Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY - FILLER PIPE AND CAP | |||||
| 01504 | 07/05/2004 | 10009704 | Fuel door improvement. *tt | 10/15/2004 | |
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||||
| 4552B | 04/22/2005 | 10015659 | Fuel - fuel system (1mz-fe/3mz-fe) repair manual correction. *tt | 08/03/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 10/03/2011 | 74000 | ||
| While driving on a busy city highway, the throttle body assemble stuck wide open. the car's computer shut it down, causing the car to stop in heavy traffic. the engine would not restart, as the stuck open throttle body made the engine race and the computer shut it down. as this was a know factory design defect, the newly redesigned replacement throttle body fixed the problem but toyota charges about $1000 for the replacement part. with the many reported failures of this part and the decision to make a redesign to cure the problem, it appears that the customer absorbs the coporate responsiblity. there was no help from the local dealer etc! ergo my initiation of a complaint! with the large number of complaints over a long period, it is hard to understand why no recall was ever initiated nor was there a satisfactory investigation! | |||
| 11/20/2009 | 80000 | ||
| I own a 2004 toyota camry. it has a defective throttle body which has left my wife stranded and cost $1000 to fix from the dealer. this is a common problem and a few of my friends have had to pay twice to get this fixed. the other issue is there a defective part in the steering linkage that pops when you turn. this eventually leads to slop in the steering and it cause my to go in the ditch. this accident has given me a chronic back condition and prevented me from commisioning in the military. this issue is also knowen to be a problem with the camrys but toyota refuses to do anything about it. | |||
| 08/09/2010 | 76000 | ||
| On 8/0/10 vehicle in parking lot. backed up vehicle. put vehicle in drive. vehicle engine revved up and crasked into two vehciles. attempted to hit brake. distance between brake and gas pedal is 3 1/2 inches. vehicle involved was a toyota. engneer is inspecting vehicle on 8/27/10/ | |||
| 03/11/2005 | 25000 | 2 | |
| Toyota camry 2004. i purchase toyota camry 2004 new and i have experience acceleration of car for two occasions. while i was driving the car around march 2005 in the morning and gas paddle went down by itself for a 30 sec or so. i did not had the control of the gas paddle. this happened twice around 2005. this happened for few seconds only (30-45 sec). i experience little increase in the speed for that brief period. i haven't shown the problem to dealer. this happened for a brief period so i thought something is my fault but now it seems like some other issue. *tr | |||
| 01/01/2010 | 0 | 1 | |
| My 2004 toyota camry xle (6 cylinder) has a sticking gas pedal problem. when accelerating from a stationary position, the gas pedal is difficult to depress from the up position. it takes a fair amount of pressure when pressing down on the gas pedal to get it to release from the stuck position and allow the pedal to further depress for proper acceleration. when the gas pedal finally does release after applying pressure, the motor has revved up causing the car to, in essence, pop a wheelie, spin its wheels, and accelerates in a potentially dangerous manner. this toyota model has not yet been included in the current recall, but i am concerned that it should be recalled since it is exhibiting similar symptoms as those included in the recall. i am becoming increasingly concerned that this car poses a risk profile and should not be driven without being fixed. *tr | |||
| 07/21/2009 | 108000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2004 toyota camry and it cuts off while driving without warning due to faulty throttle body. *tr | |||
| 04/30/2009 | 62000 | 1 | |
| Throttle body failure on a 2004 toyota camry, four cylinder automatic with about 62,000 miles. engine shutsdown when foot lifted from accelerator, power steering and power brakes did not work. very dangerous situation since steering and braking both became very difficult in traffic. there was no indication that failure was imminent. had to have car towed to dealer. very expensive repair. reportedly (on internet web sites) this is happening with many toyota camry's ,manufactured from 2002 to 2006. dealer said they were able to get the last throttle body available in houston which might indicate the problem is widespread. *tr | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY | |||
| 10/25/2004 | 12000 | 1 | 01/28/2004 |
| The consumer stated on october 17, 2004, after being out of the vehicle for about 1 1/2 hours, the vehicle burned to ashes. the firemen seemed to think the problem was the air fuel flow and or electrical. consumer just got the vehicle. it was locked so no one could have done this. *ak the consumer heard a popping sound and a pedestrian yelled about the fire. the vehicle burnt to ashes, totaling the vehicle. *sc | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 05/29/2011 | 121000 | ||
| Car died while driving, in the middle of the road. 2004 toyota camry limited edition. throttle body failed. a defective manufacturer part. | |||
| 05/23/2011 | 77423 | ||
| Toyota camry throttle body failed - defective part | |||
| 09/01/2009 | 45000 | 1 | |
| 2004 toyota camry throttle body failed, engine cut off when trying to pull out in traffic. dealer replace throttle body, cost $1076.81. *tr | |||
| 04/25/2009 | 60911 | 1 | |
| 2004 v6 toyota camry with 60,911 miles: total loss of power upon acceleration. the car would not move. car was towed to toyota and they had to replace the throttle body assembly and gasket for $1176.12. this is outrageous for a car with this mileage and all toyota personnel i dealt with stated it was extremely rare. research i have done on the internet indicates there are many other toyota owners experiencing the same problem. *tr | |||
| 04/22/2009 | 80000 | 1 | |
| I recently had to push my car along a dangerous highway in the middle of rush hour because it broke down. i bought the 2004 camry because i believed it to be one of the safest and dependable vehicles on the road... safe, was not one of the words i used as hundreds of cars rushed by me at 70 miles per hour while i pushed my car across the highway! when i called toyota and told them my problem, they sent a tow truck to get my car. two hours later the toe truck arrives. another two hours goes by and i get a phone call from the toyota dealership telling me that because i didn't clean my throttle body regularly, it needed to be replaced... they said that they had never seen anything like this in 25 years.. which after i did a bit of research, i knew was a lie. being as, i found hundreds of blogs complaining about this very issue. but i figured the mechanics were trying to scare me so i would pay the outrageous price for the new part. the service manager, jason, told me that the throttle body was so dirty he could hardly get it open and it needed to be replaced immediately! after i paid the $250 for the diagnostic and the toe, (which i was told would be covered by the dealership) i towed the car back to my house where i was going to clean the throttle body myself. when i got it out in less than 30 minutes (the service engineer desperately tried to convince me to leave it with him because it was and i quote a huge pain in the ass for someone without my experience) i got the throttle body out and had my cleaner in hand, but it didn't seem very dirty. i was puzzled, because the mechanic said it was to grimy to even open up?? and they were not able to clean it. i had been lied to. (shocker... a mechanic lied to someone to sell an expensive part!) i read in my cheltons manual how to clean and reassemble the part and did so. only... the part still did not seem to work right. the problem was internal, and not external. it is a faulty part. *tr | |||
| 03/21/2005 | 2463 | 2 | 09/15/2004 |
| When attempting to leave parking space my 2004 camery v6 with brake depressed car car accelerated with very high rpm. could not stop the car hitting a gmc truck. when car could not move the truck it stopped.drove home with no problem. called dealer they stated if the car was not having the problem now they couldn't fix it . after driving it my husband had the same problem, we took it to the dealer and didn't want the car back until the problem was corrected. dealer could not duplicate problem. returned car after stating they would start file . *ak | |||