09, I HAD PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE SURGED, JUMPED A CURB & INTO A RAVINE. ENGINE WAS STILL SURGING (WHILE DOWN IN THE RAVINE!) UNTIL IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. 2 WEEKS AGO, DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC, (OVERCAST BUT DRY CONDITIONS APPROXIMATELY 1:00PM) I WAS THROWN BACK IN MY SEAT SUDDENLY. I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED INITIALLY DUE TO THE THRUST BACK, BUT NO ONE HAD IMPACTED THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. REALIZING THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING ON IT'S OWN, I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. AGAIN, NO RESISTANCE, THEY WENT FLAT. MY VEHICLE REAR ENDED AND DROVE UNDER THE BACK END OF AN SUV. UPON IMPACT, MY KNEE SLAMMED INTO THE DASHBOARD, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BRUISED UP MY THIGH. SWELLING IN SHOULDER DUE TO BELT. NO INJURY TO PERSON IN OTHER VEHICLE. NO SKID MARKS ON ROADWAY. FILED CLAIM W/TOYOTA HOME OFFICE. THEY ARE INSPECTING THE CAR THIS WEEK @ DEALERSHIP. IF ANYONE HAD BEEN WALKING IN FRONT OF THIS CAR WHEN THESE INCIDENCES HAPPENED? THEY WOULD BE DEAD. THIS IS A SERIOUS & POTENTIALLY DEADLY ISSUE. I WILL NEVER GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THAT CAR EVER AGAIN. NOT FOR A MILLION DOLLARS! LIFE IS TOO PRECIOUS TO ME. AS A FORMERINVESTIGATOR/AGENT MYSELF, I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ASAP BEFORE THIS VEHICLE (OR OTHERS OF THE SAME) KILL SOMEONE. THIS CAR (2004 TOYOTA SOLARA {2 - DOOR CAMRY}) IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. I AM NOW WITHOUT A CAR. I HAVE BEEN SPARED FROM BROKEN BONES, BUT I MAY NEED KNEE SURGERY. WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF AN MRI. PLEASE TAKE THESE VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. SO THANKFUL MY CHILD WASN'T DRIVING OR IN THE CAR WITH ME. FILED A POLICE REPORT WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. *TR

MY 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY HAS STARTED TO "HOLD BACK" WHEN I DRIVE IT. THEN THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED FLASHING AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, THE FLASHING LIGHT WENT OFF. I CALLED THE LANCASTER PA TOYOTA DEALER AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AS LONG AS IT IS INTERMITTENT AND NOT CONSTANT, IT IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. BUT I WONDER HOW MANY OTHER TOYOTA CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, A VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SHORT SO THE CONTACT USED EXTREME FORCE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP. HOWEVER, THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CRASHING INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN BUT THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000.