Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 09/03/2012 | 40000 | 1 | 06/01/2010 |
| 2007 toyota camry. consumer writes in regards to check engine light illuminating. *tgw the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, where a diagnostic test revealed the charcoal canister needed to be replaced at a cost of $ 607.90. *jb | |||
| 05/02/2011 | 2 | ||
| 2007 toyota camry. consumer writes to express discontent regarding poor mileage and acceleration issues *tgw the consumer stated the engine idles very high and running hot. the consumer stated he recently hit another vehicle, when it accelerated out of control. *jb | |||
| 03/19/2010 | 44000 | ||
| I have a 2007 toyota camry. my camry has accelerated on many occasions, hundreds of time, often times, daily. it has never caused an override problem, but the rpms do go up immensely. it is not the gas pedal, i can assure you, because i keep my foot on the pedal to see if that is the problem. my brother in law, a car mechanic guru assured me it was the new motor synchronization, so i never reported the problem to my local dealer. i had a 2005 camry, this never happened to that vehicle. there has never been an accident, but almost daily, it does accelerate. these people that have the acceleration problem, it is real, as far as taking over their vehicle, could be. | |||
| 03/14/2010 | 52047 | ||
| Car does not respond immediately when the accelerator pedal is depressed. this happens intermittently. i fear that it is related to the electronic throttle problems reported in toyota camrys. i have a 2007 model. i have not had an accident as a result, but i've had a couple of close calls in the past year. | |||
| 09/17/2009 | |||
| I own a 2007 toyota camry i had a accident in the vehicle on september 17, 2009 in jackson, tn. i told the officers and the insurance company that i tried to stop but was unable to i also told them that something was wrong it would not stop until i went into a ditch. two days later toyota did a recall on the floor mats. i found out about the floor mats this year in febuary 2010. i contacted toyota and found out that they had the wrong name as being the owner and said they would get me the recall information mailed to my home. the company did send me the information i called the local toyota dealersip her and they told me i could bring my vehicle in. it states on the papers that toyota will replace the pedal with a new one if i wanted to wait for it in and that they would replace the older all weather floor mats and clean the carpet. this did not happen for me i now have the same dirty floor that i had before i took it to them and now i'm riding in a rental car because since they put the reinforcement bar on my car the check engine light has come on and i'm afraid even more to drive the car i took it to the dealership and they told corporate that i would have to pay them to check out the car and my manual says that if this light comes on that it is the electronic throttle, the dealership told me it could be up to 200 different things and that unless i pay for this they would not do anything to assist me i can write a letter to the claims department but there is no gurantee that they will reimburse me for my rental or for fixing the vehicle,also that my floor mats are now aftermarket mats and the will not do anything to them either nor my floor please do something they are not fixing these vehicles and are not standing by there word i can not afford to pay anymore money to get this vehicle fix and detailed and i have no other means of transportation.the people at corporate say they are sticking by the dealership and i need to pay to get this fixed! | |||
| 01/03/2009 | 40000 | 1 | |
| I own 2-2007 camry. 1. already when to the dealer for the recall for one of the cars. i still feel stick pedals and some acceleration, not too mayor but i feel it in highway as well in stop sign. the other car (this one have a big problem i feel more the problem in this one more than the other)will be in the dealer 3/17/2010 to try to fix the problem. i hope and this will work cause we're afraid of driving this cars. a).-gas pedals and brakes. *tr | |||
| 02/07/2010 | 30000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2007 japanese-made camry. i bought at a premium (well above invoice and above msrp because servco hawaii does not give discounts) thinking i was paying for a reliable and well-made vehicle. i have had other toyotas but none with as many problems as this vehicle. and, with all the news of accelerator problems, i would like my problems checked and not be charged for it. i do not like the idea of having to pay $103 (1hr labor) x 3 different accelerator issues + another $103 to see why there is the smell of gasoline coming from the a/c vent. 1. when stepping on the accelerator, i will get no response... i continue to depress the gas, still no response. then finally, the car will thrust forward violently. this has been mentioned to toyota hawaii dealer several times saying it was normal for drive by wire vehicle and that it will take some getting used to. 2. when accelerating slowly, the car will rev high without the automatic transmission upshifting.. i have to depress the gas more and the car will rev even higher before upshifting. 3. on 2 different times, the car has revved and jumped forward while not in gear. the first time was at an intersection. i shifted into neutral with the p-brake on and it felt as if someone hit my car from the rear. the car jumped into the busy crosswalk about 2 feet until i hit the brake pedal and shifted it back into drive. another time was at the drive-thru window in park. the car didn't move but jerked violently. both were on flat surfaces. 4. when under heavy acceleration, the car sometimes give off the smell of gasoline. it is not exhaust fumes but smells of raw gasoline. a/c in recirculate mode. i also have been having numerous other quality problems with excessive rattling of trim and door ajar alarm going off for no reason. *tr | |||
| 02/10/2010 | 88332 | 1 | |
| On feb 10, 2010 my 07 toyota camry accel pedal stuck on me, 5 days after the recall was done on it. it revved from 2000-4000 rpms, i had to brake hard for it to stop and regain control. took it into toyota, they looked at it, returned the car and told me nothing was wrong. on march 4, 2010 it happened again, this time it accelerated from 20 mph to 40 mph in a split second, and i almost hit the car in front of me. again i had brake hard to gain control of my vehicle. toyota again looked over my car, and again came up with nothing wrong with my car. so that is two times after the recall was completed that my has accelerated. it also did accelerate before the recall. *tr | |||
| 08/28/2009 | 38785 | 1 | |
| I have a 2007 toyota camry which has a sticky gas pedal. it suddenly accelerated while i was slowly pulling into a parking spot. my car received minor damage to under carriage and front spoiler as dirt and debris became deeply embedded. *tr | |||
| 02/17/2010 | 30000 | 1 | |
| Toyota camry recall was corrected last month, as to the accelerator pedal issue. the acceleration now seems more erratic than before. i do not believe it was a pedal problem, rather an electronic one. i have not taken the car on the open road but am scheduled to do so soon. i am 72, if i should have a problem, i'm sure that toyota corp. would attribute it to my age or some other excuse. the pedal is not consistently responsive on acceleration, seems to have a delay at times, then suddenly kicks in. it is inconsistent enough that the dealer can test it and find nothing wrong. i would like an outside evaluation before something serious happens to me or to other owners in the same situation. *tr | |||
| 03/28/2008 | 1 | ||
| The gas got stuck on our 2007 toyota camry and the car accelerated on its own. we informed our dealer when we went for the scheduled oil change, and they insured that everything was ok. now, with the new toyota developments, we went back to a dealership to receive the modifications on my gas pedal. but they said that my gas pedal model is one that does not have any problems and does not need any modifying. they did claim to have sanded down the pedal to prevent it from getting stuck under the floor mat, and they also said that they installed new software that would override the gas pedal when i slam on the brakes if it did ever get stuck and begin to accelerate freely. when we asked for information about this software, none could be provided. also, when we spoke to our original dealer, they denied that we ever reported this incident. *tr | |||
| 02/26/2010 | 58000 | 1 | |
| My 2007 toyota camry had the recall fixes for the gas pedal and mat interference completed last week. as a result of that repair there is a strong gasoline smell, and the vehicle idles very fast in reverse and the cruise control does not disengage properly. also the check engine light traction control and check vsc control lights come on, we contacted the toyota on friday and said it was not related to the repair and that it would clear by itself, it has not. *tr | |||
| 02/03/2010 | 20000 | 1 | |
| I lease a 2007 toyota camry. i experienced sudden acceleration when driving up a hill. because i was on a hill i gave the car a lot of gas. however, the gas pedal seemed to go further than i intended and the car began to accelerate. i placed the car in neutral and hit the breaks, which stopped the car without incident. i had to tap the gas pedal a few times to get it to disengage. toyota applied the gas pedal recall 'fix' a few days later. however, i am concerned that they have not correctly diagnosed the problem. it seems to me that the gas pedal went down further than i pressed it, meaning there may be some electronic or other problem rather than 'sticking.' i know you have many such complaints, but i think it is important to determine if toyota's remedy is adequate. thank you. *tr | |||
| 12/05/2007 | 3000 | 1 | |
| We bought 2007 camry in july of 2007. my wife drove it to work and got an accident on 12/5/07. when she exited highway, she used gas then used brake to reduce the speed. the brake did not work. the car sped out of control and hit the side of hill. the car was roll over to one side and totaled. my wife was badly injured and was sent to hospital emergency room. she got some cuts in her head by the broken window and she had to stay at home for about 2 weeks before going back to work.we believed something wrong with the car brake or gas pedal. and when the car hit the side of hill, none of car safety air bags came out. the car was totaled and paid by our insurance. but this accident gave her a long time fear and bad feeling when she passed that place. we hope we can join the toyota class action lawsuit. please give us some suggestions. thanks! *tr | |||
| 06/20/2006 | 1 | 3 | |
| We bought a 2007 camry from gresham toyota in june 2006. we immediately had throttle problems. problems included: 1. stepping on the gas pedal and having the engine rev up to high rpm's but not going anywhere. this condition has happened on 2-3 occasions per week. this condition would happen across a vast array of conditions. you would start to merge into highway traffic and it seemed the transmission would disengage. nearly causing many accidents(near misses).at other times you would pull away from stop sign and as you entered the intersection the engine would rev at high rpm's and the car would go no where. leaving you sitting in the intersection with traffic bearing down on you.. unable to do anything. no response from the car! 2. other times you would be driving along at 30-40-50 mph and the car would wildly accelerate out of control for no reason. again many harrowing life threatening events since we have owned the car. upon reporting these safety issues to our local gresham toyota they denied their was a problem. after numerous complaints to the assistant service dept manager he admitted toyota had a software problem with their electronic system and were working on fixing it. to date toyota has done nothing to fix our car. it is scary to even drive to the store. you are n ever sure when the next life threatening event will randomly occur. toyota has put all customers in harms way and needs to be punished severely for their careless disregard for human life. continues to this day! *tr | |||
| 03/16/2009 | 17000 | 1 | |
| I bought my toyota camry brand new from ed morse toyota of delray beach florida in aug 2007, it was a brand new 2007 camry le, six cylinder, i reported on numerous occasions at the dealership that the car would stop or hesitate, they never fixed the problem, today on 3/16/2008 at 11:02am the hesitation contributed to me having a severe accident and was reported to fhp report# fhpl090ff014673 i had brought in the vehicle for hesitation issues on 10/17/2007,11/28/2008, 2/25/2009. *tr | |||
| 06/08/2007 | 1 | ||
| 2007 toyota camry bought brand new from local dealer. vehicle hesitates on acceleration making it scary to pull out into moving traffic. dealer explained that this is normal since the accelerator is not a mechanical linkage but a fly by wire set up and rapid acceleration confuses the computer. vehicle also locks its own doors for no apparent reason. *tr | |||
| 11/02/2007 | 5000 | 1 | |
| Hello, when my car is full fuel i can hear the fuel move and cause noise when i press the brake. *tr | |||
| 11/02/2007 | 5000 | 1 | |
| Hello, when my car is full fuel i can hear the fuel moving and specially when i hit brake pedal. *tr | |||
| 09/21/2007 | 10000 | 1 | |
| 2007 camry started out getting 32-34 miles per gallon. after dealership did 10,000 mile check, car only gets 19-24 mpg. when i brought car in to dealership with this complaint, they said that 24 was good mileage for the car. it is only 4 cylinder. should get better mileage than that. *tr | |||
| 02/16/2007 | 50 | 9999 | 02/16/2007 |
| My 2007 toyota camry has a hesitation and transmission noise problem during accelerating at startup and when you release the accelerator and step on it again. this became noticeable a couple of days after we drove it home. i brought it back for service several days after. the dealer said every thing checked out. they did not test drive it because they said it checked out. after several months of trying different gasolines and different octanes ratings from different companies i gave up. then we took a trip from our home in texas to a our home town in louisiana. i had to fill up in my hometown and that's when i discovered the possible problem. the gas in houston texas has ethanol in it. the gas in my hometown does not. when i filled up in my home town with regular unleaded from exxon, i noticed that the hesitation and transmission noise was barely noticeable after the first tank full. after several trips to my hometown it became quite clear that it is the gas with ethanol that's causing the hesitation and transmission noise. the cars being built now are suppose to all run on ethanol, but it obvious that there is a problem, but the dealer is telling me that, it checks out according to spec. i was going up an on ramp onto the freeway and was accelerating when i noticed a car change into the right lane. i removed my foot from the accelerator to slow for the car to get pass. i then pressed the accelerator again to get up speed. when i did that, the car decelerated about five miles per hour and the car coming up behind me almost ran into me. notice: the incident date is every date. i put the incident date as the day i bought it. the what source referred you etc is information i have come across over the years from reading different articles in different magazines. please help me get toyota to do something about this problem. i thing the dealers ignore seniors, because we are not a force in the buyers market. thanks you very much jesse cantrell *tr | |||
| 02/24/2007 | 1 | 10/24/2006 | |
| Hesitation problem due to a possible software glitch. dealer has recalibrated which did not solve the problem. fuel economy not as listed by toyota (33 highway/24 city) where i only get 26 highway and 14 city. *tr | |||
| 07/25/2006 | 1600 | 1 | 06/28/2006 |
| Hesitation on acceleration- after exiting the interstate and turning corner, i continued to roll but the 07 camry le 4 cyl did not respond. approximately, 50 yards later, the car accelerated. *nm | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY | |||
| 09/07/2007 | 300 | 11/04/2006 | |
| When starting out, if it is necessary to accelerate quickly, my 2007 toyota camry practically stalls before finally picking up speed. it does not happen every time, but when it does it is unnerving, to say the least! it is quite dangerous, and i have come close to being hit several times. now i just make sure i have an excess of space before i pull out of a side street or parking area.*jb | |||
| 10/01/2006 | 10 | 20 | 09/13/2006 |
| This complaint is about my 2007 camry toyota v-6. after 1 month of ownership i started to notice that when i reduce my speed and started to speed up there is a hesitation in the car acceleration but the gas would still continue to flow. this caused the car to burn the extra gas to fast and the car burst forward to fast. i took the car to the dealership to adjust this gas flow problem and was told that toyota was aware of this problem and i would have to learn to adjust to this problem. nothing else was done. i call toyota customer experience ctr. and made the same report. i was given a clam reference # 200610080197 and told to have a nice day. i was not told about this problem when i purchase the car, now i feel stuck. *nm | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE | |||
| 05/22/2006 | 40 | 4 | 05/22/2006 |
| 2007 toyota camry le has disturbing noise. thud coming from the gas tank when tank is full. four attempts with the dealer failed to correct the problem. toyota manufacturing notified 1/16/07.*jb | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY | |||
| 02/10/2007 | 5500 | 1 | 09/19/2006 |
| I purchased a 2007 toyota camry le in september 2006. five months after purchase, i noticed a loud thud from the rear of the car during normal acceleration. i also noticed that this only occurs when the fuel tank is between half to full. i took the car to the toyota dealer for evaluation. the service department assessed the car and stated, it was operating with in the design parameters of the car, and it was just the gas in the tank. in addition, they stated we cannot do anything about it because it is a normal function of the car. i then filed for arbitration and the arbitrator ruled it was a defect and must be repaired by toyota. i have made an appointment with the dealer who stated he does not know how to repair the problem, but that a toyota technical representative will be there to direct the repair of the documented problem. i am concerned that this may be a safety issue; therefore, i am requesting immediate action. i feel that if the car cannot be repaired to my satisfaction with total elimination of above problem, that it will still be a safety issue, and that toyota re-purchase vehicle. *tr | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY - MOUNTING | |||
| 03/06/2007 | 1 | ||
| My car makes a thumping noise when the gas tank is full. it occurs when you take off from a stopped position and it sounds like a thump coming from the rear of the car. i fear that this may be a defect in the way the gas tank is secured and that the thump may indicate that the gas tank moves due to the weight of the gas. toyota claims that the thump is a normal sound and it comes from the gas hitting the inside of the gas tank and that this is a normal characteristic of the car. i don't believe this to be true and fear that this may be a hazardous situation. *jb | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 07/21/2009 | 29340 | 3 | |
| 2007 toyota camry 4 door this has taken off at high rate of speed 3 times since last july 21st 2009. *tr | |||
| 05/19/2009 | 10083 | 1 | |
| On may 19, 2009 i was involved in a rear end accident. this occurred due to a faulty accelerator mechanism that caused unexpected burst of speed.this was the was the only occurrence of this problem. toyota had a recall and did the required repairs. *tr | |||
| 01/22/2008 | 30025 | 1 | |
| The gas pedal automatically engaged itself causing the car to accelerate and hit the side concrete curb causing about $14500 damage. *tr | |||
| 04/20/2008 | 14564 | 1 | |
| On 7/31/2007, i purchased a brand new toyota camry se from knoxville toyota. on april 20, 2008, i was driving my toyota camry se westbound on route 26 just west of columbia, sc, at a speed of 60mph. i then hit my cruise control to increase the speed to pass a vehicle, when my accelerator stuck and my speed went almost immediately to 105 mph. all efforts to unstick my accelerator failed me.( i am a 54 yr old retired fbi special agent who has often been in high speed pursuit- so i know how to handle vehicles at high speeds) traffic was relatively heavy, with a couple 18 wheelers, and several cars with families in front of me. i recalled there being a flyer of warning by toyota on rubber mats, so i reached down, yanked the rubber mat off the floor and threw it into the back seat, all the while standing on the brake pedal, trying to get the car not to hit vehicles in front of me. finally i put the car in neutral and coasted the car out of traffic. smoke was coming out of my front brakes, and once on the right side median, i turned the car off. let it cool down, then got back on rt 26. less than five minutes later, while passing a slower vehicle, my accelerator stuck again, and the speed got to 95 mph before i put the car in neutral again and turned it off. i brought my car into the knoxville toyota dealership 4/21/08 (complaint of 4/21/08 was documented at toyota knoxville, po box 30069, knoxville tn.)and they put it on their machine and said nothing was wrong. for the next year, i experienced shimming of my front tires when braking. on 5/5/09, i paid over $171 to repair warped rotors. when the re-call occurred, i reminded them of my event, which appears to have been an electronic issue involving my cruise control on the first event. they put my car in to have their fix done to my accelerator, however i am not convinced it fixed my issue. i am very concerned that toyota has hidden this problem from its customers, and i am not convinced this vehicle is safe. *tr | |||
| 09/03/2009 | 49000 | 1 | |
| My mother was just moving my car from the drive way to inside our gate. my car is a toyota 2007 camry 4 door v6. my mom said she did not even step on the gas and the thing took off. the car went through the garage door, several antique furniture one of which is a 500 lb oak bar and then through the other side of the garage. needless to say my mother was not injured. *tr | |||
| 03/01/2009 | 45000 | ||
| I have a 2007 camry 4cyldr automatic, that has problems accelerating. this usually happens at least once a day. for example if i take off from a red light or a stop, the car will hesitate like it is stalling and then will proceed to take off. this is an inconsistent problem that when i complained at the dealership they could not reproduce the problem. the other example is that the car exhibits is that when you take your foot off the gas pedal the car will slow down but as you re-apply your foot the car will hesitate or stall until you remove your foot and re-apply it. i have 60000 miles on my car and it has had all the timely services done to it. it has been a great car up until about a year ago when the problem began. roughly 45000 miles ago. i fear that this may result in an inability to drive defensively and result in an accident. neither my wife nor i are aggressive drivers, and we don't feel that this is as a result of harsh driving. i did take the car into the dealer to find out if it was part of the gas pedal recall that is going on and they said that it was not. i hope that toyota will make a timely decision on this as i had hoped to purchase another toyota in the future. *tw | |||
| 08/04/2008 | 1 | ||
| Hello, i own camry le 07 and after i fill my car full fuel or gas i heard the fuel generate shaking sound when i press sudden brake and first of all i thought there is something in my trunk playing but after i concentrate to hear i found it is fuel shaking ,i just want to know is that could be problem or not. thank you for your efforts. *tr | |||
| 03/16/2007 | 15 | 114 | 03/15/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota camry. while driving approximately 25-45 mph, the transmission surged periodically. the dealer was unable to determine the cause of failure. the vehicle drove 18 miles per gallon in city driving only. the failures have not been corrected. the current mileage was 1,700 and failure mileage was 15. | |||
| 05/17/2007 | 4000 | 10 | 09/16/2006 |
| I own a 2007 toyota camry and it has stalled numerous times. it is like when i pulled out from a stop sign or a stop light the car did not want to go. this problem has been going on for about 4 months. i took the car to toyota of gastonia on april 19th 2007 for this problem , the technician told me he was going to do a work order, and it would take about 1 to 2 hrs. to fix it. then shortly he came back and told me they were not going to be able to do anything to the car that he would call me back with an appointment in a couple weeks. four weeks had gone by. i took the car back to toyota of gastonia on may 17th 2007 another technician did another work order and the car was in the shop only about 30 mintues. then they said the problem had been fixed. on may 20, 2007 my daughter was in the car with me when i was pulling out from a stop sign and it stalled on me again. for the third time i went back to toyota of gastonia on may 21st a gentleman named greg did another work order on my car and scheduled an appt. for me to meet with a representative on thursday may 24th at 1:00 pm.. why do i need to be meeting with a representative and not someone in the service dept. since this is a brand new car with only 7,000 miles. *ak | |||