2005 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR IN WHICH A PART OF THE STEERING COLUMN?WORE OUT? UNTIL THIS PAST FEBRUARY. DURING FEBRUARY I HAD TO REPLACE THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ON MY 2005 CAMRY LE [XXX]; THIS CAR ONLY HAD 44,950 MILES ON IT WHEN I NOTICED THE PROBLEM (FEBRUARY 12, 2010). ON FEB, 25, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO LEXINGTON TOYOTA, (MA 781-861-7400) AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I HAD TO GO IN AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND PHYSICALLY SIT NEXT TO THE MECHANIC WHILE HE DROVE THE CAR BEFORE HE RECOGNIZED A PROBLEM WITH THE SHAFT. HOWEVER, IRONICALLY, WHEN I WENT BACK INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT I WAS THEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THESE 'INTERMEDIATE SHAFTS WEAR OUT ALL THE TIME' IF THIS IS THE CASE WHY DIDN'T YOU ISSUE A RECALL??? I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET $428.14 TO REPLACE THIS PART. (A FEW DAY LATER MY 1999 CAMRY DEVELOPED AN INTERMITTENT TIGHTNESS, OR VERY STIFF STEERING WHEEL BETWEEN 11' O'CLOCK AND THE 2-3 O'CLOCK POSITIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL, THE VIN NUMBER ON THIS CAR IS [XXX]; I'M STILL WAITING TO DECIDE HOW OR WHAT TO DO TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM THAT SERIOUSLY EFFECTS THE SAFE DRIVE ABILITY OF THE CAR.) LIKE I STATED, I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A STEERING COLUMN ON ANY OTHER CAR I'VE OWNED, AND I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS WITH OVER THREE EVEN FOUR TIMES THIS MILEAGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR WARRANTY ONLY LASTS 36,000 MILES OR 5 YEARS, WHICH EVER COMES FIRST, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS; I THINK THAT YOU EITHER DIDN'T ENGINEER THE PART PROPERLY OR DESIGNED IN TO FAIL IN ORDER TO GET THE REPLACEMENT BUSINESS; EITHER CASE IT RANGES FROM NEGLIGENT TO CRIMINALLY FRAUDULENT. I JUST GOOGLED CAMRY INTERMEDIATE SHAFT? COMPLAINTS AND GOT OVER 17,000 HITS. DO YOU THINK THAT'S TOO MANY? I DON'T THINK THAT TOYOTA NEEDS ANY MORE BAD PUBLICITY, BUT PERHAPS ANOTHER STORY OF TOYOTA'S IRRESPONSIBILITY IS JUSTIFIED. WHY WOULD THE SERVICE MANAGER, BRUCE, CLAIM THAT THEY REPLACE THESE ?INTERMEDIATE SHAFTS, ALL THE TIME"? *TR

DRIVING ON SNOW PACKED ROADS TO SALT LAKE CITY. AT AROUND 65 MILES OF DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MY TOYOTA CAMRY. WE HAD NO WARNING AT ALL, UNTIL THE CAR WOUD NO LONGER DRIVE AND THE INSIDE WAS FILLING UP WITH SMOKE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAMRY TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEN TOWED BACK TO VERNAL UT. WE TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION REPIAR SHOP AND THEY TOLD US, THAT A ROD HAD COME OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ONLY WAY IT WOULD DO THAT, IS TO GO FROM A WET ROAD TO A DRY ROAD. WE WERE ON SNOWY ROADS THE WHOLE TIME. WE HAVE NOT REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, SINCE IT WILL COST US NEARLY $5,0000. WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY AND IT IS NOT OUR FAULT. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTOR DEFECT ON THE TRANSMISSION. NOW I HAVE A 2005 CAMRY, THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE AND AM STILL PAYING FOR. IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD ANY INDICATIONS OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING, WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT. BUT AS I SAID WE HAD NO WARNING. THE CAR JUST QUIT GOING.

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY VIN[XXX] . DECEMBER OF 2006 I NOTICE THAT I HAD TROUBLE STOPPING THE CAR ON SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WOULD BE A GRATING SOUND WHICH I ASSUMED WAS THE ABA BRAKE SYSTEM I TOOK THE CAR TO SPRADLEY MOTORS ON 12/26/2006 IN CHEYENNE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CONDITION. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE IT UNDER SNOWY CONDITIONS, I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN GOING ABOUT 5MPH. WHEN I WAS TWO CAR LENGTHS FROM THE STOP SIGN, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND GOT THE SAME SYMPTOM AS I DESCRIBED BEFORE. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED I GOT THIS GRATING NOISE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I WAS HALF THROUGH THE STOP SIGN. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS COMING AND THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIME I WROTE A LETTER TO TOYOTA MOTOR SALES USA IN TORRANCE, CA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE CASE NUMBER WAS [XXX] AND THEY HAD ME GO TO EHRLICH MOTORS IN GREELEY, CO ON 1/16/2007 TO HAVE THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM CHECKED OUT. THEIR RESPONSE WAS 'VEHICLE OPERATING AS DESIGNED'. THIS CAR IS AN UNSAFE CAR DURING STORMY CONDITIONS AND I QUIT DRIVEING THE 2005 TOYOTA DURING THESE TIMES. MY WIFE HAS A 1995 TOYOTA THAT WE DRIVE DURING BAD WEATHER AND WE HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH IT STOPPING SAFELY. I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TOYOTA PROBLEMS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE DATE OF MY COMPLAINTS, THEY WERE INITIATED LONG BEFORE THE COMPLAINTS COMING IN NOW, AND I RECEIVED NO SATISFACTION FROM TOYOTA [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. SHE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO A TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 6 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO SPEEDS OF 40 MPH, MADE A LOUD AND UNUSUAL NOISE IN THE ENGINE. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO THE ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY AND THE THROTTLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CALLED. THE UPDATED 05/27/10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH EXTREME FORCE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. SHE DID NOT REMOVE HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE UNTIL IT DECREASED IN SPEED AND CAME TO A STOP. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO A LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS OR MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 40,372. UPDATED 5/10/10 *CN UPDATED 5/12/10 *CN UPDATED 05/14/10.

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER STATES REPEATED UNEXPLAINED THROTTLE ACCELERATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT FULL THROTTLE. ONCE THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS BACKING UP AND THE VEHICLE ALMOST CRASHED INTO A STOREFRONT. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT FULL THROTTLE, BUT LUCKILY, THE CONSUMER HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRES LEAKED AIR SOON AFTER PURCHASE AND AFTER 6000 MILES THERE WAS UNEVEN WEAR. AFTER 25000 MILES THE DEALER INDICATED THAT NEW TIRES WERE NEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60000.

SINCE I BOUGHT A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SE IN AUGUST OF 2005, I HAVE EXPERIENCED ABOUT 30 INCIDENTS OF RAPID ACCELERATION. *TR

LETTER ON BEHALF OF RE HER EXPERIENCE WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN HER 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY; REPY ATTN: ATLANTA OFFICE. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED SHE BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE ONTO A ONE WAY STREET WITH TWO LANES. NO CARS WERE COMING IN THE FIRST LANE. AS SHE BEGAN BACKING UP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. SHE CROSSED THE FIRST LANE AND HIT A TRUCK IN THE SECOND LANE. IT STOPPED AFTER HITTING THE TRUCK. *JB