2004 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

WELL ITS ABOUT TIME NHTSA IS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT TOYOTA. I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT UNSAFE STEERING PULL ON MY 2004 CAMERY SOLARA SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND SO HAVE LOTS OF OTHER FOLKS. TOYOTA HAS REFUSED TO DO A THING ABOUT IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA. I TOOK THE CAR TO CRESTMONT TOYOTA IN 2006 AND INFORMED THEM THAT MY CAR ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF A SIDE STREET ON TO A MAIN ROAD CAUSING ME TO GO UP ON THE GRASS .AT FULL SPEED I HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR WAS RACING I HAD TO SHUT IT OFF.THEY SAID THEY REMOVED THE MAT. I HAVE A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES THE LAST TIME IN EARLY 2009 I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT WHEN THE CAR JUST ACCELERATED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING A ACCIDENT..I HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT. I ALSO TOLD MY INSURANCE COMPANY AT THE TIME WHAT HAPPENED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR FORTY SIX YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A TICKET OR CAUSED A ACCIDENT. *TR

MY DAUGHTER'S 2004 CAMRY ACCELERATED AS SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, JUMPED THE CONCRETE BERM, AND SMASHED INTO THE CONCRETE WALL. SHE HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PUMPED ONCE AS SHE SUSPECTED BRAKE FAILURE, BUT IT ONLY SPED UP. THE CAR WAS TOTALED, BUT MY TWO DAUGHTERS WERE UNHARMED EXCEPT FOR MINOR ACHES AND BRUISING AND WERE A BIT SHAKEN UP. INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND FORD DEALER WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THE SHOP. A POLICE REPORT WAS MADE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WENT FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT LANE, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE THEN ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THERE WERE THREE WITNESSES WHO STATED THAT THEY NEVER SAW ANY BRAKE LIGHTS OR SKID MARKS. ALSO THE STATE TROOPER WHO INVESTIGATED THE CRASH STATED THAT HE ALSO NOTICED NO SKID MARKS. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED AT WHAT SPEED THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING BUT IT WAS TOTALED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. SHE STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE AT SPEEDS JUST UNDER 5 MPH, SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT INTENT. THE VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE POLICE ARRIVED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THROUGH HER INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL FAILURES TO DATE AND NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,590 AND THE CURRENT WAS 11,900. UPDATED 04/01/10. *LJ UPDATED 4/22/10 *CN UPDATED 05/06/10

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: WITHOUT HEARING THE NEWS RELATED TO TOYOTA VEHICLE RECALL, I HAVE FELT REALLY STUPID HOW I COULD HAVE HAD THE ACCIDENT. RECALLING THE PROCESS OF THE ACCIDENT, I MIGHT HAVE TO SAY IT WAS WEIRD. BEFORE THE CRASH, I CLEARLY NOTICED THE RED LIGHT AND A STOPPED CAR JUST IN FRONT OF ME ON N PERKINS RD, CLOSE TO MCELROY RD IN STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, AND THE DISTANCE WAS MORE THAN 20 METERS APART AT THAT MOMENT. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS USUAL, BUT MY CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN UNTIL HIT THE CAR BEFORE MINE, AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT POP OUT. MY FACE WAS KNOCKED ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND ONE OF MY GLASSES SMASHED, FORTUNATELY NOT MAKING ME BLIND, AND TWO TEETH IN MOUTH WERE BLEEDING ALONG WITH SOME SCRATCHES ON MY FACE. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AT THE SPEED OF LESS 40 MI/H. PEOPLE LOVE TOYOTA VEHICLES FOR THE REASON OF SAVING GAS AT THE SACRIFICE OF SAFETY. SHORTLY, THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE ARRIVED. I DECLINED ANY MEDICAL ARRANGEMENT AFTER BEING TESTED THAT MY MIND WAS UNDER CONTROL AND COULD MAKE DECISION CLEARLY BECAUSE I WAS NOT SURE WHETHER MY INSURANCE COVERS THE COST OR NOT. AND NOW, AS THE PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA VEHICLES WAS DISCLOSED, I FEEL MY ACCIDENT MIGHT ALSO BE DUE TO THE SAME GAS PEDAL DEFECT. (IN STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, CALL: 405-372-4171 TO REQUEST A REPORT). INSURANCE COMPANY SAFECO. *TR

MY MOTHER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN HER TOYOTA CAMRY DUE TO UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN HER DRIVEWAY WHILE SHE WAS LEAVING HOME. THE CAR, A 2004 MODEL, WAS REPAIRED ($8,000) AT A NEARBY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND RECENTLY RETURNED. TOYOTA IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING A PROBLEM WITH THEIR OLDER MODEL CAMRIES, SO ANY REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE TO MY MOTHER'S CAR WERE SIMPLY COSMETIC. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY MOTHER'S SAFETY. THIS IS HER ONLY VEHICLE AND SHE'S NOW FORCED TO DRIVE A CAR THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED DANGEROUS AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION ISSUES. PLEASE ADVISE. (I AM LEAVING HER CONTACT INFO, BUT I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS RIGHT NOW TO THE VIN #. SHE CAN SUPPLY THAT INFO.) *TR

WITH CAR IN CRUISE CONTROL AND COMING TO AN UPHILL GRADE, THE ACCELERATOR SPEEDS UP EXCESSIVELY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MIGHT BE SYMPTOMATIC OF A POTENTIAL ACCELERATION WHEN I AM NOT IN CRUISE CONTROL. INCIDENT DATE BELOW IS NOT APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT OCCURS EVERY TIME I AM IN CRUISE CONTROL. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA AND THE BRAKES ON MY CAR ARE NOT AS ACCURATE AS THEY SHOULD BE. I RECENTLY HAD MY BRAKES REPAIRED IN DEC. 2009 AT SANDY SPRINGS TOYOTA IN ATLANTA AND WAS STILL NOT PLEASED WITH THE RESISTANCE OF THE BRAKES. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE 2004 CAMRY SOLARA SHOULD BE RESEARCHED FURTHER DUE TO THE BRAKES. OFTEN TIMES I HAVE TO PRESS MY BRAKES TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THEY STOP COMPLETELY. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT DEALS WITH ALL TOYOTA CARS WITH REAR WHEEL DRUM BRAKES. ON MY CAR AND MANY OTHERS POSSIBLY THE PEDAL IS SOFT HAS TO GO DOWN QUITE A WAYS TO ACTIVATE BRAKES. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ALTHOUGH I DRIVE CONSERVATIVELY I FEEL MY BRAKING WAS COMPROMISED WHEN I NEED QUICK BRAKING RESPONSE. I BELIEVE THE REASON IS THE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM ON MY REAR BRAKES WAS AND IS NOT WORKING. THIS MECHANISM ON ALL MODERN CARS WITH REAR DRUM BRAKES ADJUSTS FOR WEAR BY BRINGING THE BRAKE SHOES CLOSER TO THE DRUM WHEN BACKING AND BRAKING. AN AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT. WHEN THE MECHANISM ISN'T WORKING THE REAR BRAKE SHOES GET FARTHER AND FARTHER FROM THE DRUM DUE TO WEAR AND ONE MUST PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL FARTHER AND FARTHER DOWN ON BRAKING TO GET THE SHOES TO CONTACT THE DRUMS BEFORE BRAKING CAN BEGIN. THIS DELAYS THE BRAKING TIME OF THE DRIVER CONSIDERABLY. RECENTLY GETTING NEW TIRES THE MECHANIC NOTED MY SOFT BRAKE PEDAL AND REMOVED THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS AND MANUALLY ADJUSTED THE SHOES TO BRING THEM IN LIGHT CONTACT WITH THE DRUM. MY BRAKE PEDAL GOT HARD AGAIN AND ACTIVATED AT THE TOP. TOYOTA SHOULD BRING THE CARS IN TO CHECK THIS LACK OF ADJUSTMENT PROBLEM AS I WOULDN'T DOUBT THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT. WITH THE NEW CARS WITH DISK BRAKES THE PADS ARE ALWAYS AGAINST THE DISK AND THE IS NO SOFT PEDAL PROBLEM. *TR