CarComplaints.com Notes: Beware of the NHTSA complaint data for the 2004 Camry. It is almost certainly misleading.
The problem with NHTSA data for the 2004 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 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 2004 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:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
35,000 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.
Accident on March 14th, 2008. 2004 Toyota Camry was hit in passanger door by car ging approx. 45 mph. I was the driver of the Camry. The side and curtain airbags failed to delpoy. I suffered some blunt head trama and was in the hospital for 2 days. The Camry was totaled.
The contact stated while 2004 Toyota Camry was not moving it was rear ended and pushed across the highway into a parked van. The impact was mainly on the front passenger's side. The driver's side air bag deployed, but the passenger's side air bag did not deploy. The vehicle was totaled. A police report was taken at the scene. There has been no inspection to the vehicle since the accident. The contact sustained an injury, a fractured wrist. Updated 1/11/2006.
- Guilderand, NY, USA
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- Ft Mill, SC, USA