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CarComplaints.com Notes: How can we give the 2006 Camry our "Seal of Awesome" when the NHTSA data shows engine problems in the triple digits & multiple deaths/injuries/crashes etc?

The problem with NHTSA data for the 2006 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.

In other words, it's our opinion that the 2 deaths & other injuries/fires/crashes reported to the NHTSA are significant, but (unfortunately) not out of the ordinary for any vehicle, once you factor in the effects of the extended national media coverage of Camry unintended acceleration issues.

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 2006 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
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
55,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. Toyota needs to replace it (1 reports)
2006 Toyota Camry accessories - interior problems

accessories - interior problem

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2006 Toyota Camry Owner Comments

problem #1

Jun 102010

Camry 4 cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 55,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

My rear view mirror in the front is fading really bad and this shouldn't be, i have owned several vehicles and this has never happen, toyota needs to replaced this with a better glass so that this doesn't happen anymore in the future, when you buy a car that is suppose to be a good product, and you spend your hard earn money thinking you are getting the best you want the best, so this should be something that should be recall and corrected at no charge to the owner, and if anyone out there has this problem you need to report it, make your voices be heard don't just complain, do something so that they toyota will make this right.

- dgamblesc, Greenville, SC, US

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