CarComplaints.com Notes: Beware of the NHTSA complaint data for the 2003 Camry. It is almost certainly misleading.
The problem with NHTSA data for the 2003 Camry is that for months on end, the news media repeatedly told the public that several Toyota models had an unintended acceleration defect, & to go to safercar.gov (the NHTSA's website) to file a complaint.
So, the NHTSA received a disproportionate number of complaints about Toyota unintended acceleration issues because of the national news media attention, to the point where their data is unreliable taken in context with any other vehicle that did not receive national news attention.
CarComplaints.com typically receives more complaints per day about vehicles than the NHTSA does, but the news media did not repeatedly say "go to CarComplaints.com to report your Camry acceleration problems" like they did about the NHTSA -- so although we have less complaint data than the NHTSA for the 2003 Camry, our data for the Camry is a far more statistically accurate representation of the Camry's reliability than what the NHTSA data shows.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
64,313 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
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.
My car went into a deep ditch and the driver of my car incurred a terrible concussion while banging her head on the steering wheel upon impact. Her seat belt was on. I want to know why the airbag did not deploy.
Takata inflators: Every time I fix my vehicle individuals cause hate crimes damaging my vehicle as I go to sleep or when I am not viewing my vehicle they must know exactly when I go to sleep because I cant catch them even though I think I know who it is I can not prove it so this is why I am complaining I remember checking my tires in the night noticing nothing wrong with them then checked in the mourning and noticed nails nailed in the tires then I noticed dried turtle wax all over the body of the car messing up the paint wheel alignment out of line right door power window malfunction trunk open power switch broken power sun roof sliding window broken vehicle was stationary this happened on different date in combination to the damage between 06/16/06 to 04/21/17.
The quality of Goodyear viva 2 tires is very very poor !!!! Goodyear gives a warranty of 60,000 miles on them. However, the last set for me lasted only 15,000 miles, ie., they ran out 45,000 miles earlier !!!! that is 75% earlier !!!! this has been happening repeatedly for the last 7-8 yrs, ie., since 2008 !!!! I had to get new tires 7 times in the last 7 yrs!!!! I have all my tire invoices since 2008 to prove my case !!!! summary of new viva 2 tires installed: 1. 4 new tires - on 7-14-2008 & 1 new tire - on 5-16-2009 2. 4 new tires - on 10-11-2010 3. 1 new tire - on 10-16-2012 (w/ pro-rated refund) & 1 new tire on 10-16-2012 (w/out refund) 4. 4 new tires - on 12-5-2013 5. 4 new tires - on 7-24-2015 summary of additional work done: 1. alignments - on 10-22-2012 - on 12-6-2013 - (there could be other alignments, for which I need to get info on). 2. rotations & balancing - 9-1-2010
I was in the driver seat waiting to turn left, when suddenly I got hit from the rear right part of my car. From that moment the car could not drive.. the rear left part of the car body and the tire was totally damaged. The repair shop declared that the car could not be repaired any more. Only later of the incident did I remember that the airbags did not work at all.
- Tucson, AZ, USA
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