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.
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The drivers' exterior door handle broke off while my husband was opening the door. I noticed the same thing happened in NHTSA id number: 10720976. Up to now I wasn't sure what to think about it, but after seeing that my car isn't the only one it has happened to I believe it has something to do with the car's components. As far as any injury, his hand was cut when the handle broke off and I can't help but hurt my own hand every time I try to open the drivers' door. It has forced us to enter thru the front passenger door and slide over (which is not pleasant nor comfortable).
I have owned this car for about 5 years; my grandfather gave it to me, so it's only had two owners. Low miles (80,000). I am replacing the driver's exterior door handle for the third time and passenger's exterior for the second time. The exterior handles merely snap off. I wish Toyota would offer replacement handles made of metal rather than plastic. This may eliminate the problem. The state I live in requires a yearly vehicle inspection and due to the broken handles, my car failed yesterday.
Unexpected accelerations with my 2000 Toyota Camry le. On December 11, 2014, my granddaughter (who was driving my vehicle), was sitting at a red light with her foot on the brake pedal. While sitting at the light, the car started rolling forward. She pressed down further on the brake, and noticed it slowed but did not come to a complete stop. She applied additional pressure on the brake and the car came to a stop. All of a sudden, and without warning, the car jerked forward as if someone had hit the car from the back causing my vehicle to strike the car in front of her. She looked into her rear-view mirror and realized there was no one behind her. After getting over the initial shock of the event, my granddaughter was able to exit the car to see what had happened. She explained to the other driver the unexpected acceleration while her foot was on the brake pedal, to which the other driver expressed having experienced the same problem (accelerated without notice) with the same make, model and year Toyota Camry. I have been the single owner of this 2000 Toyota Camry le since 2000 and my Camry has been to the Toyota service department for service on three different occasions because of an issue with the throttle. Each time the throttle was cleaned instead of replaced. Has been reported to manufacturer with no resolution. On December 29, 2014 I had my Toyota Camry towed to marietta Toyota and the issue has been reported to marietta Toyota in marietta, Georgia and to Toyota North America corporate in torrance, California.
Driving 70mph on the highway, I accelerated slightly to pass another vehicle. The accelerator got stuck and the speed kept increasing. I tried applying the brakes, but the car started to lose control. I swerved around cars and tried to maneuver to an exit ramp. The car was now going 95 mph. I was unable to control the exit and the car hit the guard rails and flipped over.
2010 Toyota Camry. The consumer stated it was apparent that Toyota knew about the accelerator pedal problem as early as July 2009 as the owners manual stated to check the pedal. The consumer stated the vehicle was manufactured in July 2009 it seemed as though Toyota failed to address the problem even then.
- Charlotte, NC, USA
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2000 Toyota canry xle, purchased from new rochelle Toyota, new rochelle, NY as certified pre-owned with 40K miles on 4 separate occasions over the course of 5 years beginning in 2005 -- I have experienced accellerator revving or sticking, and sometimes both together. Sometimes just kicking it stopped it, another time I had to throw the car into neutral and pull up the pedal with my foot under it, another time I threw it into neutral and it eased up. Each time I pulled over, shut off the car and restrated and it didnlt happen again for quite some time. Mentioned it to Toyota and they more or less blamed me. Told my independent mechanic who at least checked the brakes and snesors, but he didn't know what to tell me because there was no service warning. No repair was ever done.
My car is parked in an assigned garage space in an apt. Bldg. In making my usual exit my gas pedal stuck and my car struck pillars, walls and a neighbor's car. This was the first time that the car went out of control. I thought I hit the gas pedal instead of the brake--did not realize that the gas pedal was stuck until I saw tv and newspaper accts. Of the Toyota Camry recall. The years listed in the recall were not complete. My Camry is 2000, not the years of 2007-2010 listed in the recall $3000 repairs--4 days--needed for my car. Neighbor's repairs paid for by my insurance.
Timing belt went--automobile has only 36,000 miles.my mechanic said this should not happen at such low mileage. When I contacted local dealer, I was told that they recommend replacing the belt at four years. This car is five years old. Nowhere in the maintainance schedule does it say replace the timing belt at four years.
A plastic duct-type of device fell from behind the dashboard and lodged behind the brake pedal preventing braking when I was driving. The item appears to be a heating duct part and has numbers pp-T20, 785-us and 784-us stamped in various locations of the two-part item. This is a very dangerous situation and could have caused me an accident, if I had not had quick wits.
Defective paint job. I began complaining right after I bought the car. I have been told that large spots were the clear coat has peeled off, then the paint, then the body rusted that these were rock chips, then they were caused by acid rain. The dealer fixed the problem on some spots once. The problem continues to happen and get worse. The district manager was suppose to call me when he was at the dealership next. That was almost a year ago. I am to discussed with them to even go in again.
The engine blew up. I have regularly changed my own oil at 6,000 mile intervals for the past year. The oil pressure light came on and I added 2 quarts of oil. One day later the engine blew and the oil pressure light never came on.
Engine check light keeps coming on after filling fuel tank. Dealer will unplug fuse to get light to go off. Does not remedy the problem. Vehicle taken to dealer 11 times for this problem.
While driving at 65 mph the oil pressure sensor light started to flicker. Vehicle suddenly lost power. Consumer felt this was a safety concern because another driver could have rear ended him. Please provide any further infomation.
At 32,000 miles, the warning light indicating low oil pressure came on. The owner took it immediately to the nearest Toyota dealer for repair, as it was supposedly under warranty. The dealership and Toyota motor corporation refuses to honor any warranty work because of 'engine sludge'. after only checking the oil level and pulling the valve covers off of the engine, they determined that it was 'owner neglect'. and will only look into possible causes at the owners's cost. After researching the internet the owner has found several cases of 'engine sludge' not only in the Toyota Camry's produced in 1999 through 2001 but in the Toyota truck's sienna model, as well.
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- Haverhill, MA, USA