2010 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE WOULD RAPIDLY SWITCH BETWEEN ACCELERATING AND BRAKING, HE WOULD OFTEN DEPRESS BOTH PEDALS SIMULTANEOUSLY CAUSING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PEDALS WERE MANUFACTURED ENTIRELY TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/19/10.*LJ UPDATED 12/01/10. *JB

2010 RENTED TOYOTA CAMRY SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP CAUSING HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *KB WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CONSEQUENTLY SHE CRASHED INTO A RELATIVES PARKED VEHICLE AND DAMAGED OTHER PROPERTY.

WHEN TURNING KEY ON TO START CAR THERE WAS SUDDEN ACCELERATION THAT I HAVE NEVER FELT AND HOPE NEVER TO FEEL AGAIN. AT FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW HAT HAD HAPPENED AND FINALLY REALIZED IT WAS OUR CAR AND I THEN TURNED OFF THE KEY. *TR

MY NEW 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA'S EPS (ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING) IS ERRATIC AND UNRESPONSIVE. STARTING AT SPEEDS AROUND 55-60MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH, ALTHOUGH I'VE ONLY DROVE IT OFF THE DEALER'S LOT WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. THIS WOBBLE CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH WITHIN MY LANE, WHICH COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO MINE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS COULD RESULT IN A MAJOR COLLISION IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE DEALER FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND TOYOTA USA DIDN'T CONTACT ME ABOUT A FIX EITHER. *TR

REAR WINDOW OF A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH APPROXIMATELY 7800 MILES (RENTAL) EXPLODED WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP IN TRAFFIC. NO SIGN OF FOREIGN OBJECT STRIKING WINDOW. TWO AREAS OF GLASS FAILURE WERE NOTED, ROUGHLY FOLLOWING THE RADIUS OF THE GLASS ON EITHER SIDE IN A VERTICAL PATTERN AS IT BENDS TO MEET THE REAR PILLARS. THE WINDOW REMAINED INTACT (ALBEIT SHATTERED) LONG ENOUGH TO RECORD IT ON MY IPHONE, CLEARLY SHOWING TWO AREAS OF FAILURE WITH GAPS OF 1/4-1.5 INCHES BETWEEN THE CENTER (FLATTER) PORTION OF THE GLASS AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES WHERE IT BENDS TO MEET THE REAR PILLARS. THE WIDOW FELL INTO THE CAR AS SOON AS I RESUMED MOVEMENT ON THE STREET. THE SOUND WAS LIKE THAT OF A GUNSHOT, LOUD ENOUGH TO DRAW A CROWN OF PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA WHO WITNESSED IT. *TR

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY BOUGHT 2 MONTHS BEFORE RECALL NEWS / 5,000 MILES / HAD RECALL WORK DONE AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ON MARCH 4, 2010 / ON JULY 25, 2010 WHILE IN LINE AT DRIVE-THROUGH, I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WAITING MY TURN IN LINE. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT DID HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE BACK TIRES BEGAN SPINNING, AND ALTHOUGH I WAS MASHING DOWN ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD, THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD (PRODUCING SKID MARKS) AND HIT THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAMRY PUSHED INTO THE TRUCK'S TRAILER HITCH, BENDING THE REBAR IN THE FRONT OF MY CAR , WHICH PUSHED UP THE RADIATOR, ETC. THERE WAS A WITNESS WHO WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE DRIVE-IN WINDOW BECAUSE THE RESTAURANT HAD MESSED UP HIS ORDER. HE REPORTED TO THE OFFICER THAT CAME TO THE SCENE THAT HE HEARD THE CAMRY'S ENGINE START REVVING, AND WHEN HE LOOKED TO SEE WHY, HE COULD SEE THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. OBVIOUSLY, THE TOYOTA CAMRY RECALL WORK IS NOT EFFECTIVE. MY GRANDDAUGHTER (WHO WAS IN THE CAR) AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHER SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, SHE NOTICED A RAT CRAWL FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT, INTO THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE SIGHT OF THE RAT ALMOST CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE RAT FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO THE REAR SEAT AND SEAT BELTS, IN WHICH THE RAT HAD CHEWED THROUGH. THE DEALER ALSO CLEANED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING A WIRE MESH INSTALLED OVER THE AIR INTAKE TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE RODENTS FROM ENTERING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, HE WOULD HAVE TO GET AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,500 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.

ON 07/09/2010, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 TO 65 MPH, WHEN A CAM GEAR BROKE ON MY 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY (15878 MILES ON IT). I PUT MY CAR IN THE SHOP THE NEXT MORNING. BEFORE THE ENGINE WAS EVEN TAKEN APART, THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A CAM GEAR HAD BROKE. AFTER TAKING THE ENGINE APART, SURE ENOUGH, A CAM GEAR HAD BROKE. MY HUSBAND WAS LATER SPEAKING TO A MECHANIC WHO WAS WORKING ON MY VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND ASK THE MECHANIC IF THIS WAS JUST A FLUKE DEAL OR IF THE DEALERSHIP HAD SEEN MANY BROKEN CAM GEARS ON TOYOTAS. THE MECHANIC THEN TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT HE PERSONALLY, HAD SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE BROKEN CAM GEARS. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD MY HUSBAND AND I THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHEN THE CAR WOULD BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER ON THE CAM GEARS FOR THIS CAR. IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER TOYOTA RECALL? HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO OWN TOYOTAS HAVE HAD TO REPORT A BROKEN CAM GEAR? IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE TOYOTA SHOULD KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. IS THIS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIT OF INFORMATION THAT GETS KEPT FROM CONSUMERS? TOYOTA SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO THIS TO SEE IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CAM GEARS USED ON THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

ON 07/13/10 HAS AN ACCIDENT IN A 2010 CAMRY. WAS COASTING INTO PARKING SPACE INFRONT OF HESS GAS STATION AND CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE GAS. ALL I COULD DO WAS PRESS ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD CAR WOULD NOT STOP? FHP RESPONDED AND NO TRAFFIC TICKET WAS ISSUED. CONTACT INSURANCE THEY TRANSPORT CAR TO REPAIR SHOP CAR DID NOT SUSTAIN DAMAGE WHERE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I REFUSE TO DRIVE CAR AND VERY AFFRAID TO DRIVE IT. WENT TO DEALERSHIP THEY WANT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. HOW DO I KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEIR INVESTIGATION IS IMPARTIAL AND TRUE. IF THERE WHERE AN TRUE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE OR THE ACCELERATOR WOULD THEY ACTUALLY ADMIT IT? *TR

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY. CONSUMER WRITES TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND OBSERVATIONS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HE EXPECTED THE VEHICLE TO NATURALLY SLOW DOWN WITH NO BRAKING NECESSARY. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE ACTED AS THOUGH THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. WHEN THE ENGINE DID RESPOND, THERE WAS A 2 TO 5 SECOND SEARCH PATTERN ENGAGED WITH A SWEEP LOW RPM TO HIGH RPM WHILE IT TRIED TO FIND A PERFORMANCE SOLUTION AND SET POINT. *JB