2002 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA Complaints

I BOUGHT A 2002 TOYOTA SOLORA IN MAY OF 2002. I HAVE HAD 3 NEW TRANSMISSIONS IN THE CAR. IT NEEDS ANOTHER. I WILL BE FILING LEMON LAW ON MY CAR.

THE SEAT RECLINER BROKE, AND COULD NOT BE RAISE UP SO THAT CONSUMER COULD OPERATE THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND WILL DO REPAIRS AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE JUMPED THE CURB AND CAME WITHIN 6 INCHES OF A STOREFRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND INSPECTED BY A REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE. THE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN STERNUM. *AK

VEHICLE JUMPED INTO GEAR WHEN DRIVING .THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *LA *SC *JB

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND IT LANDED ON THE HOOD OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT APPLYING THE BRAKES DIDN'T HELP STOP THE VEHICLE. *LA

AT JUST OVER 17,000 MILES ON THE SPEDOMETER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP, WHICH INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A SHIFT SOLENOID. UPON REPLACING THE SHIFT SOLENOID, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE TECHNICAL EXPERT WAS CONTACTING TOYOTA BECUASE HE COULD NOT DEFINITIVELY PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. I ENQUIRED WHETHER THE PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION OF THE THROTTLE VALVE ON 2002 SOLARA'S AND COULD NOT GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAD BEEN TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE WHEN THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE THE SHIFT SOLENOID SO I HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ASSURED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE PROBLEM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DRIVABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. UPON DISCOVERING THE PROBLEM MAY BE RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION, THEY INSISTED ON KEEPING THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE BEEN "RUNNING TESTS" ON IT SINCE YESTERDAY, WITH STILL NO ANSWER AS TO THE EXACT PROBLEM. MEANWHLE, I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND ENTERING A TURN LANE CONSUMER PRESSED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE NEVER SLOWED DOWN. BUT, SURGED FORWARD, AND COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE IS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, ALTHOUGH NO INJURIES OR WRECKS HAVE STEMMED FROM ANY OF THIS INCIDENTS. ALSO WHEN I PUT THE CARE IN DRIVE FROM REVERSE SOMETIMES THE CAR SURGES FORWARD WITHOUT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR.*AK

I WAS IN "REVERSE" AND BACKED INTO A CONCRETE POLE IN MY OFFICE PARKING GARAGE. I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CAR JUMPED INTO "DRIVE," AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATED, AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO MY EFFORTS TO BRAKE. I THEN HIT A CONCRETE POLE HEAD ON, WHICH TOTALED MY VEHICLE.*AK ON A PRIOR OCCASION THAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY 2003, THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 60-65 MPH. WITHOUT INPUT, THE VEHICLE SPEED INCREASED RAPIDLY TO 80-85 MPH. THE CONSUMER CANCELLED THE CRUISE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEN TURNED OFF THE CRUISE MASTER SWITCH. UPDATED 7/3/12*CN