2004 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO STOP. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE NEXT DAY. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND NOT BEING DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,300. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46.650. UPDATED 03/26/10. *LJ VRTC COMPLAINT VEHICLE. *DSY THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON WET MUDDY GRASS AND WHEN HE APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE MOTOR ROARED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. UPDATED 09/28/10

SUDDEN ACCELERATION THAT SO FAR HAS BEEN CONTROLLED BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE SURGE IS SMALL BUT STILL NOTICEABLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BUT I HAVE NOT COMPLAINED BEFORE AS I THOUGHT THE PROBLEMS WERE ONLY WITH THE 2007 AND UP MODELS AND FIGURED I WAS IMAGINING IT DO TO THE ALL OF THE RECENT RECALLS. *TR

PARKING CAR IN PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF GARAGE, CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED RAMMING INTO AND THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER THE FAILURE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED. A PASSENGER WAS KILLED WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. A DETAILED POLICE REPORT IS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 003/30/10 *BF THE POLICE REPORT IS ILLEGIBLE. UPDATED 05/20/10 THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT AND HIS AUNT WAS DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED HIS WIFE REQUESTED HE LOOK INTO THE MATTER REGARDING TOYOTA. RECEIVED A LEGIBLE COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT. UPDATED 07/29/10. UPDATED 9/29/11*CW

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA SOLARA. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BACK AND NECK INJURIES DURING THE CRASH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 04/12/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/21/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED IN THE CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE MORE DETAILS OF WHAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. UPDATED 4/26/10 *CN UPDATED 04/30/10. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN REVERSE OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH HER GARAGE DOOR AND CONTINUED TO IDLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 39,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I OWN A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY VIN#[XXX] ON JANUARY 6, 2010 I WAS DRIVING UP FIRST AVE IN MANHATTAN GOING TO RANDALLS ISLAND. AT 1ST AVE AND ABOUT 10 ST I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR, PRESSED THE BRAKE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. INSTEAD THE ENGINE REVVED (VROOM) AND CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD. I FLOORED THE BRAKE AND PULLED UP THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND STILL I TAPPED THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IN FRONT BEFORE BEING ABLE TO STOP BY PUTTING CAR INTO PARK. 2 HOURS LATER I WAS RETURNING HOME AND DRIVING DOWN 9TH STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND UNIVERSITY AND AGAIN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT BRAKED TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR (I WAS ALREADY GOING 20MPH) AGAIN, INSTEAD THE VEHICLE REVVED AND ACCELERATED FORWARD AND THIS TIME NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED THE BRAKE THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP. I SLAMMED THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK , PULLED UP THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THAT STOPPED THE CAR. I CALLED AAA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO TOYOTA OF MANHATTAN WHERE THEY SAID MY BRAKE PINS WERE FROZEN AND THERE WAS A THROTTLE PROBLEM AND CHARGED $1300 FOR REPAIR. (MY PERSONAL MECHANIC IN NJ LATER TOLD ME BRAKE PINS AND UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION WERE NOT RELATED. ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2010 WHILE DRIVING TO MY SUMMER APARTMENT IN VENTNOR NJ THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WE WERE AGAIN ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY PULLING INTO PARK MODE AND EMERGENCY BRAKE. WE RESTARTED THE CAR AND DROVE 10 MILES PER HOUR TO OUR PARKING LOT WHERE THE CAR STILL SITS. CALLS TO TOYOTA OF MANHATTAN SIMPLY STATED THAT THIS MODEL WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND THE CAR WAS TOO FAR FOR THEM TO SEND A TOW. ATTEMPTS TO BRING THE CAR TO A LOCAL TOYOTA (SHORE TOYOTA) CALLS WERE NOT ANSWERED AND I WAS TOLD I COULD NOT BRING THE CAR IN WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT. AND I SHOULD BRING THE CAR BACK TO WHERE THE REPAIR WAS DONE. SO THERE IT SITS IN A PARKING LOT. I HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET HOME. THE REPAIR WAS CLEARLY BOGUS AND THIS PROBLEM IS ACCELERATION UPON HITTING THE BRAKE PEDAL. *TR UPDATED IVOQ 09/01/10

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTER IN MY 2004 CAMRY WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WENT ON BY ITSELF. THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THE CAR WAS DOING THIS, AND HIT THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON OFF. THAT TOOK CARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING. *TR

ON APRIL 02, 2007 I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY LE DOOR SEDAN. AS I WAS DRIVING TO MY WAY TO ARIZONA TO VISIT SOME FAMILY MEMBERS I WAS DRIVING IN A NORMAL SPEED OUT OF THE SUDDEN THE PEDAL OF THE ACCELERATOR DID NOT WORK I TRIED TO CONTROL MY CAR BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STOPPED THE CAR. AS CONSEQUENCE THE CAR FLIP OVER AND I GOT INJURED. ON THE SAME WEEK OF APRIL 02. 2007 I HAD TAKEN MY CSR TO A TOYOTA DEALER TO DO A FULL SERVICE. ON APRIL SECOND A TOYOTA DEALER ASSOCIATES CALLED ME BUT I WAS NOT THERE SO MY MOM ANSWERED THE PHONE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TOYOTA HAD CALLED TO SEE HOW MY BRAKES WERE WORKING. *TR