2005 TOYOTA CAMRY Complaints

CAR LOCATED IN OMAHA, NE, BEING DRIVEN EAST FROM 42ND AND CURTIS AVENUE, DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 41ST AND CURTIS AVE (CAR SPEED UP ON LEVEL AREA TO COMPENSATE FOR THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS ABILITY TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN OR PREVENT COASTING), MY 2005 TOYOTA SE HIT A PARKED CAR, AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE AN ADDITIONAL BLOCK AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. CAR HIT A DIRT ROAD/DITCH AND BOUNCED AND LANDED INTO A PRIVATE YARD LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE HILL IN THE PRIVATE YARD STOPPED THE CAR FROM CONTINUING ON. *TR

MY 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY ACCELERATED SUDDENLY IN 2007. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE CONCRETE MEDIAN ON THE FREEWAY. THE CAR WENT INTO A SPIN AND STOPPED. THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT SO NO ONE WAS HURT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER IN BURIEN, WA. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND GAVE ME A WRITTEN REPORT SAYING THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY THE CONCERN. I WANT TO REPORT THIS EVENT SO THAT IT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION THAT IS BEING GATHERED REGARDING SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN TOYOTA CAMRYS. THIS IS A 2005 SO TOYOTA NEEDS TO EXPAND THEIR PARAMETERS TO INCLUDE MY CAR. *TR

1. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT ACCELERATED SUDDENLY, HITTING ANOTHER CAR AND A POST. 2. THIS HAPPENED THE ONE TIME BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE CAR BACK FROM THE BODY SHOP, YET. 3. TOYOTA HAS DENIED RESPONSIBILITY SINCE THEY"EXAMINED THE CAR CAREFULLY" IN ITS IMMOBILE WRECKED CONDITION AT THE BODY SHOP AND FOUND THE ACCELERATOR TO BE FINE. I ALSO, HAD AFTER MARKET FLOOR MATS. *TR

PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE HESITATED, THEN THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, CRASHED INTO GUARD RAIL - NO OTHER VEHICLES OR PERSONS INVOLVED. I TRIED TO STEP ON BRAKE, DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD. ACCELERATION STOPPED AFTER I HIT THE GUARD RAIL. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS A DIRTY THROTTLE BODY - CLEANED THROTTLE BODY. *TR

CONSUMER STATES THAT 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY NEEDS TO BE ADDED THE TOYOTA RECALL. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED IN 2008. AS HE APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION WITHIN AN ENCLOSED PARKING LOT BUILDING, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE SHOT FORWARD AT AN INCREDIBLE SPEED AND CRASHED INTO 3 PARKED CARS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT THE DAMAGE WAS SEVERE. THE OTHER TWO INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2009. THE FIRST WAS AT A STREET INTERSECTION NEAR THE CONSUMER'S HOME WHERE HE NARROWLY MISSED A CAR. THE SECOND WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE DRASTICALLY ACCELERATED INTO HIS GARAGE HITTING A DESK AND PUTTING A HOLE IN THE WALL. THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMIZED BY THE USE OF THE PARKING GEAR. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED TO REMOVE THE MATS, BUT HE FELT AS THOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS WAY BEYOND THE MATS. *JB SEE ALSO ODI 10332753 *DSY

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF NO MORE THAN 15 MPH OFF OF OUR HOUSING ESTATE ON AND HEADING TOWARDS A MAIN ROAD. THE ROAD WAS ICY AND MY WIFE IS A CAUTIOUS DRIVER WHO WOULD NOT BE DRIVING AT EXCESSIVE SPEED. AS SHE APPROACHED THE JUNCTION SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR AT THE JUNCTION THE CAR DID NOT SEEM TO SLOW. SHE MADE A SPLIT SECOND DECISION TO TURN RIGHT ON TO A CUL-DE-SAC RATHER THAN GO ACROSS THE MAIN ROAD. SHE ENDED UP DRIVING ACROSS THE CUL-DE-SAC BEFORE HITTING A LAMP POST AND THEN DRIVING INTO A NEIGHBORS GARAGE DOOR WHERE THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED. MY WIFE WAS NOT INJURED ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE VISIBLE SKID MARKS ON THE CUL-DE-SAC WHERE YOU COULD SEE THAT SHE HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE POLICE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED, MY WIFE IS A VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVER WHO HAS NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN 20 YEARS. WHEN INTERVIEWED BY THE POLICE SHE WAS NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED IT HAPPENED SO ALL SHE COULD DO WAS AGREE WITH THE POLICE REPORT. GIVEN THE MEDIA ATTENTION WITH NEWER TOYOTA MODELS RECENTLY WE THOUGH WE SHOULD REPORT THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED AS SHE WAS DRIVING 12 MPH APPROACHING THE RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ALMOST HITTING TWO OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF HER. AS SHE SWERVED THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT SHE HAD TO PAY $90 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT DID NOT PAY THE COST AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER AND REPORT THE FAILURE. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS NOT PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

I OWN A TOYOTA CAMRY 2005 PURCHASED THIS FALL. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO HAVING AN ACCIDENT AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN TIMES. THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL SEEM TO BE DESIGNED SO THAT ARE LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, SO WHEN I GO TO HIT THE BRAKE I SOMETIMES HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL INSTEAD. THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO PROPERTY OR BODILY HARM. I EMAILED TOYOTA ABOUT A MONTH AGO BUT THEY JUST SAID TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHO THEN SAID THE BRAKES WERE ADJUSTED. NO WAY HAS THIS HELPED! *TR

THE SEATBELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY 2005 TOYOTA BECOMES TANGLED INSIDE THE MECHANISM THAT SERVES AS ITS HOUSING, SUCH THAT IT CANNOT BE RETRACTED AND WOULD NOT RETRACT IF THERE WERE A SUDDEN IMPACT. I HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP OR A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE HOUSING TAKEN APART SO THAT IT CAN BE UNTWISTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES, TWICE THIS WEEK. THE CAR HAS 44,200 MILES. *TR

PURCHASED 2005 SOLARA 11/5/04. HAD MVA ON SUNNY,DRY DAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I APPLIED BRAKES AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND THE CAR DID A 360. I HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER AND SPUN AROUND AND HIT WATER FILLED BARRIERS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY. THE CAR DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT LANDED IN MUD. TOYOTA EXAMINED CAR AND SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. TO THIS DAY I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. I HAD $9500.00 IN DAMAGES AND 2 DISLOCATED KNEES. I HIT NO OTHER CAR AND NO ONE HIT ME...NOT GOING FAST AT ALL. I AM STILL DRIVING THE CAR ALTHOUGH I AM AFRAID BUT I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION. *TR