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.
6.5
fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,834 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.
The consumers vehicle had two blowouts. The first one was on the right rear, and the second one was on the left front. The sidewall of the tires blew out while driving. The speed was 55 mph. The consumer had been in contact with the manufacturer of the tires. The consumer was in contact with the vehicle manufacturer and they referred him back to the tire manufacturer. The consumer had pieces of the tires available. These were the original tires that had come on his vehicle. (12/08/05) the consumer followed up with the tire manufacturer and they agreed to replace 2 ties at no charge. The tire failures had occurred during the day time on clear days while traveling on the expressway. The vehicle was regularly maintained.
While driving 5 mph front passenger side tire sidewall separated. Consumer pulled over and changed the tire. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Goodyear 205/65R15.
2004 Toyota camary with Firestone Bridgestone tires are very unsafe. I experienced a blow out on the I-10, the tire unraveled from the side walls spliting the tire into 2 pieces.
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- Cumming, GA, USA