2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA Complaints

THE WINDOWS ON MY 2005 TOYOTA SOLARA HAVE PROBLEMS. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO I STARTED TO HEAR THE WINDOWS TO DRAG WHEN BEING PUT UP OR DOWN. THE PASSENGER WINDOW HAS A PIECE IN THE DOOR NOW THAT RATTLES AND SLIDES AROUND INSIDE THE DOOR, WHEN THE WINDOW GOES UP IT GOES UP TOO FAR AND IT STICKS OUT OF THE RUBBER BARRIER IT SUPPOSE TO SEAL IN. I WORRY IF I HAVE A WRECK THE WINDOW MAY NOT BE SECURE ENOUGH TO PROTECT ME FROM SHATTERING SINCE IT DOES NOT SEAL IN ITSELF. I HAD CONTACTED HALEY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME SOME PEOPLE HAD WINDOW COMPLAINTS BUT WOULD NOT TELL ME HOW MANY. THEIR ANSWER IS ELECTRIC MOTORS BREAK. MY 2005 SOLARA HAS ONLY 28,000 MILES ON IT AND I BOUGHT ONE OF THE FIRST ONES ON THE LOT IN 2005. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT COULD POSSIBLY COST ME $300.00 OR MORE TO FIX. THE DRIVER WINDOW IS STARTING TO GET SLUGGISH NOW AND PROBABLY BE THE SAME PROBLEM TO ARISE WITH THIS WINDOW. I DON'T THINK A CAR WITH ONLY 28000 MILES ON IT IN 5 YEARS SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I THINK I MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY ONE WITH WINDOW PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS VERY DEFENSIVE ABOUT THE CALL I MADE TO THEM ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE TOYOTA'S IF MINE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL LIST. THEY DON'T GIVE YOU ANY INFO ON ANYTHING. I WAS TOLD BACK WHEN THE RECALL WAS DONE BY HALEY TOYOTA IN ROANOKE VA THAT IT WAS NOT PROBLEM. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS PEOPLE WERE PUTTING THINK FLOOR MATS ON TOP OF THE TOYOTA MATS.JUST DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT THEY SAID BACK WHEN THE FIRST RECALL WAS OUT FOR THE FLOOR MATS. THIS IS NOT GOOD BUSINESS. THIS IS THE SECOND TOYOTA I HAVE BOUGHT. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA SOLARA, THE ACCELERATOR STOPS RESPONDING. NO MATTER THE PEDAL POSITION, THE VEHICLE WILL ONLY IDLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND IS ENTIRELY UNPREDICTABLE AS TO WHEN IT WILL OCCUR. *TR

SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA FROM A SLOW MOVING TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE. *TR

2005 TOYOTA SOLARA--ACCELERATOR SURGES. IN JUNE 2008 I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. THE DEALER HAS THE RECORD OF MY JUNE 2008 REPAIR REQUEST. HOWEVER, THE ACCELERATOR STILL STICKS AND SURGES INTERMITTENTLY. WHAT SHOULD I DO. *TR

I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS THERE WERE CONCERNING THE ACCELERATION LAG WITH THE 6 CYLINDER '05 SOLARA. MY COMPLAINTS TO TOYOTA YIELDED NO RESULTS. THE CAR HESITATES WHEN SLOWING THEN ACCELERATING THEN JUMPS FORWARD. SAME PROBLEM WHEN ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. MANY CLOSE CALLS AND SNAPPING OF THE NECK ON ACCELERATION. DRIVE BY WIRE IS POOR SUBSTITUTION FOR DRIVE BY MECHANISM. *TR

WHILE ENTERING A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT PROVOCATION, CRASHING INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER WHICH THANKFULLY STOPPED THE FORWARD MOTION. I DON'T KNOW IF RELATED, BUT THE VEHICLE HAS A HISTORY OF HESITATION AND ROUGH SEQUENCING THROUGH GEARS OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ADVISED BY MANUFACTURER THIS IS A WIRELESS TRANSMISSION, AND THAT THERE WAS A SOFTWARE UPDATE, INSTALLED 1/27/06. CONDITION CONTINUED THEREAFTER THOUGH NEVER ANYTHING APPROACHING THIS. SPEED AT INCIDENT DIFFICULT TO KNOW AND COMPONENT FAILURE BEST GUESS. *NM

THE SECOND GENERATION TOYOTA SOLARA USES "DRIVE BY WIRE" TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF A THROTTLE CABLE. MY CAR EXPERIENCES A LAG BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND WHEN THE CAR ACTUALLY STARTS TO MOVE. THIS HAPPENS IN A SPECIFIC SCENARIO WHERE THE CAR IS DECELERATING, BUT THEN THE DRIVER RESUMES ACCELERATING. THE LAG CAN LAST UP TO 2 SECONDS AND PRESENTS A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE WHICH HAS LED TO THREE NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS IN INTERSECTIONS FOR ME. THIS FEELS LIKE IT WOULD IF YOUR CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND THEN THE LIGHT CHANGED. A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR CERTAIN VIN SOLARAS WHICH REFLASHED THE ECU TO A NEW PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE LAG. THIS WAS NOT AN EFFECTIVE CORRECTIVE ACTION. TOYOTA HAS NO SOLUTION AT THIS TIME AND THIS PUTS MY SAFETY AT RISK. *NM,

THROTTLE LAG AT LOW SPEED AND FROM STOP IS INCONSISTENT AND HAS BEEN THE CAUSE FOR SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED; DEALER INVESTIGATED; STATES THIS IS NORMAL AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE, THAT LAG IS "ACCEPTABLE". SOME INSTANCES HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE ACTUAL THROTTLE RESPONSE. DRIVER HAS TO USE HARDER ACCELERATION TO COMPENSATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE OF BUT DECLINES TO ADMIT IT IS A PROBLEM. DRIVER IS VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS ISSUE WILL BE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IN A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CRASHING INTO A CURB. THE PASSENGER SIDE RIM, SUSPENSION, WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND TIRE WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP WHERE NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.

REAR RIGHT TIRE SHOWS EARLY WORN-OUT, CAR SKIDS TO THE RIGHT, IT CAN BE FELT ON THE RIGHT REAR AGAIN. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN APRIL, 05. THE DEALER COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG. ONLY THE REAR RIGHT BRAKE PLATE SHOWS "SLOPE AND HILL" SIGN. WARP??? IT IS HARD TO SHIFT FROM PARK SOMETIMES, BRAKE MUST BE PRESSED AGAIN AND AGAIN OR THE CAR MUSH BE PUSHED SLIGHTLY. ALL OTHER THINGS ARE FINE. *NM