2002 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

MY 2002 CAMRY 4 CYLINDER EXPERIENCED A SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM A COUPLE YEARS AGO. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE DEALER AND HAVE REPAIRS MADE WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT, HOWEVER. THE PROBLEM REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR AT A COST OF $567 TO ME.. *TR INVOICES RECEIVED. UPDATED IVOQ 02/16/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH. THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND LUNGED FORWARD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION. THE DRIVER FLOOR MAT WAS REMOVED BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRENCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000. THE CONSUMER STATED IS SEEMED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED MORE, EACH TIME HE APPLIED THE BRAKE HARDER EVENTUALLY, THE VEHICLE DID SLOW DOWN AND RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. UPDATED 03/29/10

2002 TOYOTA CAMRY SE V6 - AROUND SEPTEMBER 2009 I BEGAN TO NOTICE SUDDEN SURGES IN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH. WITHOUT CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE-HESITATE-SURGE SEVERAL TIMES THEN SUDDENLY STOP THE BEHAVIOR. SINCE THEN, I NOTICE IT OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 3 OUT OF 4 TIMES I'M DRIVING THE CAR. TO ME, THIS IS NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING ON THE FLOOR OR THE GAS PEDAL ITSELF. IT APPEARS TO COME FROM WITHIN THE ENGINE OR OTHER COMPONENT. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED OR PERFORMED. I AM CONSIDERING A VISIT TO THE DEALER. *TR

I HAD A NEW 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE VERY SOFT WHEN THE FIRST DAY I DROVE THE CAR HOME FROM THE DEALER - I NEEDED TO REALLY PRESS THE BRAKE DOWN TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY, THEY CHECKED AND TOLD ME NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. LATER I ALSO FOUND THAT WHEN BRAKING FROM A SLIGHTLY MORE ELEVATED SPEED (BET 40-50 MILES), THE CAR'S ABS SYSTEM SEEMED TO MAKE THE BRAKE PUMP BY ITSELF AND CAUSE BRAKING TO DELAY. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THIS AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALERS AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO TIMES BUT EVERY TIME WAS TOLD NO PROBLEMS. BECAUSE THE BRAKE, I HAD THREE ACCIDENTS IN WHICH TWO TIMES I REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLES THAT HAD STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND THE FRONT END OF CAR WAS BADLY DAMAGED. I HAD NOT BEEN GOING MORE THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR, AS FAR AS I KNOW. BUT IF THE BRAKES HAD FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY, I DO NOT THINK THE ACCIDENTS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR

MY 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY V6 XLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH STUTTERING AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE OR COMPUTER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. FOUR DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS HAVE LOOKED AT THE CAR AND THEIR ONLY STATEMENT IS THAT IF THE ENGINE LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON, THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. A NOW INDEPENDENT, FORMER TOYOTA MECHANIC DID OBSERVE THE PROBLEM AND CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH A COMPUTER. I WAS TREATED WITH ARROGANT DENIAL BY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT TOYOTA AND THEY BLACKMARKED ME ON THEIR SYSTEM-WIDE COMPUTER HISTORY. I DID LEARN THAT ONE PROBLEM WAS A RECALL PUBLICATION 3 MONTHS BEFORE I BOUGHT MY CAR THAT SAID THE COMPUTER NEEDED REPROGRAMMED. NONE OF THESE DEALERSHIPS KNEW THIS AND TOYOTA'S "ROMAN" IN CUSTOMER SERVICE DENIED ME ANY REIMBURSEMENT ABOUT THE REPROGRAMMING EVEN THOUGH I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ENGINE STUTTERING OR MISSING SINCE ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER NEW PURCHASE TO THE PRESENT. THIS IS THE COMPANY DENIAL AND ARROGANCE THAT THE CONGRESS AND INVESTIGATORS ARE COMING UP AGAINST. TOYOTA JUST WON'T ACCEPT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR THAT HAS PERSISTED SINCE A MONTH AFTER NOVEMBER 2002 PURCHASE. NOW I GET EMAILS CALLING ME "FRIEND" FROM THEM WANTING MY BUSINESS AND SERVICE. I JUST WANT MY CAR TO RUN CORRECTLY AND FEAR THAT MY TRANSMISSION, ENGINE OR COMPUTER PROGRAM IS A FORERUNNER OF THE PROBLEMS COMING TO LIGHT LATELY BEFORE CONGRESS. *TR

I WAS USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, SET AT 70 MPH, ON AN APROX 4 HOUR TRIP. AT ONE POINT THE CAR ACCELERATED TO A LITTLE OVER 90 MPH THEN DECREASED IT'S SPEED BACK DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS. I TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND DROVE MANUALLY THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THE NEXT TIME I HAD IT AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE I MENTIONED THIS AND THEY SHRUGGED IT OFF SAYING THEY HADN'T HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING. I HAVE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WHILE HE WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT PUSHING HIM INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THERE WERE EXTENSIVE DAMAGES TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED BUT DID NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE BODY SHOP AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT IS AVAILABLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,003.

I OWN A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. I REPORTED TO TANSKY TOYOTA (COLUMBUS OHIO) THAT I HAVE A STEERING WHEEL ISSUE. TANSKY TOYOTA TECHNICIANS MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE HEARD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE FROM OTHER TOYOTA OWNERS. HE MENTIONED THAT SINCE THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, TOYOTA IS NOT CONSIDERING THIS AS A RECALL. I READ A REPORT TODAY THAT TOYOTA COROLLA IS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUE. I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT AS A TOYOTA CAMRY OWNER, I HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD INVESTIGATE THIS AND ENSURE THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE DRIVING A SAFE VEHICLE. *TR

2002 TOYOTA CAMRY DELAYED ACCELERATION*CW THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DELAYED ACCELERATION WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD AT THE TIME, THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER PROGRAM AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *JB UPDATED 03/08/10

LETTER REQUEST STATUS OF HIS TWO PETITIONS RE SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATIONS IN HIS 2002 CAMRY XLE; REF ES05-006490 WAS DUE 11/28/05 AND ES05-007354 WAS DUE 12/27/05 BOTH ASSIGNED TO NVS-200. *TGW THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AS RESULT OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WHEN THE CONSUMER PUT THE GEAR INTO REVERSE, WHILE ON A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED AT AN EXTRAORDINARY AND INCREASED RATE, TURNED AROUND AND ENDED UP ON AN ADJACENT DRIVEWAY CRASHING INTO A UTILITY BOX. THE SEAT BELT PREVENTED THE CONSUMER FROM BEING INJURED. *JB