CarComplaints.com Notes: Beware of the NHTSA complaint data for the 2005 Camry. It is almost certainly misleading.
The problem with NHTSA data for the 2005 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 2005 Camry, our data for the Camry is a far more statistically accurate representation of the Camry's reliability than what the NHTSA data shows.
First right rear door would not lock, then right front, then driver rear door. Replaced one accuater. Within a week the other two failed and were told they needed replacing. For a year now the three doors lock or not intermittently.
When I did a google search, I found a rash of complaints about this model with this problem and a number of possible solutions: replacing the battery can reset the computer (which then needs to be reprogrammed), that the lock sensor could be bad, that there may be a short in the wiring harness in the driver door, or that the door lock computer module may need to be replaced. Toyota had and earlier recall for this problem and I feel they should recall the 2005 Camry and fix this lock problem free for their loyal customers! I own three Toyotas.
I bought my car in June 2005. At about 500 miles, when I put the car in park, all the door locks unlocked and my daughter who was sitting in the back driver side passenger seat could not open her door. The lock was in the unlock position and the child safety lock was not activated. I tried opening the door from the outside and could not. After a few times of locking/unlocking the doors, it finally opened. Toyota checked out door and found nothing. There have been at least 2 more occassions where this happened. I rated this problem as fairly significant, but God forbid there were some serious accident or fire, this problem could be fatal. I am going to contact Toyota regarding this issue again.
- Diana A.,
Houston, TX, US
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First right rear door would not lock, then right front, then driver rear door. Replaced one accuater. Within a week the other two failed and were told they needed replacing. For a year now the three doors lock or not intermittently.
When I did a google search, I found a rash of complaints about this model with this problem and a number of possible solutions: replacing the battery can reset the computer (which then needs to be reprogrammed), that the lock sensor could be bad, that there may be a short in the wiring harness in the driver door, or that the door lock computer module may need to be replaced. Toyota had and earlier recall for this problem and I feel they should recall the 2005 Camry and fix this lock problem free for their loyal customers! I own three Toyotas.
- acalifornia, Santa Maria, CA, US