2005 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

KNOCKING NOISE IN STEERING WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, LOUD NOISE. OCCURRED EVERY TIME TURNING STEERING WHEEL. TOOK TO DEALER AND HAD TO REPLACE STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY, PART #45220-33270. DEALERS INVOICE WAS FOR $503.51 AND AFTER STATING MY CASE THEY CHARGE ME $233.18 "GOODWILL ADJUSTMENT" THE OLD PART HAS BEEN DISCARDED. THE CAMRY HAD ONLY 37,257 MILES ON IT. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING TO ATLANTIC CITY ON 7/6/2010,I BEGAN TO EXIT AT EXIT #7 ON THE GARDEN STATE PKWY., THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR BOARD, I COULD NOT CONTROL THE AUTO, MY WIFE AND I TRAVELED ACROSS A FIELD , WENT UP AN EMBANKMENT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY WENT DOWN THE OTHER SIDE AND HIT A TREE AT AHIGH RATE OF SPEED BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS, BUT WE ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SOLARA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OVER A CURB AND CRASH INTO THE BUSHES. THE DOOR AJAR WARNING ALARM THEN ABNORMALLY SOUNDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WOULD INSPECT THE EVENT DATA RECORDER TO DETERMINE WHY THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 57,314.

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS CAR JERKED AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN. CAR COASTED TO A STOP. I TRIED TO RESTART ENGINE BUT CAR MADE JUST A ZOOMING SOUND. HAD CAR TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. SERVICE REPORT OF PROBLEM: REMOVED VALVE COVER AND FOUND EXHAUST CAM DOWL PIN SHEARED OFF CAUSING CAM NOT TO ROTATE. INSPECTED CYLINDERS WITH BORE SCOPE FOUND CYLINDERS 2 AND 4 VALVES HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH PISTONS. REMOVED EXHAUST CAM SHAFT AND FOUND PIN STILL IN CAMSHAFT AND SPROCKET BACKSIDE HAS GROOVE WORN IN IT FROM PIN OF CAM. A NEW ENGINE IS BEING INSTALLED. TOYOTA HAS REQUESTED MONETARY PARTICIPATION FROM CUSTOMER. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE CAR ONLY HAD 63,883 MILES. *TR

TOYOTA SOLARA 2005 MODEL WITH 83000 MILES THE CAR WAS BEING PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CAR WAS ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION TO MOVE A FEW FEET. WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPLOYED THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO THE HOUSE. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS SMASHED AND RADIATOR WAS DISLOCATED. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN A BODY SHOP BEING REPLACED. THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AS WELL AS THE ACCELERATOR AS IT WAS BACKED UP FROM THE HOUSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGERS DOOR MANUALLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE INTERIOR LOCK LATCH HAD FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 103,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH HER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BUMPER WAS DAMAGED BY THE POLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BACK AND SHOULDER INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR THREE DAYS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. TOYOTA WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAFT FAILED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO FEEL TIGHT BECAUSE OF THE WHEEL BEARINGS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL COULD LOCK WHILE DRIVING. THE STEERING COLUMN, STEERING ASSEMBLY AND THE BEARINGS WERE REPLACED AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 38,000. UPDATED 8/25/10 *CN UPDATED 08/27/10 UPDATED 08/30/10

MY NAME IS [XXX] AND I AM AN ATTORNEY PRACTICING IN WHEATON, ILLINOIS (TELEPHONE NUMBER [XXX] ). ON JANUARY 11, 2010 OUR CLIENT, [XXX] , WAS INVOLVED IN A TWO-CAR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING HER 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. UPON EXITING A CAR WASH, SHE PLACED HER CAR INTO DRIVE (FROM NEUTRAL) AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED ALTHOUGH SHE HAD NOT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. AS THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, SHE TRIED TO BRAKE BUT THE BRAKES WERE NONREPONSIVE. UPON EXITING THE PARKING LOT, HER CAR STRUCK A CAR IN THE ROADWAY. AS A RESULT, SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2005 TOYOTA LE V6 HAS NOTICEABLE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AT LOW TO MID SPEEDS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER COUPLE OF TIMES AND TOYOTA CURRENTLY HAS NO FIX, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE FLY BY WIRE. THIS ALSO CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN AUGUST, 2005 . THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THERE SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW AND STILL CONTINUES TO DATE. *TR