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.
THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST TOYOTA. I PURCHASED A CAMRY BRAND NEW IN 2006 BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST CAR ON THE ROAD. EVERY TIME I GO IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WHICH I AM RELIGIOUS ABOUT, THEY TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE HAS WORN OUT. THIS TIME THEY SAY THE TIMING COVER IS LEAKING. I DID NOT NOTICE ANY SIGNS OF THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE ONLY 44,000 MILES ON THIS CAR. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS CAR THAT IF I COULD TRADE IT IN RIGHT NOW, I WOULD. I WILL NOT GO BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN FOR ANYTHING.
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THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST TOYOTA. I PURCHASED A CAMRY BRAND NEW IN 2006 BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST CAR ON THE ROAD. EVERY TIME I GO IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WHICH I AM RELIGIOUS ABOUT, THEY TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE HAS WORN OUT. THIS TIME THEY SAY THE TIMING COVER IS LEAKING. I DID NOT NOTICE ANY SIGNS OF THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE ONLY 44,000 MILES ON THIS CAR. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS CAR THAT IF I COULD TRADE IT IN RIGHT NOW, I WOULD. I WILL NOT GO BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN FOR ANYTHING.
- kats1112, Wheeling, IL, US