Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 04/13/2007 | 90000 | 1 | 03/01/1998 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1988 toyota camry. while traveling 55 mph the contact noticed a spark near the vehicle's hood. the contact pulled the vehicle over moments before it shut off. the vehicle ignited, and the fire department arrived at the scene. the vehicle was located at bi-city towing. the current and failure mileages were 90,000. *ak | |||
| Electrical problems cause the seat belts and power windows to fail. please describe. tt | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 1 | 12/01/1992 | ||
| Starter failed. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 4 | |||
| Consumer purchased a defective (diehard battery), vehicle experienced no-start condition and stalling, on two occasions the consumer went back to place of purchase to have battery inspected and they could not find anything wrong with the battery, replacement of the ignition switch, wiring from the starting motor to the ignition switch, starter and finally the battery, received notice of defective battery after all previous replacements were completed. *mjs | |||
| 01/31/1990 | 1 | ||
| Battery failure. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| Key can be taken out of the ignition in any gear. this has happened and vehicle has rolled away before. dealer says it's normal. *ak | |||
| 01/01/1989 | 1 | ||
| Ignition grinds when attempting to start vehicle/vehicle fails to start. *aw | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY | |||
| 2 | |||
| Flywheel teeth for starter is getting chewed up. cosnumer has had starter and flywheel replaced twice. manufacturer has redesigned parts. *ak | |||
| 7 | |||
| Macpherson struts failed 3 times. also, muffler/starter/flywheel and brakes malfunctioned. *ak | |||
| 7 | |||
| Starter/flywheel/muffler/brakes/mcpherson struts failed. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1994 | 1 | 04/01/1993 | |
| Starter has torn off part of the fly wheel teeth, causing it to fail; flywheel failure due to starter cutting off part of flywheel's teeth. *ak | |||
| 04/01/1990 | 1 | ||
| Intermittent starter failures, resulting in vehicle not starting. *skd | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY - SOLENOID | |||
| 12/31/1994 | 1 | ||
| Starter solenoid fails to engage fly wheel due to mismatched material between solenoid and flex plate, preventing vehicle from starting. *skd | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 11/02/1996 | |||
| Drove less then a mile and after being parked for 15 minutes, the engine caught on fire under the hood. please describe in detail. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 11/06/1995 | 1 | 11/01/1999 | |
| Vehicle caught fire while sitting in driveway, vehicle fire extended to consumer's home. *slc | |||