This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Car pulls to left after new tires, 3 different alignment checks. Went on-line and discovered numerous complaints and few solutions. This is dangerous and little help from dealers. You have to maintain constant pressure on wheel when driving at any speed to stay in lane.
I only had my 1999 Camry for 5 days. I was driving on the expressway doing about 35 mph. I was going around a slight curve when the wheel locked and I couldn't turn. I tried to stop but couldn't and ran directly into the concrete median causing me to spin around and then hit the median again. Both air bags came out and my car was towed to a lot where it was declared "totaled." No one or any other property was damaged. I had my car for only 5 days and it malfunctioned.
I was driving on expressway doing about 35 mph when the steering wheel locked as I driving around a curve. I drove into the left cement barrier, car spun around and hit the barrier again. I just purchased the car and didn't even have it for 5 days! the car was towed and salvaged.
The contact owned a 1999 Toyota Camry. While driving at 45 mph, the accelerator pedal remained stuck after being depressed. In addition, all the warning lights on the instrument panel illuminated and only the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The contact also stated that the steering wheel seized. As a result, the contact was involved in a crash. The details of the crash were not available. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was informed that the vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The contact sustained unknown injuries that required medical attention. The failure mileage was 109,000.
1999 Toyota Camry. While traveling, the driver claimed to have heard a noise and lost the ability to steer the vehicle. The driver went off the left side of the road, struck a median barrier, came back across three lanes, went off the right side of the road, struck a guardrail and then came to rest partially in the right lane. According to the wrecker the driver, there was nothing wrong with the steering. However, there was damage to the engine that was not a result of the crash and that could have possibly caused a problem with the steering. (Ohio traffic crash report # 10-0359-90) updated 08/05/10
- New Castle, PA, USA
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2 years ago, more or less, I adjusted the driver's seat and the steering wheel of my 1999 Toyota Camry le. Since that time, on occasion, I am unknowingly turning on the cruise control which is a button on the end of an arm off the steering column. I cannot reset the seat and steering wheel position to fit me but I am very worried that having the cruise control operating my car when I don't know it may be a very dangerous situation for me and my car.
On 5/29/99, I applied the anti-lock brakes to avoid a collision with a vehicle that cut me off on a highway. Immediately, the car swerved across the highway violently and spun in 360 turns twice before being hit by two cars and crashing into a jersey barrier. Not only did the anti-lock brakes fail, but the steering locked up and none of the airbags (front or side) deployed. The car was totaled. My fiancee and I sustained minor injuries. A driver of another car hit us and crashed into the jersey barrier, sustaining significant injuries.
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- Morganton, NC, USA