2002 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

WIFE DRIVING 2002 CAMRY FOR SMOCK INSPECTION. I AM FOLLOWING BEHIND. CAMRY STALLS - ENGINE JUST DIES. STEERING IS LOCKED. WIFE STOPPED AND TRIED TO RESTART. AFTER ~2MINS, CAR RESTARTED. CONTINUED ~2 MILES AND ENGINE DIES AGAIN, STEERING AGAIN LOCKS. WIFE ABLE TO START AGAIN. AFTER CAR STARTS, VSC AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS ARE NOW ON. TOOK CAR TO TOYOTA DEALER NEXT DAY. A SKID CONTROL COMPUTER IS DOWN PER TOYOTA. TOYOTA UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ENGINE DYING, BUT ADMIT FAULTY COMPUTER COULD BE CAUSE. SKID CONTROL COMPUTER COSTS $1453 TO REPLACE + $XXX FOR LABOR. I HAVE READ THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR 2002 TOYOTA SO AM FILING A COMPLAINT. WHY HAS TOYOTA NOT RECALLED/FIXED THIS YET? IF THIS OCCURRED ON FREEWAY, STEERING WHEEL LOCKUP AT 55+ MPH? ARE THEY CRAZY? *TR

UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION OF 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY LE MODEL WITH STABILITY CONTROL. (THIS CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE US AND PURCHASED IN FOLSOM, CA IN MARCH 2002. WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS THE CAR EXPERIENCED TWO CASES OF UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION. FORTUNATELY, SPEEDS WERE LOW AS THE CAR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STOPPING. BOTH TIMES THE ENGINE SUDDENLY RACED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS AND IT MUST BE THE WAY THE CAR WAS DRIVEN. THE SECOND TIME THE DEALER CHECKED THE SYSTEMS AND COULD FIND NOTHING. THE PROBLEMS HAS NOT RECURRED. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A PROBLEM IN THE SOFTWARE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CORRECTED WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. SHE SHIFTED GEARS INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND BACK END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO A TOYOTA DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED; HOWEVER, NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

LOSS OF COOLANT. TOOK TO AUTO REPAIR. TOLD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET. UPON REPLACEMENT OF HEAD, DISCOVERED HEAD BOLTS WOULD NOT TIGHTEN BECAUSE THREADS IN ALUMINUM BLOCK WERE STRIPPED. *TR

2002 CAMRY XLE V6...AT 138,000 MILES WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL DURING RUSH HOUR THE ENGINE STALLS AND AFTER 4 ATTEMPTS FINALLY RESTARTS. THE CAR CONTINUED TO NOT IDLE THE REST OF MY TRIP HOME - STALLING EVERY TIME I SLOWED DOWN TO STOP OR TURN A CORNER...VERY UNSAFE...DIDN'T TRUST THE CAR TO MAKE IT TO MECHANIC. CAR WAS TOWED, MECHANIC COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 3 MORE TIMES WITHIN A WEEK. SAME SCENARIO, TOWED TO MECHANIC, FOUND NOTHING WRONG BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON AND THEREFORE THE COMPUTER DOES NOT REGISTER ANY ISSUES. MECHANIC CLEANED ALL SENSORS, IDLE VALVE, DEALERSHIP AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FIND NOTHING WRONG. CAR WAS FINE UNTIL JULY 4, WEEKEND AND DID THE SAME THING TWICE AGAIN. MECHANIC FINDS NOTHING BECAUSE IT SO RANDOM. SAME SITUATION IN NOVEMBER WHILE TURNING CAR STALLED BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT IDLE, LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR WHILE TURNING. 3 MECHANICS AND NO ONE CAN FIND ANYTHING WRONG. HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE ISSUES MENTIONED WITH BRAKES AND ROTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. *TR

I OWN A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY V6 LE WITH A MILEAGE READING OF ABOUT 115000. I DO REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND ALL NECESSARY SERVICES. HOWEVER OFF LATELY THE CAR HAS RANDOMLY STARTED TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THIS HAS STARTED TO BE A BIG PROBLEM AND I HESITATE TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR LONG DISTANCE. THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD SPECIALLY WHEN I STOP FOR A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND THEN WOULD REFUSE TO START AGAIN. I HAVE TO KEEP THE GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO STAY IDLE AND NOT DIE. AFTER ABOUT 5-10 MINS THE CAR WOULD AGAIN START UP AND WORK NORMALLY. I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM ABOUT THREE TIMES THIS PAST 2 WEEKS AND ITS SCARY NOW TO EVEN DRIVE THIS CAR ANYWHERE. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHERE I GET ALL SERVICES DONE AND HE SAYS EVERYTHING IS FINE, BUT THEN I HAD TWO STALLS AFTER THE VISIT. PROBLEM IS THAT IT STALLS RANDOMLY AND WHEN I TAKE IT TO MECHANIC, IT PERFORMS QUIET WELL WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. I READ TODAY IN MOTORTREND WEBSITE THAT NHTSA IS ENQUIRING ABOUT SOME TOYOTA VEHICLES REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE AND WAS WONDERING IF THESE INCIDENTS ARE RELATED? *TR THANKS.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE RPM'S INCREASED TO 5,000. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WARNING SENSOR. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 112,000.

MY WIFE HIT THE BRAKE AS SHE WAS PARKING IN FRONT OF A STRIP MALL AND THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO A STORE FRONT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH THE STORE AND THE CAR. THE FLOOR MAT HAD BUNCHED UP UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ABOVE THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR IS A 2002 TOYOTA SOLARA CONVERTIBLE. I AM REPORTING THE INCIDENT NOW BECAUSE THIS YEAR AND MODEL ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOYOTA RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT SHOULD BE. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO TOYOTA SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THEY THANKED ME FOR THE INPUT. *TR

IN AUGUST 2009 MY 2002 TOYOTA ACCELERATED INTO REVERSE WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE CAUSING A BAD ACCIDENT. I BROUGHT IT TO MY TOYOTA DEALER. THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. *TR

MY WIFE WAS PULLING INTO THE GARAGE AND THE AUTOMOBILE JUST TOOK OFF . LUCKILY SHE WAS STOPPED BY THE END OF THE CARPORT BY CONCRETE STEPS. SECOND, MY WIFE AND GRANDCHILD WHERE AT SHOPPING CENTER. MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE CAR, AS BEFORE, JUST TOOK OFF AT FULL THROTTLE. THIS TIME SHE WENT INTO A 180 DEGREE SPIN AND STRUCK THREE OTHER AUTOS, WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGES TO OUR CAT AND OTHERS. WE HAVE TAKEN THE AUTOMOBILE TWO TIMES TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAY THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG. BEING THAT THIS CONDITION HAS HAPPENED TWICE, SO FAR, BOTH MY WIFE AND I ARE VERY CONCERNED AND WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM SOLVED. *TR