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.
8.5
pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,450 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 contact stated that the air bag light is off when the passenger who weighs 100 pounds sits in the passenger seat. The air bag light will turn on intermittently. The vehicle is a 2005 Toyota Camry. The failure mileage was approximately 4900 miles. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, and they tested the vehicle and found nothing wrong with the vehicle. The contact has the invoice from the dealer. Updated 04/17/07.
Both 02 sensors went out along with fuel sensor with under 2000 miles. Then the catalytic converter went out under 5000 miles. The airbag light are off then on "?? dealer said working properly? dealer said it would be fixed 18 days later? they said parts were bad and not the right parts for the car" car stalls and accelerates. It get 12mpg since 02's and fuel sensors fixed. Bad gas mileage.
- Eielson Afb, AK, USA
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- Emmaus, PA, USA