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.
My wife's 05 Camry is a good car except for her driver's side seat belt keeps getting twisted on retraction and is very difficult to get it untwisted . The rearward side of the belt folds up on its self and jams it frequently. What can the engineers do to correct this design issue? This is a safety issue.
OK, how can a dealership advertise a used car as not ever being in an accident, and then sell you a car that you drive away with your children in it and there is no passenger airbag, defective seat belts? The repair shop I took it to said the airbag cover was glued on and the wire disconnected so the system would not report a problem.....Toyota of Poway was (back in 2007 when I bought the car) owned by Sonic corporation. I have been driving the car for 5 years, not knowing it was a deathtrap.
- Con B.,
Vista, CA, US
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My wife's 05 Camry is a good car except for her driver's side seat belt keeps getting twisted on retraction and is very difficult to get it untwisted . The rearward side of the belt folds up on its self and jams it frequently. What can the engineers do to correct this design issue? This is a safety issue.
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- kennyg, Grove City, OH, US