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.
I have cervical vertebrate as well as loss of teeth as the airbag did not go off on impact. I just want to get the word out to others driving a 2006 Camry - I had just had it inspected 2 weeks before and all was well. It was very scary, I was lucky to be leaving a hospital parking lot and there were no cars or people because I could not stop I've been driving without an accident for 60 years.
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I have cervical vertebrate as well as loss of teeth as the airbag did not go off on impact. I just want to get the word out to others driving a 2006 Camry - I had just had it inspected 2 weeks before and all was well. It was very scary, I was lucky to be leaving a hospital parking lot and there were no cars or people because I could not stop I've been driving without an accident for 60 years.
- Norine K., Buffalo, US